JULY STARGAZER by Stella Woods
Vesta – from asteroid to protoplanet!
IN ROMAN MYTHOLOGY, Vesta was the goddess of the hearth and the only deity worshipped in every household. Vesta’s temple was extremely important in the state religion, having its own college of priestesses known as the Vestal virgins. Early in the 19th century, a lump of rock in the asteroid belt was named after Vesta; in the 1970s, astrologers began to take more interest in the asteroids and more recently, Vesta made a spectacular comeback when observations from a NASA spacecraft showed that this huge asteroid is actually a battered protoplanet left over from the early days of our solar system. With a diameter of about 530 kilometres and an orbital period of 3.63 years, Vesta is the brightest visible asteroid when viewed from Earth. In Roman times, the Vestal virgins
were put to service in the temple for 30 years and tended the sacred temple flame. In return for their faithful service, they received rights denied to other women of their day including financial independence, the right to own land, travel in a carriage and secure priority seating at major sporting events. Vesta is the goddess of the hearth, a symbol for home and family life. She is closely
linked to the Greek goddess Hestia who in ancient Greece was the embodiment of an internal and sacred space symbolised by the sacred flame. Hestia’s flame offered stillness, quiet and solitude in the midst of everyday life. This meditation and silence can open the gateway to creative power and potential via our own kundalini flame. NASA’s discovery this year has
symbolically enhanced Vesta’s status and we certainly need more of the gifts she offers. In our busy world, a warm, nurturing, peaceful and loving home and time for reflection, solitude and the cultivation of inner peace have become luxuries rather than essentials. We eat at our desks, spend less and less time at home and are constantly connected to others by 24/7 mobile communication. Our spare time is taken up with socialising and second jobs, leaving no time for the inner world, no time for family and no time to deal with anxiety, terror and despair. No wonder anxiety and panic attacks are on the increase. No wonder mental health, allergies and sleeping and eating disorders have become major issues. No wonder we spend thousands of dollars on retreats, detox programs, meditation classes, special foods, drugs and alternative therapies. Vesta’s solution is to spend more quality time round the hearth with the people we love. Anyone who has sat
round a camp fire gazing at the stars or gathered with friends round a pot belly stove has experienced the magic of Vesta. But as Vesta makes her astrological presence felt, will we heed her message?
1) Home is where the warmth of the heart (or hearth) is.
2) Time spent setting up a loving and nurturing home results in better mental, emotional and physical health and an increased sense of belonging.
3) To identify and honour our inner flame we need to take the time to listen to the messages from our soul.
4) To cultivate inner peace we need to spend time in non-action. Constant action unaccompanied by reflection leads to a cold, empty and unfulfilling life. The position of Vesta in your natal
horoscope will show how and what you need to feel fulfilled and nurtured and how to keep that inner flame burning brightly.
JUPITER INTO GEMINI Over the past couple of months we’ve spent a lot of time looking at the recent solar and lunar eclipses plus the Venus retrograde cycle and its transit to the sun. There has barely been time to cover another extremely important event that has slipped by almost unnoticed. In
mid-June, Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, shifted from earth sign Taurus to air sign Gemini. Jupiter will be in Gemini until June, 2013, offering those with planets in the air signs Gemini, Libra and Aquarius special opportunities to achieve their potential and achieve recognition over the coming months. In astrology Jupiter represents our
yearning for meaning in life and our desire for expansion and growth. But Jupiter’s true purpose is to inspire us to embrace a belief system that gives meaning to life. Gemini is the whiz kid of the zodiac ruled by the planet Mercury whose role is to relay messages from the unconscious to the conscious mind. If you’ve started to feel an impulse to reach beyond your present boundaries, you’re feeling the effects of Jupiter’s move into Gemini. When the urge to expand meets the urge to communicate, we exchange lots and lots of words – written words, spoken words and words of many languages. Here are my predictions for Jupiter in Gemini.
Mental flexibility and new neurological pathways If ever we needed to think outside the box, that time is now. Jupiter in Gemini offers us the chance to process information in a more creative and expansive way and as we undergo a
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