GODDESS SERIES: VESTA

GODDESS SERIES: VESTA

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A Roman Goddess of the home and hearth, Vesta was a virginal and familial figure—both the comfort of a home and the protection it provided.

Rarely depicted as a singular figure, Vesta was most often symbolized by a flame—the eternal fire of the hearth and the steady heartbeat of the home. She was the gentle and tender Goddess that represented the vital roots of being, of family, and of community.

As the Roman counterpart to the Greek Goddess Hestia, Vesta shares her rulership over fires, hearths, and homes. Both were said to be virgin Goddesses born to powerful Gods of agriculture and time, with famous brother-Gods of thunder and power. And where their families sought out grand legacy and claim, the virgin Goddesses found their pleasures in the simplicity of home life—of tending the quiet family flames.

And Vesta was that steady flame—the one that still lives on inside all our hearts—the constant swell and flicker that anchors us to home (no matter where that home may be). She was the purity of fire, the sanctuary of family, and the security of the hearth—a grand reminder of the sweeping love that lives inside the simple and domestic.

Vesta was the magic inside the mundane, the beauty inside the seemingly banal. She thrived on the quiet simplicity that one finds sitting by a warm hearth on a cold winter’s day. While not much is known about her life beyond this role, it is in this absence of story that we find the greatest treasures of Vesta—her simplicity, her quietness, her tender-hearted love.

What does Vesta rule?

Ruler of: home, hearth, family, domestic affairs

Associated with: fire, fertility, mothers, thresholds

Why would one call upon Vesta?

  • To bless your home with protection and comfort (especially in the colder months)
  • To help you heal familial and ancestral wounds
  • To help you ground into your body and life
  • To help you soothe rocky emotions at home
  • To help you find beauty in simplicity

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