[martin_fierro]

I did not know any of this.

Color me a Vesta Virgin.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks martin_fierro for the ping, thanks LibWhacker for the topic, an *excellent* ‘extra, extra’ ping for the APoD members (considering that today’s APoD was about hurricanes).

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Actually, you could call yourself a “Vestal Virgin.” In ancient Roman religion, the Vestals or Vestal Virgins (Vestales, singular Vestalis), were priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the hearth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestal_Virgin

BTW, Ceres is named for Ceres, goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships and the matron saint of Sicily, site of her discovery.