Ceres in Aries: February - May 2021

​Ceres moves from sweet, quiet Pisces to fiery and loud Aries on February 21st, and stays in this fire sign for a few months. Nurturing Ceres goes from a super sensitive sign in Pisces to a more independent sign of Aries. That's pretty different!

What is Ceres in astrology?

Ceres is technically a dwarf planet (like Pluto) but in astrology, we call it an asteroid (as it was before the dwarf planet designation). Ceres is super nurturing, supportive, caring, and there for you. I describe it as a supercharged Moon. You can find Ceres in your own chart on astro.com (in Extended Chart Selection, click on Additional Objects, and select Ceres from the menu).

Ceres in Aries Dates:

• Enters February 21st 2021
• Exits May 8th 2021

General Impact of Ceres in Aries:

Ceres is in Pisces at the moment, and this is a sweet, sensitive, gentle position for Ceres to be in. Ceres in Aries isn't exactly like that! With Ceres in Aries, we're more likely to nurture ourselves, and feel emotionally comfortable with being louder, assertive, and active.

Activity is something we're much more likely to need in order to balance ourselves and feel more secure. Without being active, this may be a challenging period. On a personal level, you may find this to be most focused on the areas of life ruled by the natl house(s) Ceres in Aries will tour for you.

We may want to do more of the things that we enjoy for ourselves, or that allow us to showcase more of who we are. We're less likely to hide our identities, and want to have the freedom to be ourselves.

Ceres in Aries can make us more comfortable with being independent, and we can help others to find their own way and learn how to rely on themselves.

Ceres in Aries Aspects:

• March 13th: Conjunct Chiron @ 7 degrees | Chiron is the ruler of wounds and healing, so Ceres conjunct Chiron can bring some major focus on healing to grow. This may be uncomfortable, but likely necessary. The healing we do may be from wounds that kept us from being our true selves and expressing ourselves authentically. Using nurturing energy can help yourself and others to be more secure in who you/they are.
• March 19th: Sextile Saturn in Aquarius @ 10 degrees | Saturn helps us focus on what we need to do to feel secure and stable in our lives, and we can work on projects and anything external/tangible that allows us to express our true identities.
• March 25th: Sextile Mars in Gemini @ 12 degrees | Mars is the natural ruler of Aries, so this helps to push the Aries energy in a positive way. We can be more energetic, enthusiastic, and feel comfortable with being assertive.
• April 7th: Conjunct the Sun @ 17 degrees Aries | This aspect can really push us to focus on being more secure, and we can focus on ways to do that. We can also be more nurturing of others and of ourselves.
• April 14th: Conjunct Mercury @ 20 degrees Aries | We can focus on mental expression, sharing ideas and thoughts, and can be more nurturing of ideas and plans and thoughtful with our words. We may need new modes of communication to feel heard.
• April 30th: Square Pluto in Capricorn @ 26 degrees | This aspect is very strong late April to early May because Pluto turns retrograde April 27th square Ceres. This is also the only hard major aspect Ceres makes in Aries. Pluto is power struggles and fighting for control, so we may be focused on that at this time. We may be trying to force our own way, and aren't being thoughtful of how this impacts others. Middle ground is likely going to be needed in a big way, Compromise!
• May 5th: Sextile Jupiter in Aquarius @ 28 degrees | This can charge our generosity and make us more buoyant. We can give much more, but not so much that we don't feel we have enough for ourselves.

Final Notes:

Ceres will be at 0 degrees Aries February 21st - 23rd, which is a special position called the 0 degrees Aries Point. This is the very first degree in the Zodiac (which is made up of 360 degrees, 30 for each of the 12 signs). 0 degrees Aries wants us to show our true selves, to be who we really are outwardly. If that's been a problem, it can be front-and-center!

At the end, Ceres will be at 29 degrees Aries May 5th - 8th, which is called the anaretic degree (which is 29 degrees of any sign, the last degree). The anaretic degree is a point of crisis energy in transit, and we may feel we have to make a big push for expression around this time. We have to be mindful of being overly aggressive or selfish to do it though.

Suggested Reading: Transit Ceres in the Houses