Ceres 💖✨✨
In astrology (in my opinion), Ceres is what we have experienced in our childhood and what we have made of it. It is how we first nurture ourselves and how we then use our experiences to nurture others. Ceres is the comfort, nurturing, and caring nature in all of us and where it stemmed from.
Ceres in Aries: There was once a time in your childhood that you had to learn to take care of yourself. Whether is was because your parents were not there physically or emotionally, or maybe you had to take the role of the parent and care for your siblings. Whatever it may be, your nurturing blossomed from a lack thereof and has its roots set in self-dependence. You may have started doing things like cooking and cleaning at an age younger than most, or maybe you were forced to be your own emotional support. Your wound was put there by physical and/or emotional neglect and was healed by independence, if you weren’t going to get enough nurturing from someone else then you were going to nurture yourself. Your parents cared for themselves so you did to.You do not particularly like to be cared for by other others anymore because you have learned to care for yourself, even at the lowest times there’s still a will to self nurture inside. When you need healing you move, whether it be through running, dancing, pacing, or just regular everyday movement. You do not stop moving, therefore never allowing a wound to sit and fester like it did in your childhood. And to others you teach the same, you tell them to rely on themselves because nothing and no one else is always reliable, you would show your child how to be independent and how to do things for themselves, there is always a need to be two steps ahead of the chance of neglect and that is how you prefer to heal others. Above all, Ceres in Aries is the unrelenting method of rising above a childhood.
Ceres in Taurus: As a child, your environment was consumed by material possessions. Your parents probably put a great emphasis on money or value, whether it was in excess or there was a lack of it. And think about it, what does nurturing mean to you, and were you truly nurtured in your childhood? With Ceres in Taurus your parents nurtured you with possessions, this could be manifested through an unhappy child being given toys/whatever they want to “emotionally heal” them or to apologize. It could’ve been your parents constantly preaching that you should be grateful and do not have a reason to be upset because they work hard to buy food,clothes, housing, etc. The method that you parents chose is up to your life, but one constantly repeated theme would be physical nurturing to replace emotional nurturing. It was the use of possessions to say /I care about you/ that dominated your childhood, and like any child, you learned from your parents. You have learned to nurture yourself with materials, and things that please the body but not always the soul. Skin care products like creams, luxurious soaps, or anything that would help to nourish the outside of your body probably comfort you. Rich, comfort foods are a common indulgence, and the best way to enjoy food for you may be snuggled beneath a blanket or comfortably in a bed. You work hard to surround yourself with possessions because possessions were your childhood, they are what shaped you and what made you. As the only form of nurturing you may know you also work tirelessly to be able to put a lot of love into choosing a gift for others. And a gift from you is really just an expression of genuine love and appreciation, as your parents thought that gift giving was to you. (It wasn’t).
Ceres in Gemini: Your childhood was erratic, inconsistent, maybe even chaotic. It was defined by spontaneous trips to various places, whether it was to a store, to someone else’s house, or just a random trip to get out of town. However, through all of this, one or more of your parents may have been slightly detached. They may have said “I love you, I love you, I love you,” but never actually showed it. They may have tried to nurture you through words but failed to realize that you needed more. And so you filled the spaces that they left vacant with what you knew, words. You may have started talking or writing at a young age. You may have relied heavily on interaction with your siblings or with the people that lived around you. You probably got lost in one too many books. Or, you got lost in the process of writing one. You find comfort in some form of communication because to you communication is the steadiest reminder of home. You may have been unable to express your thoughts completely to your parents or to others so you get words out in whatever way that you can, and it didn’t have to be through talking. And now, nurtured by words, you have grown to take care of the mind. In education lies security and comfort, learning new things allows you to internally expand. You thrive off of people asking how you’ve been, off of text messages, phone calls, writing, journaling, basically any way that you can express yourself through words. And as it is only human nature to care for others as we haves cared for ourselves, you like to do similar things for others. If someone is upset you attempt to talk it out, to give them verbal or written advice on their current situation and how to approach it, or maybe you distract them from the situation as a whole and decide to educate them. You have learned to nurture with the mind and rationalization, for you deeply emotional things may be difficult to grasp or to handle.
Ceres in Cancer: Above all, Ceres in cancer revolves around affection. Either your parental figures lacked true affection, comfort, or love, or they were overbearing and extremely clingy. You associate home with security, whether your childhood was secure and comfortable or generally unsafe and always changing. A Ceres in cancer childhood is as deep as as fluid as the ocean, and one aspect can drastically influence the expression of this placement. However, no matter what placement you have, you will always find comfort in a home. When you are upset or uneasy you nurture yourself by staying in a reliable home, by protecting yourself from the outside world and from its negative influences. You may enjoy cooking meals that remind you of your childhood, or decorating your home to truly reflect your personality and who you believe that you are. And, as probably expected, crying to release any emotional stress or deep rooted pain will always be healing. No matter how your childhood was, you always claim your childhood as a part of who you are. You may have a strong attachment to the place(s) that you lived when you were younger, and you will always be one to defend what or where you consider to be a home. You nurture others the in the same ways, you care for them through their emotions, and if someone is down you may have a strong urge to invite them to your home to comfort them. A home cooked meal is always a remedy for the sadness of others in your heart, and it may not be uncommon for you to cook a meal for a loved one in times of distress. For you, a home is love and love is a home.
Ceres in Leo: There was a deep lack of real attention in the childhood. You may have felt like the shadow to your parents’ spotlight, with a parent/parents that were boisterous, attention seeking, and controlling. As a child your self expression was a like a plant without water or sunlight, with your parents blocking out everything that could nurture it. And so what you could not find in your parent(s) you found in others. Whether it was brief moments of captivating others, when you feel like you are finally being acknowledged, or simply engaging with others. Compliments will provide warmth to a self image that was given little regard, and through other people taking notice of you you will grow. You do not want to fit in you only want to be heard, to leave the shadow that you stayed in for far too long and to expand who you are. You take care of others in making sure that they are never ignored, making them the temporary spotlight of your life and truly listening to what needs to be heard. You give constant praise and showers of compliments to whoever you think needs them, and you will always prefer lifting someone up instead of putting a person down. Playfulness, lightness, and humor may be evident in what you choose to do to lift someone’s spirits. Bear hugs and warm embraces may also be a way for you to show someone that you care. In your heart, being who you are is the best form of self love.
Ceres in Virgo: Early on in life, you may have been plagued by responsibility after responsibility, service after service. You were never a child only a poorly disguised adult, someone who had to learn to tenderly care for and be responsible for a home. Maybe your parent(s) were eager to find mistakes in all of your work so you pushed yourself harder, or maybe your parent(s) were unable/did not take care of your home so you stepped in. The first title that you claimed in your childhood was the laborer. The hard worker. Someone who provides a service to others. Someone deprived of the lightheartedness of a childhood. And this carried on into the rest of your life, you have learned how to take care of yourself and others by doing work. You comfort yourself with structured, efficient routines that you prefer to use as often as you can. You are comforted by keeping a clean and nourishing diet, one that you believe assists your body with nutritional benefits the most. You take tender care of your health, always attempting to heal what is wrong. And something that tends to lift your mood is self improvement, self help books, self help advice, anything that you believe will raise the standards you have put on yourself and on your life. You care for people by doing things for them, whether it’s helping them develop a structured daily routine, helping them do a certain task, or helping them organize something. The deepest way that you show your love and your nurturing, even though it may not seem like it to others, is through constructive criticism. As a child you always felt like you had to better yourself, so you reflect yourself onto others, you want others to get the feeling you that you acquire when you feel like you have improved yourself or something else. Your advice is never meant to be cruel or harsh, it is only to nurture and to assist others in their personal growth.
Ceres in Libra: Your childhood may have constantly fluctuated and was never constant, with acute highs and lows that came to define it. Your parents may have separated, were never together at all, or have had excessive arguments and conflicts. Your parent(s) may have blamed you for things that you had no control over, and may have treated you with general unfairness. Your appearance could’ve also been something that your parent(s) focused on, emphasizing how valuable that they believe the appearance to be and treating you more like a doll than a child. And with the hardships of your childhood you strive to attain a balanced and steady life. You want to be able to explain yourself instead of being pinned down, you want to express your opinions and to have them valued. You have taken your appearance back from others and only take care of your appearance for yourself and for no one else. Instead of only relying on the physical form for appearance you find beauty in things like art and music, beauty that you can create but beauty that you do not have to hold. A pleasant life with well expressed opinions and aesthetically pleasing undertones is what you may desire, and as you desire this for yourself you want to ensure the same for others. To care for a person you will listen and you will reassure them. You value their opinions and their viewpoints and validate them, making them feel as if someone finally understands where they’re coming from. You will create peace for them in the midst of adversity, and you yourself are a steady and balanced home. Use this gift to balance others.
Ceres in Scorpio: A home was always a place of intensity and of secrets. Your parent(s) may have been through something emotionally devastating when you were too young to remember, and you had to learn how to care for them even though you may not have fully understood was wrong. Maybe your parent(s) took up too much space emotionally, and your emotions were suppressed and made minimal to make room for theirs. How you felt as a child may have been constantly overshadowed by the constant emotional extreme(s) of your parents or the rejection of them all together. As a result of your childhood your heart harbors secrets, and the more personal secrets that you have the more comfortable you may feel. To take of yourself you feel as if you have to isolate yourself, to finally give your heart enough room to take full hold of deeply buried emotions and memories. Comfort is being free of the emotional influences of others, and to let yourself feel in solitude. Comfort is keeping in experiences and feelings that have hurt you so that no one can hurt you in the same way again. Comfort manifests in deep spiritual and physical experiences, interactions that you feel in your soul. Your ability to heal others is a gift unlike any other, an experienced shoulder to cry in in the face of trauma and heartbreak, you know what it means to lose yourself in a moment or an emotion. You care for another until you believe that they are strong enough to stand on their own, passionately working with a person to heal something that has emotionally scarred them in the way that you may have/tried to heal your parent(s). Be careful to not take on other’s pain.
Ceres in Sagittarius: Sometimes your parent(s) when missing. Sometimes your parent(s) were gone. Physically or emotionally, your parents were not always there, either with you or for you. Freedom for you was either in excess or was restricted, freedom for you came to define both you and your home. You may have traveled frequently in your childhood, particularly on long trips or on out of country vacations. You learned to escape difficult issues and emotions as a child, you learned that the best thing to do in the face of adversity was to leave. To nurture yourself you make your life free of rigid restrictions, free of being confined to space, free of as many things as you can. So when life gets difficult and your heart becomes tender, you leave. Get away. Disappear. Distance yourself. Your childhood has taught you that the only way to heal is to leave, to outrun the things and the people that have hurt you, to be known as someone who’s always halfway gone. You nurture yourself with wide, open spaces, with plenty of room to breathe, with fresh experiences and fresh people. And you would proudly say that you didn’t go back at all. You probably would not want to attach yourself too strongly to others, to get too invested in caring for those that are no longer strong. So you care from a distance, you may encourage others to get up on their own and to keep going, that independence is vital, and that you cannot truly care for yourself without personal freedom. You may enjoy nurturing people through opening their minds to new ideas and different ways of thinking that open up a multitude of possibilities. Above all you have attributed comfort to expansion.
Ceres in Capricorn: Like Ceres in Virgo, you may have been forced to grow up extremely fast in your childhood, and were never able to comfortably experience being a child. You had to become responsible for yourself and your actions in place of your parent(s). Your parent(s)’s life may have revolved around work and not around you, which maid their disposition stern and with work and structure oriented qualities. They may have believed that providing for you was an acceptable substitute for affection. Your parent(s) probably had high expectations and goals for you, and wanted you to strive towards what they believed that you should achieve in life. As a result of your childhood you favor being independent and find great comfort in being the one in control. You like to do things in certain ways instead of making people do things for you. You love to care for others by teaching others to care for themselves instead of relying on others. You prefer to help people find a structured path in life and to assist them in beginning to achieve their personal goals. Overall, you want to ensure a successful and rewarding life for others in the way that you parents may have wanted for you.
Ceres in Aquarius: Your home life as a child may have been erratic and unpredictable. Your parent(s) may have had a greatly fluctuating personality or irregular moods, which further destabilized your home. On the contrary, your parent(s) could’ve been aloof and void of most emotions. To deal with these things you’ve learned how to detach yourself from your life, to observe situations with eyes that are not you own. That emotional bond with your parent(s) may have been missing, and sometimes they have felt more like a friend than family. Your sense of individuality was ignored in your childhood, and you may have felt as if your identity was not valid. Just like you cared for yourself as a child by detaching yourself from your life, you care for yourself by never getting too attached to anyone or anything. You are probably more comforted by large friend groups or communities then small groups, and prefer to have your identity validated by greater numbers of people. Caring for others directly is not your preference, as you feel that you shouldn’t get overly attached, so you prefer to nurture from a comfortable distance. You encourage people to always be themselves and to never let others define them, to express their individuality and personal freedom to all of society, just as you like/would like to do.
Ceres in Pisces: As a child, you may have felt as if you did not know your parent(s). That doesn’t mean that they were literally not there, it just means that who they were was kept hidden to you. You may not have gotten to know your parent(s) on a spiritual and deeply personal level, and sometimes they may have felt more like someone who was just there than someone who was there for you. You could’ve been the victim in your childhood, whether it was through physical harm, bullying, general issues that your parent(s) had to “rescue” you from. Seclusion and alone time may have been a large part of you growing up, and more often than not you were probably left with just your imagination to entertain yourself, like having an imaginary friend, making little worlds with your toys, or being entertained by things that you have come up with. As you’ve gotten older, you probably enjoy things that nurture you on a spiritual level. Meditation, crystals, and other spiritual practices may help you soothe yourself and your troubles. Spending time alone with yourself and with your own emotions would also be a form of comfort for you. Animals and pets would be a great stress reliever, because they can provide the unconditional love that humans may lack. To take care of others, you will prefer to delve deep into another’s heart, to fully understand their emotions and their soul before you choose how to comfort them. You overflow with love and affection to others, and your love and affection is the kind that is gentle and persists. Be careful not to absorb other’s feelings, and learn to separate yourself from others sometimes so that you can distinguish your emotions from anyone else’s.
