posted June 14, 2011 04:35 AM            

I am asking this because I have been reading a bit about the Magi Association’s interpretation of Chiron/ Vesta recently. Quotes from their astrologers include …..: “This is one of the best linkages the two of you can have and helps the two of you to be as compatible as possible. The super high level of compatibility that results from this linkage can overcome many other problems the two of you might have. The hallmark of this linkage is that you want to protect and please each other. And you make great partners in just about every part of your lives.”. ……..and : “favorable Vesta aspects can actually contribute more toward compatibility than Chiron aspects, though only Chiron Romantic Super-Linkages can indicate true love. A couple with both Romantic Super-Linkages and favorable Vesta aspects has an excellent chance for lasting happiness together.” ………. And “Vesta is sweet and caring, loyal and true. The symbol of friendship and compatibility, I would rank it just after Chiron and even (just barely) above Venus.”

Furthermore, on ranking scales of planets influence in interaspects, I they state the following :
Chiron
Vesta
Venus
Sappho
Neptune
Mars
Sun
Moon
Pluto
Jupiter
Uranus
Pallas
Mercury
Juno
Ceres
Saturn
Sedna

Ie. Vesta is placed above Venus.

Finally, here is a transcript of another Magi article I found on the web which seems to reinforce the idea that Vesta is more powerful than Venus in a Chiron Romantic super-linkage :

“Vesta – bratty Juno’s sweet sister by Magi"
Chiron gave us the missing piece that enables us to understand romantic affinity and familial association, career aptitude, personal charisma and the influential issue of life and death.
Juno brings an understanding of sexual affinity, need and attachment, and now an accurate perspective on how people are misled to make critical, and sometimes devastating, mistakes in their romantic and professional lives.

Vesta adds a new dimension – that of friendship, kindness and mutual acceptance or the lack thereof. Vesta is of even greater importance to long term compatibility than Chiron. The unique kind of love attendant to true friendship – that is imparts at linkage angles and impairs at clash angles.

People fall in and out of romantic love (Chiron) over time, and they fall in and out of lust (Juno) much more quickly and capriciously, but genuine friendship is unique and priceless both in its own right and for the staying power it gives romantic love relationships and the higher level to which it takes business relationships. Vesta rules all of the types of association that people form without the objective of a romantic, sexual or financial payoff.
The linkages of Jupiter, Venus and Neptune with each other are relevant to this subject, but give us a very incomplete picture by themselves. With Vesta, we gain a clear focus on a complete picture when we consider this type of relationship.
Simply put, the prospect of realizing our most cherished erotic and or fame and further fantasies with someone who appears to be a perfect partner can motivate any of us to get involved in something that we come to regret when we find the reality to be something other than fantasy. This is Juno’s specialty, but when the person we are considering is someone with whom we feel no need to show only our best side or be anyone other than whom we really are, and who relates with is in the same genuine way, this suggests that there is something real there that we can depend on. This is a sign of Vestas influence. A look at the inter aspects with the person in question along with the sky when we met them and our transits at the time will confirm whether this sensation is real. When the stars attest that this sense of non erotic non romantic affinity is really mutual and vestas doing, and not saturns malicious disinformation for a juno induced illusion, it is a sign that we can pursue the opportunity to potential live our our dreams with this person much more easily.
It is difficult to overstate the value of this knowledge when we consider how it can benefit us in our personal and professional relationships alike. Just think for the moment about how horrifying it would be to become a mutually addicted sexually and mated to someone that your can’t stand and who can’t stand you, and you will see exactly what we mean. It would be barely less less unpleasant to become hopelessly entangled financially or professionally with someone so insufferably incompatible. This knowledge about Vesta and Juno in combination with what we have previously revealed tells us how to identify in advance and avoid such excruciating situations. \
Only magi astrology gives us dependable, effective tools to know who our friends really are. Also consider that soul mates need to be best friends as well as lovers and life partners in order to be fully soul mates. Understanding how to navigate our lives by the stars empowers us to make the right choices to make them truly rewarding and in every way well worth living.”

Put together, this all seems to me to indicate that the “Vesta Chiron” linkage SHOULD be considered more powerful than “Venus Chiron”. What do you think?