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VENUS KEYWORDS

 

Harmony            Unison            Balance            Proportion            Charming                   Taurus/Libra

Love           Worth; value          Self-worth            Harmonious           Peacemaker             Earth-/Air+

Money            Beauty (aesthetic/physical)             Art                 Tact                   2nd House/7th house

Personal relationships            Fashion          Values             Sociable                      Friday

‘Lesser benefic’            Urge to attract/be attractive                     Gracious                     Fixed/Cardinal

Indecisive            Gentleness            Careless           Over-romantic            Over-dependent            Desires

Friendliness            Social graces       Co-operation         Finding common ground            Luxury

Appearance            Need to be popular/appreciated/liked            Pleasure              Lover              

Ease            Compromise              Hetaira             Courtesan            Relationship with others

 

Aphrodite (Greek, associated with Taurus)               Athene (Greek, associated with Libra)

Freya (Norse)          Innana (Mesopotamia)            Ishtar (Babylon)            Isis (Egypt)



Botticelli's Birth of Venus


Culture, arts, entertainment industry, glamour, fashion, film stars, musicians, jewellers, interior decoration, gardeners, artists, nation’s women (as Moon), farming, banking, financial institutions, money, resources, possessions, beauticians, diplomats

Art galleries, dancing schools, beauty parlours, hairdressers, gardens, fountains, bedrooms, bridal chambers, wardrobes, purses, jewellery, make-up, perfume

 

Kidneys, throat, neck, ears, lower jaw, thyroid gland,

 

Dove, cattle, dolphins, swans, nightingales, blackbirds

‘Annoying & jumping insects’? (Rulership Book, Rex Bills)

 

Thyme, mint, feverfew, fruit trees, olive trees, myrtle, pansies, foxgloves, roses,

5-petalled flowers, apples, strawberry, fig, peaches, plums, raisins, almonds, mugwort

 

Copper, marble, amber, emerald                  Colours – green, pinks, light (sky) blue


Positive character traits - Artistic, creative, companionable, peace-loving, harmonious, gentle, placid, diplomatic, tactful,  valuing self & others, sensual, graceful

Negative character traits - Self-indulgent, possessiveness, jealousy, constantly comparing, ruled by desire, ‘in love with love’, lazy, languid, ‘peace at any price’, emphasis on appearance, vain, always asking “do you love me?”, ‘sitting on the fence’, indefinite,  indecisive,  vacillating



VENUS ASTRONOMY



NASA image of Venus

Venus is known as an 'inferior' planet, as it between the Earth and the Sun. It is always within 48 degrees of the Sun as viewed from Earth. It is a 'rocky' or 'terrestrial' planet (as opposed to a 'gas giant') only slightly smaller than the Earth, at 12,104 km in diameter. Venus is 67.2 million miles (108.2 million km) from the Sun on average, and takes 225 days to orbit the Sun.


For more detailed information, go and have a look at the excellent Venus astronomy Wikipedia page




SUGGESTED READING

  • Greene, Liz - The Inner Planets
  • Gerhardt, Dana - Venus Revisited, The Mountain Astrologer Issue 138 & 139 (April/May 2008 and June/July 2008)