I’m happy to announce a new course, “The Dark Goddess: Life, Death and the Embodiment of Spirit” In this course we will examine the role of the four major asteroids and the Black Moon Lilith in both natal charts and in synastry. The first class will be devoted to an overview of the asteroids […]
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Sleeping Nature, Fire Within
In the Northern Hemisphere, nature is sleeping. The leaves have fallen and the ground is frost-hard. Here at England’s navel, dusk is at 4pm. The dark is rising outside my window.Today the Sun moved into the sign of the strange goatfish, Capricorn, rul…
Just a Little AstroEssence 12 October 2012: ‘Mercurial Messages’
The 12th of October sees only one new aspect perfect, Mercury in sesquiquadrate to Vesta. This could be hazardous, as people may speak, write, or communicate, thinking they’re true to their highest values, but other influences are calling the sho…
Vesta and the Olympic Flame
As you probably know, Oxford is a World Heritage Site. There’s Radcliffe Camera, the Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, St Giles… all beautiful, historic, and full of life, much used, much loved.Radcliffe Camera: probably one ofthe world’s most famous…
Just a Little Something for Your Week (and Weekend) Ahead 6-12 July 2012: ‘A Fertile Time’
First, just a little something about your upcoming week, from ECLIPSE Weekly Aspect Digest: I’d like to offer an unusual warning concerning the week ahead: if you’re looking to conceive a child, the time is ripe; if you do not want a…
The Kitchen Gods
The idea of a deity who reigns in the kitchen, blessing and protecting the household, is common all the way around the globe. In China, he is called Zao Jun, in Mesoamerica, he was called Huehuetotld, in Rome she was Vesta.Vestal Virgin by Leighto…
From ‘We Are All Vessels: Vesta in the Natal Chart’
We are accustomed to thinking of the body as a vehicle for the spirit; Vesta directs us to revere the spirit behind the flesh, the choice, the action. The goddess requires we consider… Read More →
Taurus Into Vesta: ‘Look Around and Appreciate’
For the 30th of April, Vesta enters Taurus, making us more than usually aware of what’s precious to us materially, around the home, and what physical about the partner (looks, earnings, possessions, talents) we find admirable. This viewpoint shou…
Balancing The Masculine and The Feminine
Shivashakti – male and female energies combine in one body.The asteroids – Ceres, Juno, Vesta and Pallas, named for four of the great goddesses of Olympus – were actually discovered before the outer planets Neptune and Pluto. But you wouldn’t think…
The Astrology of Anorexia
La Grande BouffeVesta was the most widely worshipped deity in the Roman empire since every house had a shrine to her – the hearth itself. That is why I associate the asteroid named after her with cooks.Back in January I wrote about Vesta in the charts …