Vesta
Vesta is the Roman goddess of the hearth, whose flame in the Forum was tended by six virgin priestesses and never allowed to go out. She has almost no mythology and almost no image: her cult is a fire, a duty and a continuity, and her presence is the household itself.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Sun
Offerings
- Offerings
- First fruitsBreadWineFire keptSalt cakes
Sacred timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Vesta PublicaThe Hearth
- Gender Expression
- Feminine
- Titles
- Goddess of the HearthKeeper of the Sacred FlameThe Unchanging
- Symbols
- HearthFlameVeilDonkey
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneStill keepingAddressVestaKeeper of the FlameThe HearthRelationshipThe fire that must not go outWarningShe asks for attention not intensityResonanceHouseholds those tending a hearth or a work
- Modern Practice
Vesta is called on for the home, for work that has to be kept going rather than finished, and at the turning of the year when the fire is renewed. Her practice is attention: tend the thing daily and it stays lit.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- The hearthThe homeThe sacred flameHospitalityPurityThe stateContinuityBakers
- Mythology Summary
Vesta is the Roman goddess of the hearth, whose flame in the Forum was tended by six virgin priestesses and never allowed to go out. She has almost no mythology and almost no image: her cult is a fire, a duty and a continuity, and her presence is the household itself.
Details
- Correspondences
- ColorsWhiteGoldRedScentsFrankincenseBay leafCedarMetalsGoldIronAnimalsDonkey
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