Ceres – Moonzie Momma

From The Goddess Companion April 25

A detailed illustration depicting the "Many Faces of the Goddess." The composition features several scenes: Ceres holding bread in a field; a group of Romans performing the Robigalia ritual to protect grain; Venus holding a mirror surrounded by roses and doves; and a dual-portrait of Artemis with a bow and Proserpine holding a pomegranate in a dark, nocturnal setting. In the center, a ethereal figure flows through all the scenes.

~ April 25 Goddess, we know you by so many names:Ceres, mother of the harvest, you who in the joy of finding your lost daughter gave a new diet to our forebears, no longer acorns to eat but nourishing bread raised in fertile soil; and Venus,inventor of that clever way […]

From The Goddess Companion April 13

A Roman goddess, Ceres, walks through a tilled field at dawn, scattering grain from a wicker basket. In the background, a farmer plows with oxen, a prince kneels by the soil, and two tamed dragons rest near a distant mountain under a glowing constellation.

~ April 13 She is the goddess of power:earth’s mothering power, soil’s nurturing power,grain’s sustaining power.We see her in the stars,taming dragons and riding them, bits between their teeth.We see her on earth too:giving seeds to strong farmersand princes, commanding themto sow not only the fertile soil,but raw earth too, […]