Ceres in Cancer, Ceres in the 5th House

Ceres in Cancer

Ceres in Cancer is a very motherly and nurturing type. They are willing to go as far as they can to make sure the ones they love are nurtured and cared for. They want to do their best to provide their lovers with physical affection as well as meeting their emotional needs. If you are able to, make sure your Ceres in Cancer feels cared for emotionally and they will do more than their share to make sure you feel the same way. The Ceres Cancer can become a bit insecure about their own self worth, especially if they find themselves to not be appreciated for all that they give to others. It can make them feel angry and resentful. The Cancer Ceres needs to recognize that they are enough no matter how they treat others and how others treat them. They need to be mothered just as much as they mother others. They would be wise to hold out and find someone that treats them how they would desire to be treated.

5th House

Keywords: The keywords associated with the 5th house include love affairs, romance, sex, sexuality, creativity, art, dating, play, playfulness, children, spontaneity, fun, diversity, and the spotlight. 

Succedent House Type: The Succedent house type is ruled by a fixed sign. Leo is the fixed fire sign ruling the 5th house. 

The 5th house in astrology is symbolic of creativity, sexuality, and children. The reason all of these themes come together in the 5th house is due to the fact that they all of them are related to making or creating something outside of oneself. Creativity brings forth something new and imaginative. Your relationship to sexuality or how you express your sexuality can be a creative act or viewed as the reproductive act that creates babies. 

Having an emphasis of planets or lack of planets in the 5th house speaks more to what you make and create in life and less literally to how many children you will or will not have. When you are playing in the 5th house it is all about finding your creative spark, what enlivens you, and how you can bring your true identity forward. 

The focus of the 5th house is what unique experience do you want to share with others, what makes you special. The 5th house is also associated with affairs, flings, and romance due to the playful and often spontaneous nature of this area of the chart.