The Astrology of Ceres

Wednesday September 14th 2016
Demeter Mourning — Frederick Leighton

Demeter Mourning — Frederick Leighton

The dwarf planet Ceres, named after the goddess of fertility and agriculture, takes four years to make her way through the Zodiac, spending about four months in each sign.

But this year, due to retrograde, she will be spending an unusually long time in Aries and the early degrees of Taurus. Ceres turned retrograde on August 31 at 5° Taurus and she retreats into Aries on October 13.

Ceres is about the same size as Pluto. Although her influence has been widely ignored by the astrological establishment — even though the asteroids were discovered over 100 years earlier than Pluto —  she is often the key to understanding a birth chart, and transits from and to Ceres can be life-changing.

During this retrograde, it’s time to re-evaluate Ceres (while she’s in Taurus) and revivify her (when she reaches Aries).

First of all, here are two essential posts about Ceres, which were lost in a search engine wilderness.

To Cherish — Ceres Part One

Guardian of the Gates of Hell – Ceres Two

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  1. Andries H. Cats says:
    October 12, 2017 at 6:47 pm

    Stephen Craig Paddock has Ceres 20 Gemin conjunt his twelve House cusp 20 Gemini.

    Horoscope Stephan Craig Paddock, birth certificate: birth on 11:05 am in Jane Lamb hospital Clinton Iowa.

    Rectified birthtime 11:04:17 am.

    His Pars Frt. 26 Taurus is conjunct fixed star Algol!

    Progressive aspects .

    28-Jul-1960 025°,10’08 Taurus Moon 0 Pars
    28-Jul-1960 +23°,35’18 Moon // Plu
    28-Jul-1960 +23°,35’26 Moon // mutual Plu

    Relatives say the roots of Paddock’s loner lifestyle may have been planted July 28, 1960. On that day, when Paddock was 7, a neighbor from across the street took him swimming. The neighbor at the time told a local newspaper that she knew authorities were coming for his father, a bank robber, and she wanted to spare the boy the trauma of seeing his father hauled away by authorities.

    Progressive aspect and transits Stephen Craig Paddock.

    19-Jan-1998 016°,01’11 Cancer Ura 90 mutual C—3
    19-Jan-1998 025°,10’08 Aquarius Mars 90 Pars transit
    19-Jan-1998 012°,15’35 Libra Maan 90 Black Sun transit
    19-Jan-1998 014°,34’38 Aries Sat 90 Ura transit
    19-Jan-1998 025°,21’46 Aquarius Mars 60 Ven transit

    Father Benjamin Hoskins Paddock.

    He died Jan. 18, 1998, in Arlington, according to an obituary than ran in the Star-Telegram.

    Progressive aspects and some transits:

    11-Jun-2017 023°,51’08 Gemini Moon 135 Drac
    12-Jun-2017 +21°,34’35 MC // Asc
    18-Jun-2017 024°,07’56 Gemini Moon * AL HECKA (MARS – )
    23-Jun-2017 024°,18’44 Gemini Moon 120 Sat
    27-Jun-2017 020°,39’57 Gemini Sun 120 mutual Sat
    28-Jun-2017 024°,28’51 Gemini Moon 90 AR09
    28-Jun-2017 007°,36’05 Gemini MC 135 Nep
    30-Jun-2017 024°,33’48 Gemini Moon 0 AR12

    11-Jul-2017 010°,10’08 Cancer Merc 45 Pars
    17-Jul-2017 025°,10’08 Gemini Moon 30 Pars
    22-Jul-2017 025°,21’46 Gemini Moon 60 Ven
    27-Jul-2017 025°,32’37 Gemini Moon 45 C-11

    3-Aug-2017 +19°,03’43 Mars // Pars transit
    5-Aug-2017 005°,29’57 Taurus Ven 90 mutual Drac
    5-Aug-2017 -21°,34’35 Plu # Asc transit
    6-Aug-2017 021°,28’28 Sagittarius Sat 120 AR03 transit
    7-Aug-2017 011°,48’08 Leo Mars 0 C—2 transit
    13-Aug-2017 026°,08’13 Gemini Moon 60 AR08
    31-Aug-2017 026°,48’08 Gemini Moon 45 C–2

    24-Sep-2017 004°,20’23 Scorpio C–3 135 C-12
    24-Sep-2017 +16°,38’59 C-12 // Ven
    28-Sep-2017 +07°,10’51 Mars # Nep transit
    28-Sep-2017 014°,34’38 Virgo Mars 60 Ura transit
    29-Sep-2017 012°,12’27 Pisces Nep 45 AR01 transit
    29-Sep-2017 +06°,50’44 Mars # Sat transit
    30-Sep-2017 015°,54’17 Virgo Mars 45 AR10 transit

    1-Oct-2017 010°,32’37 Cancer Merc 60 C-11
    1-Oct-2017 027°,54’22 Gemini Moon * POLARIS (SAT – VENUS )
    1-Oct-2017 008°,01’21 Libra Sun 45 AR06 transit
    1-Oct-2017 022°,16’25 Sagittarius Sat 60 Maan transit
    1-Oct-2017 -09°,49’17 Jup # C—3 transit
    2-Oct-2017 020°,55’13 Gemini Sun 60 Plu
    2-Oct-2017 027°,12’27 Aries Ura 90 AR01 transit

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  2. Ronlof says:
    December 27, 2020 at 5:04 am

    Yeah Ceres rules Virgo and Earth rules Taurus. It will be interesting to see how the first Earth-retrograde affects future Martian colonists. Ceres needs far more representation in charts! She’s an actual spherical planet!

    I don’t understand why so many astrologers focus so heavily on Chiron who is significantly smaller than Ceres (Chiron is actually smaller than several of Jupiter and Saturn’s moons – which add even more “weight” to those larger planets), has an irregular orbit which will likely cause it to leave our solar system or be absorbed by another planet at some point, and is not even spherical like Ceres and Eris, meaning that Chiron does not have significant enough gravity to create such a form. Chiron literally has less weight in our solar system than Ceres and Eris and several moons…not to mention that Ceres orbits 2.5-2.9 AU from the Sun whereas Chiron orbits between 8.4-18.8 AU from the Sun (Earth is about 1 AU from the Sun). Actually, based on Ceres’ size and proximity to Earth she has a larger gravitational influence on Earth than even Pluto. Size and proximity to Earth do matter in Astrology! There is actual science and astronomy that astrologers need to bring back in aka actually learn. Astronomy and astrology cannot exist without the other and can no longer remain separate for the advancement of our species. Chiron definitely does NOT rule Virgo, that position also goes to Ceres, who resonates far stronger with the energy of Virgo and the 6th house as a whole while Chiron only resonates with a few themes. Chiron and the other Centaurs (Chariklo, Nesses, Pholus, etc.) are all linking and transformative energies who resonate far closer to Scorpio and possibly Pisces – linking the energies of the social and collective social giants to the hidden realms of the Kuiper Belt (Plutinos, Haumeids, Cubewanos, etc).

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    • Christina says:
      December 27, 2020 at 12:35 pm

      I often wonder the same thing myself. And Chiron was discovered much more recently.
      I think one reason is that Chiron was included in some ephemerides right away. Another might be common or garden sexism!

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