Vesta in the 2nd House: You have to stop work more often than other people in order to recharge, but this only applies to work where you earn money. If Vesta is close to the Ascendant, there may have been some blockage at the time of birth. Vesta in the 1st House: Every now and then, you have to get away from everybody and everything in order to recharge. While she was waiting for the repair crew to arrive, Charles shouted down the elevator shaft: “Lenore, where’s your Vesta?” Vesta also rules small, confined places. She was going to visit the late Charles Emerson and she got stuck between floors in his elevator. Lenore Cantor told the following story in a lecture some years back. It is more of a reasoned choice, which is in tune with Vesta’s affinity with the sign of Virgo. Vesta also has an effect on our sexuality, but it is not the raw, animal drive of Mars or Pluto. Vesta’s placement in the horoscope shows where and how we can be dedicated, where we can focus our energies to the greatest effect.īut it also shows where, periodically, we have to withdraw and “recharge our batteries.” If we don’t, we will become drained, and even sick.
