Professor Corey Brennan, from the American Academy in Rome, says, “They had no family they were totally on their own. They had to agree to be virgins, for at least 30 years – after which they were set free. They had to be free of physical or mental deformity. These were six hand-picked women, chosen by the Pontifex Maximus (the chief priest of Rome) and after the time of Augustus, from 27BC-AD 14, the Emperor himself. The all-female environment and the power and control issues with the male in charge, give us Vesta’s meaning.
We associate her with the Vestal Virgins of Ancient Rome, who worshipped Vesta in their temple, under the authority of just one man, the Pontifex Maximus. Vesta is an important baby planet (recently reclassified) in your personal astrological birth chart.
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