Mine is in Pisces on the 11th/10th cusp.

... this will take some research.

Vesta in the 11th House: Let your friends know that periodically you have to get away from them in order to recharge. You also have to take a periodic break from pursuing your own "hopes and wishes." (www.bobmarksastrologer.com/Vest...html)

Vesta in the 10th House: Like those with Vesta in the 6th house, you have to get away from work in order to recharge. In addition, you also have to stay out of the public eye. Hide for a while until you recharge. The 10th house rules the "boss" as well. If you have one, you have to find some way to avoid them every now and then. (www.bobmarksastrologer.com/Vest...html)

Vesta in Pisces: focuses on dreams and imagination. Good for projects focusing on helping people, or for any project requiring lots of imagination. (oh same!)

Vesta Aspecting Venus: Venus rules one's social skills and artistic abilities. More generally, it governs our ability to experience pleasure and be happy. Harmonious aspects ((conjunction, sextile and trine) with Vesta can make it easier to focus on these things. The stressful aspects (square and opposition) may indicate a tendency to avoid happiness by concentrating on work, or someone who has difficulty getting any pleasure from their work. Work could also be used to avoid social interaction. Conversely, this could be someone who only focuses on pleasure and social situations and refuses to work at all.

There's a lot of this that really hits home. With my Vesta squ Venus (Virg, 4th), I definately do notice that I vacillate between refusing to work and not getting pleasure from work (goddess yes) and avoiding (the happiness? my friends -- the real ones, not the play ones) via work.

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Vesta in Pisces:
You protect the flame of dreams and spirituality that transcends the human condition. Your mission is to believe in that which exists outside our five senses and outside of our intellectual understanding. Your focus is on a creative and artistic vision that resides within the soul. Your commitment is to the healing of our spiritual values and resources. In your effort to seek your truth and personal mission you are likely to sacrifice your beliefs, your right to express what you feel inside and your dreams. Your sexuality is that of spiritual bliss and ecstasy experienced through the human touch and contact. (www.fatewatch.com/women/vesta.htm)

This is really... really on point.

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My dreams are something I protect to the point of not trying to make them true in fear of, well, losingthem. I am very selective about to whom I communicate the actual contents of my heart, as scattered as they sometimes are.

Hmmm... this will be an interesting journey.

Hi Sherpa, I would say that this theory is true for me.

I have Vesta in my 9th House/Aries, Trine my Leo AC, semisextile Chiron in Pisces, Quincunx Pluto in Virgo.

Learning, Travel (both mental and physical) are very much a part of who I am. I tend to be rather intense about this as well and when I do learn about a new subject I tend to immerse myself in it and it is something that most people would identify as being a part of me. If I'm really interested in something I usually don't go halfway, but have a drive (Aries) to soak up as much information as I can. Additionally, the Chiron/Pisces comes into play because most of my learning is geared towards subjects that are spiritual and healing, both for myself and others. It seems that I easily find the information that I need at the time I need it. The quincunx to Pluto is probably where I become frustrated because most poeple don't care to deeply discuss or jump into spiritual topics to the extent that I do. I know that I can be a bit overwhelming at times when I feel that drive to learn and explore. I have a thirst to see, learn, and experience my world that I it seems a lot of people can't relate to. I would say that it is the basis of who I am in many ways and I would consider it a sacred part of me.

I agree completely with your Vesta perceptions.

I have mine in Cancer in my 4th house, which of course is the home, roots, and family. But when I first heard of it from Ellie Bach in the 1980's, I wanted to discount it, not seeing it make any significant aspects in my chart. She showed me just how significant it is for me.

My 4th house Sun is 26 Gemini 09, in a wide conjunction to my Uranus 8 Cancer 50. Wide, yes, but anyone who knows me knows I fit the description of having Sun conjunct Uranus in many ways.

The midpoint of these two bodies is about 2 Cancer 29. My Vesta is 2 Cancer 30, a rather close match.

Bill Street rights about Sun/Uranus people:

"Typically, individuals with Sun-Uranus aspects and midpoints in the birth chart are the ones more often than not that carry the flames of revolutionary desire deep within their being.

"These are trailblazers that intuitively search for new answers to old problems; that are inspired by new visions of what could be; and feel the oppressiveness, boredom, and stultifying nature of the traditions they inherit to a far greater degree than most. At times brilliant, always curious, and usually courageous, the Sun-Uranus individual may be misunderstood in the times that he or she lives within

"Sun-Uranus individuals are the types most likely—and eagerly—to take steps which most would see as career suicide.

"The intrinsic needs of being alive, aware, and conscious are a much greater priority to the Sun-Uranus individual than the steady, but stultifying security of the status quo. They would much rather take the hit-or-miss experimental path than the one of repetition and safety in numbers. Often this need for experimentation in the Sun-Uranus individual makes for an exciting and interesting life. Other times it leads to something truly revolutionary and groundbreaking. When something is groundbreaking, it implies the smashing of that which is foundational—the very shattering of the earth beneath our feet. When the timing is right and the collective consciousness is ready for it, the Sun-Uranus individual breaks new ground and rattles status quo foundations to such an extent that society is indeed truly revolutionized."

The revolutionary nature began to assert itself in the late sixties, when I got seriously involved with the protest movements. (I used to have a photograph showing myself as one of the students who took over the administration building at Penn State Univ during a mass protest.) My act of adopting the nickname Adam, in 1969, was very much a revolutionary one. As was, considering my upbringing, my getting involved then with numerology, tarot, and most of all, astrology.

My Chiron in the 10th is 0 Capricorn 01, which is opposition to Vesta.

When Chiron was discovered, it pulled the whole thing together, and I became totally involved with the pioneering research. I even had one person remark that I was "the keeper of the Chiron flame". I felt as obligated to reveal the truths about Chiron to people as an evangelist is of converting people to Christianity.

So yes, I'd say you hit it on the nose, sherpa.

HA!
before i knew as much or anything really about astorlogy
the thing i said about that ex scorpio of mine
was that he only cared about his experiences in each moment.

i had not heard this being associated with anything scorpionic until just now. : )

his vesta is just barely sag tho.

Is Vesta the sexton or how one consecrates?

my Vesta is 0 degrees 29 in leo in my 12th house. It's loosely conjuct my moon in cancer 22 degrees (11th house) and it squares chiron at 7 degrees taurus in the 9th house.

creative solitude is most definitely sacred to me. as is the development of a healthy ego, and supporting and promoting other healthy ego's.

loving unconditionally, forgiving unconditionally, reverence of life, and what i create are first thoughts on what is sacred to me. singing with the consort, creating necklaces when called, allowing the xiao to play me instead of me trying to play it, being of service, are examples of sacred creation that manifests through me.

vesta in my chart is arian in the fifth and it is semi-sextile my taurian sun in the sixth, trine my leo uranus in the ninth, and possibly conjunct my arian ceres in the fifth (vesta and ceres are separated by 16 minutes).

Sherpa,

I have Vesta conjunct Venus (orb 1'12")
in the 2nd House and in 15'Cancer.
Would this suggest I put women on a pedestal?
How does the house/sign placement modify this?

I have a natal Aquarius Vesta in my second house trine Uranus.

To me this means that I am committed to promoting / supporting / teaching anything that relates to personal / creative freedom in all it's forms, for everyone......I am willing to make monetary sacrifices for the sake of true art and individual expression....but at the same time I see this as a personal choice that I have made.....I feel no contempt for others who decide to " sell out " .....to each his/her own.
I measure my success in a different way....

I am usually a champion for causes that seem off-beat or non-traditional to others....

Sherpa I am fricken scared

In relation to your other thread on Pallas, I also have Vesta in Libra in the 8th house. What the hell?!?! Why was I born with so much 8th house Libra emphasis? What did I do in my past life that warranted it?

To get back on topic, I have Vesta in Libra in the 8th house so I find that valuing the equality and harmony of others to be sacred to me.

PS I posted my updated chart in my pics section under "with asteroids".

My Vesta is in my first House (along with Sun and Mars!) in Sagittarius. My freedom/autonomy is definitely sacred to me.

Wooo, this question was a toughie for me.


Vesta in Libra in the 2nd house opposing Capricorn Sun

Vesta in Libra, Art and creative expression is sacred. Even though I myself don’t create, most of my friends do and I must be around that energy.

Vesta in the 2nd house, material possessions are sacred. Well, I’m not very materialistic….but I am a pack rat so I do attach a high value to my material things even if in the real world, they’re not worth much….I am constantly working on detaching some of my emphasis on the material.

my Vesta is in Scorpio, 7th house conjunct my Sun & Mercury

I recently read Demetra George's book & loved it!!

adding Vesta to my Scorpio stellium definately helped explain why I didn't get married at a young age (like a 7th house sun is 'supposed to'), well besides my Taurus Saturn opposing my Scorpio stellium. Demetra says of a Scorpionic Vesta, "Sexuality is regarded as a peak experience to be had regardless of the existing social taboos."

of Vesta conjunct Sun, "These people may live out their individually determined sexual values & avoid possessive relationships." & I was happy to note that one of my heroines, Isadora Duncan, had Vesta conjunct Sun (note the many photos I have of her in my photo album here)

of Vesta conjunct Mercury, "There can exist an overpowering drive to express one's ideas" ~ developing my communication skills has been a major goal for me, especially in the last few years & tribe has been VERY helpful in that pursuit.

love all-ways,
mem

I have Vesta in my 2nd house, ruled by Cancer.

This feels so egotistical to write. My sense of the sacred comes from embracing and pursuing that which is uniquely mine. I feel the sacred within me, and connect that sense of sacred to the vast world of unique beings around me. I find individualism and self-expression sacred practices. When I conform to the Will of others, I feel a loss of this.

I've also felt a fight within me for most of my life - the battle for freedom and independence of all beings, starting with myself. I can't think of anything more sacred than the actualized self, glowing with beautiful strengths and flaws and fears and hopes.

vesta 0 13 12th house sag, conjunct north node at 0 38 and saturn 28 30 scorpio. 12th house sag- the sacred joy of transcending the ego.. while remaining totally in control!

and square pluto 29 21 and pf 26 25 in 8th leo. 8th also contains venus at 16 18 and uranus at 5 55

other fire, ceres in aries 4th at 16 18. daughter issues for another post.

i can barely begin to interpret this, but i do agree that it points towards the scared... whoops! sacred. was that saturn poking his nose in there... or the pluto square? after all vesta is conjunct north node.

i think i need to deal with juno 8 33 conjunct asc capricorn! wish the jealous bitch some luck! jupiter smack dab in the middle of virgo 9th 16 13.

this gets more and more confusing!
gina

Vesta is in Sagittarius, my 9th house.I haven't a solution to "her" puzzle. I really do not know Vesta. I ignore asteroids. (until today) However, What is sacred to me......my freedom. How I define that, is up to me. You know....., you are only as free as you believe! One mans hell, is another mans heaven. .

Hello. I have Vesta in Leo, conjunct midheaven, in 9th house (with saturn standing close by in leo in the 9th, about a 5 deg orb).

At the risk of being totally cheesy, I would like to reply with my fav poem.....

The Builders (by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

All are architects of Fate,
Working in these walls of Time;
Some with massive deeds and great,
Some with ornaments of rhyme.

Nothing useless is, or low;
Each thing in its place is best;
And what seems but idle show
Strengthens and supports the rest.

For the structure that we raise,
Time is with materials filled;
Our todays and yesterdays
Are the blocks with which we build.

Truly shape and fashion these;
Leave no yawning gaps between;
Think not, because no man sees,
Such things will remain unseen.

In the elder days of Art,
Builders wrought with greatest care
Each minute and unseen part;
For the gods see everywhere.

Let us do our work as well,
Both the unseen and the seen;
Make the house where gods may dwell
Beautiful, entire, and clean.

Else our lives are incomplete,
Standing in these walls of Time,
Broken stairways, where the feet
Stumble, as they seek to climb.

Build today, then, strong and sure,
With a firm and ample base;
And ascending and secure
Shall tomorrow find its place.

Thus alone can we attain
To those turrets, where the eye
Sees the world as one vast plain,
And one boundless reach of sky.

*

I'd say what is sacred to me is creating beauty in the world with quality and excellence, esp the little everyday things. It's a very soulful experience. If my work isn't done with that kind of sense of integrity, to me, it really isn't worth doing.



green lunch meat: don't eat it

(PS--Beauty can also be something intangible like ideas, systems, math, and then there's li (which can be tangible I guess, but I think I'll stop before I go into all that....)

Woah...
All these talk about Vesta..
I feel like i've opened up a can of... say, Gummi jelly worms before i was ready. Curiosity may have killed the cat here... I feel like a newbie again.

I just found out a few days ago that my Vesta is exactly conjunct my Moon at 3' Taurus in the 12th house. I knew Chiron is nearby at 9'... ??? I'm still trying to figure out how my Chiron is affecting my Moon, Sun, Venus, Jupiter, Mars and N.Node aspects configuration!!! Time to consult the experts...

I will need to do more study and research on Vesta the astroid before i can begin understanding this position. Can someone kindly fill me in on the basics of this Vestal position, just off the top? The 12th house is already tough enough to understand on its own... let alone with trines to the 4th and 8th...

In a way, this explains my identification with Hestia as my inner goddess, along side with Artemis and persephone. I definitely identify with Hestia's association with the sacred fire of the hearth. Home is my inner sanctum and i'll defend it by all means. I can also relate to the association of the Vestal Virgins with Virgo, which is prominent in my chart. Thanks for the link to the explanations, suzie.

I have uploaded my chart into my album if anyone liked to take a peek. Any help will be appreciated.

I have Vesta in the 9th, Scorpio, conjunct Neptune in the 8th. I am devoted to learning about the spiritual and the esoteric. I learn best by travel/pilgrimage. ? Oh, perhaps "alternate states" are powerful experiences to teach me these things as well.

I'd say it fits... :) Vesta in Sagittarius conjunct Pallas and Neptune. My creativity, imagination and the freedom to express & explore both on a daily basis (6th house) are what I hold sacred. I make a concerted effort to make some time every day for working on my art, reading up on my favorite subjects or just meditate and dream.

My Vesta is in Libra in the 6th house.

focuses on partnership matters. Good for focusing on either the social or artistic side of any situation. Good also for projects requiring an artistic sense or social interaction.

Every now and then, you have to take an extra day off from work. If you don't, you will get drained and sick. When you do work, you can be highly focused. The nature of your work style will depend on the sign that Vesta is in.

That is sacred to me, but I'm a Libra sun sign and Libra mercury...so maybe this just puts more emphasis on my partnerships. I know relationships are very important to me, and if they aren't going well, I feel incomplete even if other things are going well.

Mine is in Aries in the 7th, conjoining Mars, trine jupiter and uranusin sagittarius in the 3rd, and sextile moon in aquarius in the 5th.
Not really sure what it means, maybe that im an independant partner who is loving and intellectual and fiery.:)

Vesta in Capricorn:
You keep the flame of tradition and integrity safe. You are focused on maintaining the status quo that is healthy and important to both your life and the world in general. You are dedicated, disciplined and possess enormous focus and will power. You can deny yourself possessions and resources as you seek to find the truth of your spiritual purpose and role. You can deny yourself the structure and the stability that financial assets bring into life. You have a keen understanding of the importance of personal responsibility and obligations and promote their purpose through your actions and life. Your focus is on building strength and integrity in both your personal life and the world in general.

I think I have a new one here - Vesta is in my 5th house in Capricorn along with my Sun.

When I was reading the meanings of the houses and how its "focus" it made me think of that "intensity" thread that ran a few days ago. I wonder if the capricorn part of me is what makes me so focused on things sometimes?

Also I found it very interesting that the 5th house stated that I have the need to get away and take a break even from loved ones. That is so true...I am a loner by nature and I love being around people but I am someone who needs a lot of independance and freedom to keep my sanity. I will go away...and I will be faithful the whole time ...but if you give me free reign I will always still return.

I think what I "hold sacred" is my personal freedom and independence.

Thanks Sherpa for your reply, sounds good, alot like me I think and the partners I attract, I have to be my own person at all costs, love my freedom, but am very loyal, find I have quite a psychic connection to my partners, yet am not overly possessive, probably competitive tho(if they are interested in another, I do like to be number 1):). I love people who are themselves, dont need to prove or pretend , just natural, uncomplicated and especially not manipulative or controlling.

Vesta in the 8th House: ".... if you have Vesta in the 8th house, you simply cannot have sex 24/7. Take a break."

This part of the description made me laugh, but it's not really me. I'm not a prude, just not so hung up on sex or intimacy.

Vesta in Pisces: focuses on dreams and imagination. Good for projects focusing on helping people, or for any project requiring lots of imagination.
and
Vesta Trine Neptune: increase ability to focus the imagination. This can be a very good
placement for both artists and scientists, since it makes visualization of the final product easier.

Again, this doesn't sound too much like me. Although I have a vivid and odd imagination, I consider myself more grounded and focused. Of course, these traits are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

I'm not too sure about how this translates to what I hold sacred? A sexually charged imagination? A love of an imaginative romp?

My Vesta is at 14deg Pisces in the 3rd House.
I haven't really worked with this asteroid much at all...primarily because it has never really held the interest or fascination that Chiron, Juno and Ceres have for me.

Maybe I could make ONE guess about my Pisces/3rd House Vesta: Perhaps I believe in the sacredness of INFORMATION. That is: any information which I become privy to, and also the Piscean style of dispensing and gleaning information by abstract "cosmic-asorbtion" rather than by the mundane and biased application of narrow questioning.

Just for shits 'n' giggles, for no EFFING REASON AT ALL...I decided to go look up the Vesta position of one Albert Einstein! It turns out that Einstein's Vesta is in Cancer and conjunct the 7th House-cusp/Decendent. So....
....this man considers RELATIVITY (7thHouse) to be sacred!!!!!!! Mein Freunden, das ist ein "no brainer"!! Ha ha!

[This examination supports my "Vedic" approach to astrology. It seems that the House is the "what" and the sign is the "how". Of course the "what" comes first...because otherwise we would be putting the cart before the horse. The more I study astrology, I find that house-placement is incredibly more primary than sign placement...and the house a planet is in actually can make you wrongly guess a person's sign as the natural ruling sign of the house!!!! Anyhow, that is as far I'll draw that tangent today. Food for another post.]

Asteroids are little things that mean alot. Kind of like "specific important little issues" as opposed to the broader general issues associated with the "real" planets. After all, with the exception of the Sun, ALL THE PERSONAL PLANETS ARE SMALL. These are the planets we use to determine the LITERAL NUCLEUS of the personality...pretty much because it works to do so. Maybe this gives an idea how much size really does or doesnt matter. The other factor is distance. The asteroids hang out between Mars and Jupiter in what I call the "transpersonal zone". It is that space between the actual YOU and the more general traits you share with people born during different eras, whcih include your peers born in your own "era".

Vesta, like other asteroids, is a tiny issue which flies around in the Transpersonal Zone. Maybe like beads on a necklace. This asteroid necklace represents our nagging "issues", and we wear them close to us...but also so others can see them. (MAYBE OTHERS SEE THEM WHEN WE CAN"T SEE THEM OURSELVES.) Juno is about our issues in relationships. Chiron is about our issues of suffering, healing and teaching, being healed and being taught. Vesta is about things which we think are sacred, I agree... And therefor has a close association with Chiron because it represents a vulnerability,. Something which we are willing to defend, put ourselves on the line for, and inVEST in!

Maybe Vesta is more about what we INVEST OURSELVES IN.

Looking again at Einstein's Cancerian Vesta, I see that it is disposited by his Moon in Saggitarius in the 11th House. He was nurturing and developing (Cancer) a philosophy (Saggitarius) about relativity and dispensing it to the masses (11th House). Looking at the dispositor of a planet is extremely revealing over simply taking it alone.

I think it would be more accurate to say that Vesta is about personal "spiritual inVESTment", as exemplified by my abstract look at Albert Einstein's Vesta.

Thanks, Albert!
You are STILL working for us.

Vesta in Taurus: takes time to focus, but once they do, they may find it difficult to stop. Good for anything requiring lots of persistence.

Vesta in the 7th House: When you are married or living with someone (someone you are involved with, and not just a roommate) you have to have your own space. You cannot be around them 24 hours a day. Get away, even if it is just for an hour or so at a time. If not, you will tend to get drained and sick. Be sure to discuss this with them before you move in together, otherwise they might think it is strange when you want to take separate vacations.

This so completely and totally describes me, I need space and alone time.

My Vesta is in Capricorn close to the MC in the ninth house. I don't know what this means. I was a virgin until this year when I hit my Jupiter return in Scorpio. When people found out that I was a virgin they thought it was because I wanted to wait until marriage or that I was innocent. My Juno is also in Capricorn in the eighth house. Could someone make sense of this?

Vesta is tightly conjunct my South Node in Capricorn 5th house. Vesta trines Pluto and Uranus, and also has a tight sextile to Chiron.

So it would seem I was a priestess at the hearth of creativity and children? NNode in Cancer 11th house calls on me to engage the innate skills I have brought to this lifetime and to apply those skills on a broader scope in a community, or tribe. I also have a strong sense that my own children will be involved in this endeavor.
Vesta conjunct SNode also gives me understanding to why it is that I have a certain resistance or resilience in the struggle and give and take of relationships.

Vesta in Leo 12H which is in opposition with my Aquarius Mercury in the 6H

I have no idea what that means

WOW .... no one has vesta in Gemini but me?????

sacred gossiping/ sacred flighty/ sacred disorganization / sacred rational / sacred adaptability / sacred nervous energy / sacred clever wit / sacred energy / sacred opinions


I think I am pretty tightly bundled in geminiesque ... even when its not in my best interest... I am always running after people who can lay down really thick witty verbose ..a lot of times this personality trait doesn't really work in well with my emotional insecurities, vesta is also in the 4th house and I have so much pisces/scorpio on top of that... I've noticed i am always surrounded by aquarius and scorpio ..which might be the 2 signs that can be clever and still show receptivity towards sensitivity . aquarius has its own way of being receptive by being open and willing to put themselves out there for all kinds of people which has a way of making me feel secure in their company.

I dont know if this vesta gemini think is so great... its good for my north node which is in the same sign/house ...but as far as having focus and purpose in life ... I really dont feel that organized in one area ....deep down I sense that my skills in life are probably going to be more intangible ..like conversations and friendships, energetic moments... I dont think i am really close to this place yet though.. I think my t square involving moon/mercury - to jupiter has so much stabilization left to acquire ... I do think the experience of balancing all that will make it easier to keep the gemini all over the place thing going and hopefully strengthen my ability to deal with emotions and rational equally