Ceres

Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt and is classed as a dwarf planet. It was discovered on January 1, 1801, and is named for the Roman goddess of agriculture, grain and motherly love.

What it stands for

• nurture
• harvest
• care
• self-support

In the birth chart

In the birth chart Ceres is read as the way a person nurtures and likes to be nurtured. It stands for care in practical forms: feeding, sheltering and tending, whether of other people or of oneself.

The name and the myth

Ceres, the Greek Demeter, was the goddess of the harvest and the mother of Proserpina, the Greek Persephone. Her search for her lost daughter is the myth of the seasons.

How astrology reads it

Modern astrology uses Ceres for self-care and for the ties between parent and child. It is one of the four asteroids, with Pallas, Juno and Vesta, that astrologers have used since the 1970s, and it has no traditional rulership of a sign.

Tarot, astrology and numerology are traditions of symbolism. This page says what the tradition associates with its subject. It does not predict anything and it is not advice.