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	The Asteroid Report The Asteroids in your chart teach you about your capacity to nurture, marry, solve problems, express your sexuality, and heal. The Asteroid Report interprets the 4 asteroids and Chiron, shedding light on these areas of essential life experience. More... Follow @artcharts

Ceres square Pluto
When Ceres, the Great Mother Asteroid makes a challenging aspect to Pluto, lord of death and rebirth, we might have to let go of intense emotional attachments to loved ones. It is only when we can finally accept the process, release the energy, let go and breathe deep, that life comes flooding back in, transformed into a new, revitalized form. This is the old mythic story of Persephone and Hades, for Ceres is our current representation of the Persephone Ceres rituals. It is only through the descent into the underworld that Persephone can transform herself and reemerge back into the daylight, whole once more. Trust in the process.

Astrological Ceres
Ceres, the largest asteroid, is the Great Mother asteroid, and embodies the motherly qualities of nurturing, caring, and fertility. Mythological Ceres was grief stricken by the abduction of her daughter Persephone by Hades, god of the underworld. Ceres teaches the joy of unconditional love and the pain and grief of dependency. Ceres can end heavy dependencies in order to create more sharing and varied interactions. Letting go of stranglehold grips on people and possessions can ironically bring greater gains. Astrological Ceres represents how we love and how we need to be loved. ...more