Ceres (Asteroid)

Ceres (Asteroid)

Ceres (Asteroid) refers to the astrological interpretation, archetypal symbolism, and technical chart placement of the largest body in the main asteroid belt. Representing the divine feminine, agriculture, and maternal care, Ceres is categorized in modern horoscopic astrology as a primary indicator of unconditional nourishment, self-care routines, grief, and natural life cycles. It is also evaluated under its modern astronomical classification as a dwarf planet.

The Ceres Cycle (1993)

  • 4 pages
  • 1991

Ceres (Asteroid), Celebrity Natal Charts, and Asteroid Goddesses. This archival item is the 1993 article “The Ceres Cycle” by Frances McEvoy, reprinted from the Astrologers Newsletter. It details the 1801 discovery of Ceres, its twenty-three year orbital cycle, and its mythological association with Demeter, nurturing, and parenting. McEvoy examines Ceres placements in the birth charts of notable mothers and children, providing exact chart placements and delineations for figures such as Queen Victoria, Rose Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Liza Minnelli, Gloria Vanderbilt, Liv Ullmann, Isadora Duncan, Ingrid Bergman, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Shirley MacLaine. The article emphasizes how Ceres configurations signal themes of maternal devotion, parent child separations, loss, and the protection of children’s rights.

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Ceres: Food Provider and Grieving Mother (1985)

  • Vol 4, Issue 7
  • 3 pages
  • 1987

Ceres (Asteroid), Maternal Significators, and Celebrity Natal Charts serve as the primary focus areas of this historical astrological literature. This archival item is the March 1985 issue (Volume 4, Number 7) of the Astrologers’ Newsletter, a publication of the Boston chapter of the National Council for Geocosmic Research (NCGR). The featured article, “Ceres: Food Provider and Grieving Mother” by Frances McEvoy, examines the largest asteroid through its discovery, its orbital cycle and eclipse involvement, and its mythological identity as Demeter, the Earth Mother goddess of agriculture and the bereaved parent of Persephone. The digital file preserves an extended survey correlating Ceres placements across the natal charts of prominent public figures including Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli, Eleanor Roosevelt, Queen Victoria, and Ingrid Bergman, arguing for Ceres as an indicator of nurturing, maternal devotion, and the grief of parental loss, while tying its 1984-85 transit through Taurus to the Ethiopian famine and the American farm crisis.

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