The Venus

Sun - Moon - Mercury - Venus - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune - Pluto

 

 

Venus The Astrology Planet

Venus in a chart indicates what sort of attitudes you hold about the world around you, and what sort of values you place on various ideas and exper- iences. It will show what sort of relationships you involve yourself in with the purpose of gaining further objective understanding of other people and the world in general, and will give an insight into your thinking processes.

Venus is known as the loveliest and brightest planet. It is the Earth's closest neighbor toward the Sun, and represents our impulse to reflect, balance and evaluate. It brings love, peace, and harmony, and rules diplomacy, cooperation and strategy. It stands for beauty, nature, the arts, affection, social life, pleasure and happiness. It rules the second sign, Taurus, and the seventh sign, Libra, and the Second and Seventh Houses. It orbits the Sun every two hundred and twenty-five days.

Venus represents love, relatedness, values, social urges, art, beauty, creation, attraction, luck, personal magnetism, money, nurturing mother love, sensuality, bonding energy, harmony and merging. In the physical body it rules the kidneys, urinary tract, the venous blood and system, the throat, the larynx, and general physical attractiveness and magnetism.

Venus symbolizes the force of attraction in the universe, bringing things together to form a more perfect, complete and stable whole than that which previously existed in parts. In human beings this attractive force manifests as love: for others and for beauty. Through Venus we relate to others, appreciate the aesthetic principles of balance, harmony, color and sound, and learn to cooperate.

Venus, the goddess of love, beauty and harmony, rules the signs Libra and Taurus. In Libra Venus is aesthetic and cultured, lending harmony and love to relationships. In Taurus it is more earthy, materialistic and sensual, teaching the true value of what we attract and possess through our free will and the responsibilities of ownership. Since it is through this attractive principle that we draw and add to ourselves, an afflicted Venus spells difficulties with love and money. Often this shows a need to learn the true meaning of giving and sharing.

In a man’s chart Venus represents his feminine ideal, and the female he is looking for - if he is looking for a female. Venus also rules our values, and enjoyment of all kinds. With the addition of Venus’ love, art and beauty, mere existence on Earth is transformed into a life that is worth living.

Venus goes retrograde only once every 19 months for a 6-week period: only 1/12 of the time. It is the planet least likely to be found retrograde, and therefore its retrogradation is the most significant. Your Venus is retrograde if there’s an "Ñ" radially just inside of its degree and minutes digits on your chart. Venus retrograde individuals find their personal values through their relationships. They internalize and slowly digest their experiences with others to determine what will be of value to them later. This individualizing process can be very irritating to a mate, who may want to know where the Venus retrograde individual stands before having to go through the experience together.

Venus Keywords

love, relatedness, values, social urges, art, beauty, creation, attraction, luck, personal magnetism, money, nurturing mother love, sensuality, bonding energy, harmony and merging rules the kidneys, urinary tract, venous blood, throat and the larynx,gentle, lovable, unselfish, charming, companionable