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proserpina, queen of spring and the underworld (asteroid 26)

i have not made a post about proserpina, so i won't complete a request like this without having talked about the asteroid first. proserpina and persephone are only mildly different. the likeness ends at the abduction and her mother searching for her.

trigger warning: rape

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Proserpina's abduction was more turbulent than Persephone's and is seen in many pieces of media: art, sculptures, Metamorphoses, etc. Proserpina was an innocent girl picking flowers and playing in the glade with Cyane in the pool of water next to her - this was normal for the girls. On a whim one day, Pluto grabbed her and carried her away. Crying and terrified Proserpina calling for her mother - her dress tore, "her flowers fell" (which might be Ovid's metaphor for her loss of innocence/virginity). She screamed for her friends and no one came. Pluto urged each of the horses pulling his chariot by name to take them away to the Underworld. Cyane spoke up when she saw this, saying that taking Proserpina would be against the will of Ceres and that he had done this all wrong - a girl was meant to be wooed and Proserpina was in tears and terrified. She could do nothing to stop him for she was stuck in her pool of water - she was forced to watch him take Proserpina. IN MY OPINION Proserpina in your chart can represent a) ruined innocent, b) rape, c) abductions, d) innocence, and/or e) feeling trapped and helpless in a situation.

i encourage you to look into the aspects of proserpina along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of proserpina AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede proserpina!

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS/PLANETS: PLUTO, ovidius (2800), ceres (1), and/or cyane (403).

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Bacchus, or "Liber Pater," is often identified as Dionysus. He is thought to be more restrained as Bacchus and more unrestrained as Liber ("to be set free") - who is often worshipped alongside Ceres at fertility festivals. Liber is thought to have been Ceres's son but still is sown to Jupiter's thigh in some version to keep him safe from Juno. IN MY OPINION Bacchus in a chart can represent a) restrained fun, b) where you can learn to let loose, c) your fertility, and/or d) where you are celebrated.

i encourage you to look into the aspects of bacchus along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of bacchus AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede bacchus!

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: ceres (1), juno (3), and dionysus (3671)!

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last updated: april 24th, 2023

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abundantia (151)

achaemenides (5126)

amalthea (113)

amor (1221) / cupido (763 / h40)

bacchus (2063)

camilla (107)

ceres (1)

cybele (65)

diana (78)

flora (8)

juno (3)

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galatea (74)

proserpina (26)

pygmalion (96189)

romulus (10386)

salacia (120347)

vesta (4)

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Ceres is the daughter of Saturn and Ops - the sister of Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Vesta, and Juno. Saturn ate her and all her siblings excluding Jupiter who was tricked by Ops who had him swallow a rock instead. This made Saturn vomit them up and then they fled - leading to them ruling the universe. It was her brother, Pluto, who many years later abducted her daughter. Venus, the goddess of love, sent her son Cupid to shoot Pluto with his arrow. On one of his visits to the world above after being shot with the arrow, he saw Proserpina (Ceres’s daughter) skipping with a group of nymphs and instantly fell in love. He then lured her to his chariot and whisked her away to the Underworld. For a while Ceres searched for her daughter yet couldn’t find her. When she discovered Proserpina’s belt in the land of Sicily, Ceres in turn cursed the entire land for seasons to come (winter and fall) where nothing would grow. It was then that many other gods noticed a shift in the land. Jupiter then sent Mercury to tell Pluto to release their daughter (yep incest *vomit noise*) if she hadn’t eaten the poison fruit of the Underworld yet. Proserpina had eaten seven pomegranate seeds. After a long fight between mother and brother - Proserpina was made to split the time between the two. Ceres is the reason seasons exist - spring announced the return of Proserpina and fall meant Proserpina had to return to Pluto. IN MY OPINION Ceres can represent a) agriculture, b) nurturing, c) motherhood, d) family relationships, e) grief, and/or f) where you are willing to destroy everything to get what was lost.

i encourage you to look into the aspects of ceres along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of ceres AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede ceres!

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS/PLANETS: ops (2736), vesta (4), juno (3), cupido (763), proserpina (26), MERCURY, VENUS, JUPITER, SATURN, NEPTUNE, and PLUTO.

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