Venus

Venus – the planet of love, beauty, and attraction

Venus – a feminine, cool, and moist planet. She’s considered benevolent, good-natured, and symbolizes the soul’s desires, fertility, reproduction, and joy. Her energy is soft, harmonious, attractive, and aesthetic.

Astronomical Facts

Venus is the second planet from the Sun and the brightest celestial object in the night sky after the Moon. She’s visible either before dawn (the Morning Star) or after sunset (the Evening Star). Due to her similarity to Earth, she’s sometimes called "Earth's sister." She has an extremely dense atmosphere, creating a strong greenhouse effect, raising temperatures to levels capable of melting lead.

Astrological Significance

In a horoscope, Venus is responsible for:

• love, romance, emotional connections;
• aesthetics, refinement, beauty, taste;
• pleasure, comfort, luxury, sense of style;
• art, music, poetry, theatre, jewelry;
• morality, kindness, tenderness, friendship;
• striving for harmony, communication, agreement.

She's a planet that rather receives than acts (unlike active Mars). She rules Taurus and Libra, is exalted in Pisces, and in Scorpio and Aries — she's in fall.

Influence in a Natal Chart

The position of Venus in a sign and house shows:

• how a person expresses their love and affection;
• what they seek in relationships;
• what brings them pleasure;
• what aesthetic or emotional things attract them.

For example, Venus in Leo craves lavish and theatrical love, while Venus in Cancer seeks warmth, emotional connection, and care.

Symbolism and Correspondences

• Climatic zone: the fifth — Spain, part of Italy, Arab and Moorish lands.
• Social groups: women, poets, gamblers, recluses, Christians, troubadours.
• Minerals: brass, lapis lazuli, orpiment, ammonia, glass, women's jewelry.
• Animals: deer, roe deer, beautiful birds (doves, hoopoe), spiders, frogs, ants.
• Plants: apples, pomegranates, myrtle, fragrant trees, balsam, large fruits.
• Places: gardens, flowerbeds, taverns.
• Clothing: everything beautiful, refined attire.
• Color: white with a yellowish tint.
• Taste: sweet.
• Day: Friday (6th day), Tuesday night.
• Hours: 1st and 8th hours of day and night.

Physiology and Bodily Correspondences

• Rules: liver, mucus, male sperm.
• Associated with kidney and genital diseases.
• In the body — symbolizes the body at the age of 13 years, when sensuality awakens.

Appearance and Character

If Venus is the ruler of the natal chart and is located before the Sun, the person is usually:

• tall, well-fed;
• with a fair face, dark-eyed appearance.

If after the Sun — a less bright appearance, possible hair loss. In general — people with a strong Venus have a round face, dark eyes, a pleasant smile, and a gracious disposition.

Spiritual and Moral Traits

Venus rules:

• friendship, sincerity, kind words;
• love for children, pleasure, morality;
• inclination to luxury, play, intoxication;
• cult of beauty, aesthetic and sensual experience.

Negative traits with a weak position or damage: debauchery, avarice, false oaths, indulgence in weaknesses.

Cycle and Influence over Time

• Orb: 7° before and after.
• Period: 8 years.
• Great years: 1151; great – 82; medium – 45.5; small – 8.
• Never moves more than 46 degrees from the Sun.

Venus — the second closest planet to the Sun and the brightest natural object in the night sky, except for the Moon. Venus reaches her maximum brightness shortly before sunrise or shortly after sunset, so she's often called the Morning Star or Evening Star. She's also sometimes called "Earth's sister," as they are similar in size, gravity, and composition. Venus is the only planet in the Solar System named after a female figure, as Ceres and Eris are dwarf planets.

Venus, or Greek Aphrodite, is the goddess of love, beauty, and relationships. The planet probably got her name because she's so bright and beautiful! Venus is more receptive than outgoing (as represented by Mars) and rules the signs of Libra and Taurus. Venus is exalted in Pisces and is associated with aesthetics, beauty, refinement, and romance. Her position in the chart indicates the area in which love, affection, and sensual pleasure will be expressed. Venus's position also shows a person's perception of relationships and affection. Or the qualities and expressions of affection that a person may be most receptive to or comfortable with. A person with Venus in Leo may have a completely different perception of love and romance than a person with Venus in Cancer! Wherever she is in your chart or the chart of your loved ones and friends, she will surely play a big role in your romantic endeavors, pursuit of beauty, and potential for love!

Never deviates more than 46 degrees from the Sun. Venus – the planet of love; in ancient times, she was called the lesser benefic. Rules art, culture, aesthetics, possessions, partners, beauty, charm, good taste, sentimentality, sweets, flowers, harmony, poetry.

Venus's influence is gentle and harmonious. This planet governs emotional contacts, tenderness, morality, and marriage. In addition, she rules sociability, inclinations, luxury, pleasure, respect. Venus is the planet of love and sensuality, not sex. Wherever Venus is in your natal chart, you experience true pleasure.

Of the seven climatic zones, she governs the fifth: Spain, part of Italy, the Arabs and Moors inhabiting the land of Muhammad; prisoners, solitary people, Christians, all women, as well as all gamblers, poets, and troubadours.

Among minerals, brass, lapis lazuli, ammonia, glass, orpiment [yellow arsenic ore], and any jewelry worn by women correspond to Venus.

Venus reigns over gardens and places where myrtle or beautiful flowers grow, as well as over the inhabitants of taverns.

Among animals, deer, roe deer, and any beautiful animals correspond to her; among birds – hoopoe and doves; among reptiles – spiders, ants, and frogs.

Among plants, apples, pomegranates, and any trees whose fruits have a pleasant smell; balsam and large fruits belong to Venus.

In human nature, Venus rules everything pure, friendship, joy, dancing, beautiful words, debauchery, gambling, avarice, openness, false oaths, intoxication, love for children or relatives, justice, places of worship, and activities such as drinking beautifully. Venus – the ruler of mothers, daughters, and younger sisters.

If this planet is the ruler of the native and is not mixed with another planet, this person will be well-fed, tall, fair-faced, dark-eyed, but only if Venus is before the Sun. If she is behind it, such a person will be short and not so fair-faced, without curly hair, rather – bald.

In the human body, Venus rules the liver, male sperm, and mucus; signifies any diseases of the kidneys and genitals.

From a person's age, Venus represents the period when a person turns 13.

White, slightly yellowish color and sweet taste correspond to Venus.

Of the four cardinal directions, she governs the East.

Her letters – Tet and Dalet. Her sign. Of the days of the week, Friday, the sixth day, corresponds to her; of the nights – Tuesday night; of the hours of this day and this night – the first and eighth.

Her great cycle: 1151 years, great: 82, medium: 45 and a half, and small: 8.

Her period lasts eight years.

Her orb: 7 degrees before and 7 after.

Rulership: Taurus and Libra

Detriment: Scorpio and Aries

Keyword: Attraction