Aspects
Pluto Opposition Vesta
The intense, power-laden side of devotion tends to play out against the people in your life. You may find your all-consuming focus on a work or cause set against your relationships, meet people who try to control what you dedicate yourself to, or struggle over whose devotion, whose sacred work, comes first. There can be a charged tug-of-war between intimacy and consecration. The work is to keep the power game from running it: notice where dedication has become control or avoidance of closeness, honor both the work and the bond, and let your focus be wholehearted without shutting people out.
Lean in — Honor both the sacred work and the people who love you.
Watch for — Use total devotion to a cause to avoid real closeness.
- power-struggle
- intimacy-vs-work
- balance
Sources
- George, Asteroid Goddesses (1986)Reads Vesta as the principle of devotion, focused dedication, and the tending of a sacred flame.
- Greene, The Astrology of Fate (1984)Reads Pluto as power, depth, and transformation through what consumes and cannot be controlled.
- Forrest, The Inner Sky (1988)Reads the contact in evolutionary terms, as growth through intensity, sacrifice, and the reclaiming of power.