The following is shared from cafeastrology.com
Sunday, JUNE 19
The Moon spends the day in perceptive Pisces. However, the Sun forms a quincunx to Pluto this morning, which can complicate decision-making. An adjustment may be necessary before we can feel that we’re moving forward. There may be a power shift or a setback that has us feeling temporarily out of sorts or powerless, prompting us to make changes. We might need to let something go to further our psychological growth.
With Mercury and Jupiter heading toward a sextile, exact early tomorrow, our minds open and we seek a positive focal point as the day advances.
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On tonight’s stream, I’d like to look at Black Moon Lilith, Vesta, Ceres and Vertex in Scorpio in George Ivan “Van” Morrison’s natal chart. I’ll list pertinent information below:
If you have Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio, the wounds you bear from your Lilith experience have made you a survivor. Through your deep insight, you’ve learned to protect yourself from anything the world has to throw at you.
No matter how your Lilith pain has come about (which you can determine from the house Black Moon Lilith is in), you have figured out that other humans make scarier monsters than anything a horror movie could dream up. To protect yourself, you became skilled at seeing right through people. No one can get anything past you. You can smell agendas and hidden motives from miles away. The idea that someone could successfully lie to you is laughable. And because of this remarkable insight, you have also become a de facto therapist for the people in your life. For the people you are closest to, you don’t really mind, but for people a little bit further from your normal orbit, it’s somewhere between puzzling and enraging. Why on earth are they willing to disclose all this information? And do they not understand how much of a drain that is on other people?
At times like these, you’re likely to shut down or cut the person off altogether. Others may find it cruel, but for you, it’s simple self-preservation. And part of you also quietly believes that cutting those people off is for their own good. You know from experience how dangerous it can be to lay all your cards on the table. You’ve been burned and betrayed more times than you care to recall. You’ve given too much and loved too hard and learned painful lessons from it. Giving everything you have is a recipe for total annihilation. So you share only what is necessary and preserve the rest for when times get tough.
And times always do seem to get tough. One of the great tragedies of this placement is just how much of the world you’ve seen. You know exactly how dark, cruel, frightening, disgusting, craven, exploitative, and awful life can be. You are very familiar with the depths to which humans can sink. I would say that this knowledge has crushed you, and indeed it has. It has crushed you over and over again, so many times that you thought you’d never get back up. But you did, you do, and you always will. That is your superpower.
But it doesn’t have to be this dark. To soothe the pain, work to bring in influences from Taurus, Scorpio’s opposite sign. Taurus, above all, is concerned with the sweet abundance underpinning all life. It’s not that Taurus doesn’t understand darkness. It’s just that the darkness doesn’t have to be central. Even though the world is filled with suffering, flowers continue to bloom. Even if a loved one proves treacherous, there are plenty who aren’t. Tomorrow we may die, but tonight we can eat, drink, and be merry.
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio is an exceedingly complex placement with so much to explore, but let me end with this: Your ability to see people for who they are and understand them deeply is a gift to the world. I know it can bring you pain, but it can also help you create a community of those who are truly deserving of your trust. You have the power to turn your pain into your greatest strength. Just remember to enjoy a little sweetness along the way.
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Those whose Lilith is in Scorpio are sensual, passionate, and constantly need a deep and intimate connection with others. They can be possessive at times and easily get attached to people.
But this want for intimacy often creates feelings of guilt and shame for these people. When placed with people who confidently show their passionate side, they usually shrink back, thinking they aren’t good enough.
These individuals struggle in accepting themselves, and even more so in empowering them not to feel ashamed of their passionate personalities. When unchecked, it may result in them losing interest in creating deep and meaningful relationships with others.
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Vesta in Scorpio
Keynote: Home is private space.
Symbol: A homeowner checks security cameras while putting money in a hidden floor safe.
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VESTA in SCORPIO or your 8th House- You want in-depth interactions with others. You may be inclined to delve deeply into the inner realms, such as psychology, astrology, occult areas, or within your own inner psyche. Limitations or complications over shared resources like money, sexuality, taxes, or inheritances can put pressure on you to release personal desires and learn better ways of sharing your possessions and resources.
If you are a woman who is being denied her rightful share of property, money, alimony, child support, or other resources shared with another person, learn to speak up! Equal sharing is the idea, NOT one person who has more than the other and therefore has all the power, this is NOT Vesta's way in the 8th house.
You have an intense and penetrating manner. You want depth in your relationships and commitments. Dedication and concentration are natural energy for you in your work. When you make a commitment you stand by it.
Sex may be regarded as a peak experience for you. This can seem like a way for you to come close to the source and meaning of life.
You may tap into resources you didn't know you had by taking the time to find your center. Taking time to personally reflect on what you really own within your psyche will reveal to you your connection to and your understanding of the energies of Life, of Soul. As you sense more deeply into yourself you sense the lifestream of the universe.
This intense penetration into life's mysteries may make it necessary to do a cleansing, purification ritual, or experience a necessary transformation to rehaul your inner life.
You may even have dreams or visions that will shed the LIGHT onto your inner questions about your cosmic or spiritual origins! By going deeply into any topic of mystery, you can become centered.
A quality of true soulfulness may exude from you or from your work. Examine how your personal creative self-expression can reveal a quality of your innermost being, a quality that can center you.
You are not afraid to deal with issues of death or dying. If someone important dies, consider in what ways they represent Vesta in their own life and in yours. You may inherit Vesta's way of focusing and centering through what this person taught you.
If you really want to accomplish a goal your Vesta in Scorpio will be determined to do so. Vesta in Scorpio is intense, she doesn't give up, she is also demanding and wants to go beneath the surface value of any project, relationship, or healing modality. She seeks the flame itself! She can be PASSIONATE to a fault.......She might have to look out for overzealous or pushy attitudes. On the other hand, she may NEED some of these to accomplish and fulfill your commitments.
Vesta in Scorpio will benefit from looking at her shadow, what is in your unconscious mind, what inner resources do you have that you may not be aware of?
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Ceres in Scorpio – Nurturing touch
Scorpio is a mysterious and passionate sign that is nevertheless incredibly intelligent and perceptive. Ceres Scorpio requires nurturing through touch and emotions, especially when it comes to intimacy.
They are driven by a desire to form strong and lasting bonds with those they care about. It provides them with power and a sense of completion. They require both physical and mental care and nurturing.
In the same way, they demonstrate their own adoration. Ceres Scorpio would make you feel as if they genuinely cared for you. They’re drawn to mysteries and secrets, as well as transformational processes.
They would feel good about guiding you through your own path of personal transition and transformation. They are emotional masters who are better at teaching others to regulate their emotions than they are at controlling their own.
Ceres Scorpio is a demanding sign in terms of emotional, physical, and, well, pretty much every facet of love and caring. They begin to mistrust if they feel neglected. They could become envious, manipulative, and possessive.
Personality and Soulmate
The asteroid Ceres in the sign of Scorpio is thought to provide good self-control, a favorable attitude regarding others’ criticism, and a lack of optimism.
Remember those who are affected by this asteroid, which coincides with one of the darkest signs in the astrology belt. This is what drives persons with Ceres in the sign of Scorpio to be pessimistic about their life.
Another important feature of this Ceres is sex life; it is what gives these individuals amazing power, and you will know them as they are sincerely dedicated to supplying their lovers/partners/spouses with the strength they require through sex.
It’s all about sensual delights, and it’s quite amazing how a person in this Ceres position looks for her or his lover.
When it comes to a child, the issue emerges because possessive spouses, those who are perhaps overly dedicated and want to control every area of their children’s lives, might be problematic.
Such people adore visiting ruins and dark areas (and taking their children with them to see the darkness). Any encounter with something profound, mysterious, or wonderful has the same effect.
Because Scorpio rules mending and fixing, this is an excellent position for a medical doctor. As a result, this person’s patients may heal much more quickly. They are not afraid of blood or death, thus there is nothing wrong with working in the medical field.
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You are expected to learn total self-mastery. You will explore the limits of your desires and appetites, defining the limits not only in terms of self but also out of respect for the rights of others. You will assist others in terms of mutual financial arrangements. You may deal with the dead or dying, healing, and good business practices in which you reform or recycle what is obsolete. You may provide concrete assistance to enhance the security of a partnership, acquaint yourself with metaphysics in order to sharpen perspective, and gain a sense of collective values. You may also bring occult knowledge forward into the light.
By doing these things, you may express an inner emotional need to reform, recycle, or find personal rebirth each time you are tested by appetites of the lower nature. Then you gain strength in the regenerative or healing forces of the higher realms, and you may be reborn to the higher self. You could be involved with the issues of working to gain the support of others as well.
If you don’t accomplish these goals, you may bow to the base material desires of others, creating a smoldering resentment within yourself. As a result, you may feel conflict and emotional insecurity.
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You may find it easy to
merge your nurturing, abundant and
compassionate nature with your spiritual
calling.
Your work or mission may require you to be
in a caretaking role now. Your responsibilities
will merge with a nurturing bedside manner
now as well. During this time you may find it
easier to embrace a calling that requires
some level of self sacrifice.
At the cost of your own personal abundance,
security or comfort, you may devote yourself
to your spiritual calling. Being of service to
others can help you fulfill your mission now
as well.
You will find work that compels you to provide
nurturing to others and help others feel
unconditional love. You may also find that
fulfilling your work and calling now helps you
I’ll post some information relevant to the chart above.
The Vertex works like an alternative descendant and is the point of destiny encounters. When someones sexual planet falls on this it can feel very compelling, like a whirlpool it draws you in and feels incredibly fated. This sort of contact can be life-changing, but it doesn’t mean it is long term.
The Vertex effect is like being hit by a thunderbolt and can be enlightening. The Vertex in combination with the luminaries or Saturn is more likely to give the destined feeling mileage. With the sexual planets, it could one of those crazy flings that are unforgettable.
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Venus Square Venus
You ideas and aesthetics about romantic love, relationships and domestic life are not opposite but you do approach them in a different manner, so you are likely to feel challenged by your romantic partners approach to these things. Relationship bonding and personal growth comes from cooperation rather than each of you asserting your own way. You are not there to win your partner over. You have a lot you can learn about love from each other.
Similar to George Ivan, Napoleon’s natal chart shows Vesta Conjunct vertex in a scorpionic place, the 8th house. George Ivan’s Vesta Vertex conjunction is in Scorpio. Napoleon’s vertex, however, is in Gemini, let’s look at that:
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You are expected to bring your ability to communicate or write to the fore, and to use hard-core facts to clarify situations. People expect you to come up with ideas and present them clearly, speak, write, or instruct, debate your own view point, and gain a position as a spokesperson.
Doing these things may improve your ability to get your ideas across to others because you learn to choose your words carefully and have the facts to back them up. You also gain the confidence to speak out because you have developed communication skills and maintained a youthful curiosity. In short, you are well prepared with facts when tested.
Not developing these skills allows you to generalize or go off on a tangent, losing the point you are trying to make. You may avoid research and fail to achieve mental flexibility and clarity, or you may get hung up on a single goal instead of developing the diversity you need.
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So what even is the vertex?! Well, it is the mathematical point in the sky where the ecliptic of the Sun meets the Prime Vertical. It's usually going to be in the 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th house. Many astrologers don't talk about this being an axis, but it absolutely is. The opposite point is called the anti-vertex. It doesn't mean “bad vertex” or anything like that, it's just the opposite point. It will always be in the opposite sign and in the opposite house of your vertex.
This axis is nicknamed the “electric axis” and there's a reason for that! When this axis is triggered, it often indicates a destined event or a destined meeting between people. When I say “destined,” it depends on what your beliefs are about destiny and fate. It at least FEELS that way. It's a compulsive, really intense encounter or connection.
My Sun in within aspect - in conjunction - with Black Moon Lilith in both synastry charts involving Koand and George Ivan. Black Moon Lilith is viewed as a rebellious activist type energy.
