Within Vesta's Orb

Back in 2007 NASA launched a rover-gizmo on an 8 year mission to fly up to Vesta to check out how the Hearth and Home are doing. Vesta rules the Hearth and Home for those of us who believe in astroblab. She is the only asteroid that can be seen with the naked human eye. We're not going to land on Vesta, just doing a drive by and then moving on to Ceres and then probably junking the craft so it will hit an Alien in the head someday.

At the time of the launch, Vesta was in Sagittarius wedged between Jupiter and Pluto in that sign. That sounds like a very modernistic aspect, like a club that wouldn't invite me to be its member, actually.

Dawn
launch Sept. 27, 2007 11:34 UTC Cape Canaveral, Florida

Sun 4 Libra; Moon 14 Aries; ASC 8 Libra; MC 9 Cancer; NN 7 Pisces

Vesta was launched on a Full Moon which was just rising over the ASC/DES axis.

The Outer Planets are currently hitting the most important parts of the chart for this launch. Actually, they are hitting the angles of the chart: Saturn 11 Libra conjunct Ascendant, Pluto conjunct IC; Uranus conjunct DESC in Aries. There's even close to a Mars Return in Gemini up in House 9. The Neptune-Chiron conjunction is very close to the North Node of the Launch chart.

Maybe I pulled up the wrong chart, who knows? The Sun is also in conjunction with the ASC for this chart as well, just a few hours past the Full Moon.

Dawn enters Vesta's orbit: 7/16/2011 about 5:00 UTC

Sun 24 Cancer; Moon 5 Aquarius; ASC 22 Cancer; MC 24 Pisces; NN 22 Sagittarius

An average Vesta Return is 3.63 years. This 8-year mission is about 2 Vesta Cycles.

Bill Meridian found a connection between Financial Market swings and the 4 year Mars-Vesta cycle: http://www.billmeridian.com/articles-files/marsvesta.htm. Can't keep the home fires burning if you can't pay for the logs and the Gas Company Bill.

Hollywood Moms

This is another blog based on a USA Today article: http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-06-18-celebrity-moms_N.htm. Okay, so I never said I was deep or read good newspapers. I like it because it categorizes Celebrity Moms according to what types of Mother they are. Unfortunately, the categories are all positive. There are no Neglectful Moms, or Narcissistic Moms, or Slutty Moms, or Competitive Moms or any of the personality traits you'd expect in Hollywood. These are Happy, Playful, Sexy, Beautiful and gobfully rich Moms. These are Hollywood Moms, Best of Breed.

I looked at elements in the charts which might indicate their nurturing styles to see if they matched the labels given to them by the newspaper. As most of these women are Actresses they are experts at projecting any image they want, so I understand that this probably has more to do with Midheaven and Ascendant than actual nurturing styles. At any rate, they have lots of Moon-Jupiter contacts so these Women really are Happy Mommies (and Lucky). I also looked at Ceres as she is supposed to show one's nurturing nature. I often can't relate the Ceres signs to my image of these women so maybe this is a very private vibration. Lilith can be strong or not, so probably has more to do with career aspirations and attitudes toward feminine power than mothering abilities. What stands out for me is the strength of Vesta (Hearth and Home) in these charts. Uranus and Scorpio shows stronger emphasis in the Indie Film actresses, called here "Hipster Moms."

So, here's most from the USA Today List. Chart info is from Astrotheme.com

"High-Energy Mom:"

Kelly Ripa: Moon c. Jupiter in Scorpio. Ceres Taurus. Vesta Libra. Lilith Virgo. Sun in Libra.

Mariska Hargitay: Moon Taurus in Grand Trine with Cap ASC-Vesta-Mercury & Pluto in Virgo. Ceres in Sagittarius. Lilith in Sagittarius. Sun Aquarius.

"Flawless Mom:"

Heidi Klum: 5 planets in Gemini: Sun-Moon Saturn-Venus-Mercury in Grand Trine with Jupiter in Aquarius and Uranus in Libra. Ceres in Sagittarius opposite Sun. Vesta in Cancer. Lilith in Sagittarius.

"Earthy Mom:"

Julia Roberts: Moon in Leo c. Jupiter in Virgo. Cancer ASC. Ceres in Virgo c. Uranus. Vesta in Sagittarius c. Mars in Capricorn. Lilith in Taurus opposite Sun in Scorpio.

Gwyneth Paltrow: Moon in Gemini c. Saturn-Vesta. Pisces Rising. Ceres in Libra conjunct Sun-Mercury-Uranus. Lilith in Scorpio. Sun in Libra.

Kate Hudson: Moon in Capricorn opposite Jupiter in Cancer. Cancer ASC. Ceres-Venus in Pisces. Vesta-Mercury-Mars in Aries. Lilith in Leo. Sun in Aries.

"Super-protective Mom:"

Sarah Jessica Parker: Moon in Capricorn c. Lilith. Ceres in Pisces. Vesta-Mercury in Aries. Sun in Aries.

Katie Holmes: Moon in Leo c. Leo ASC with wide conjunction to Jupiter-Lilith. Ceres and Vesta in Aquarius. Sun in Sagittarius.

Courteney Cox: Moon in Virgo maybe c. Uranus-Pluto opposite Saturn and squaring Mars. Vesta-Chiron in Pisces. Ceres in Aquarius. Lilith in Sagittarius. Sun in Gemini c. Venus in Cancer

"Hipster Mom:"

Maggie Gyllenhaal: Moon in Aquarius opposite Mars in Leo squaring Uranus-Venus in Scorpio. Lilith in Gemini. Vesta in Libra. Sun-Ceres in Scorpio.

Julianne Moore: Moon-ASC in Gemini opposite Sun in Sagittarius; Ceres in Aquarius. Lilith in Cancer c. Mars. Vesta in Aquarius.

Sofia Coppola: Moon in Capricorn. Lilith-Pluto in Virgo. Ceres in Gemini. Vesta-Mars in Aquarius. Sun-Saturn in Taurus opposite Jupiter-Uranus in Sagittarius.

"Rocker Mom:"

Madonna: Moon-ASC-Ceres in Virgo. Vesta in Cancer. Lilith in Aries. Sun in Leo.

Gwen Stefani: Moon in Cancer with wide conjunction to Lilith opposite Mars in Capricorn. Vesta in Leo. Ceres in Capricorn. Sun-Jupiter-Uranus in Libra.

Unclassifiable:

Angelina Jolie: Cancer ASC. Moon-Jupiter-MC-Mars in Aries. Lilith and Vesta in Pisces. Ceres in Taurus. Sun in Gemini.