Venus
Azension's Venus is located at 21° Capricorn 20' 17"
Venus seems to be about self-care rituals.
The Domain of Desire
"For me Venus holds special fascination because of its many close connections to Earth and the important role it has played in our changing ideas about the universe and our place in it. It is the brightest thing in our night sky, after the full Moon, and has long attracted human worship, fear and calculation."
- David Harry Grinspoon, Venus Revealed, 1998
-Michael Parkes, Venus, United States, 2005
The descent of divine feminine energy into the physical world.
Venus is the second planet from the sun with an orbit cycle of 224.5 days.
Venus rules Taurus and Libra and is at home in the Second House or Seventh House.
Venus symbolizes love, beauty and pleasure. Human autonomy would correlate with the throat, cheeks, kidneys and internal reproductive organs.
The Tarot Card Associated with Venus is The Empress.
The metal associated with Venus is copper. It is exalted in Pisces and falls in Virgo. That means it is strongest in Pisces, and weakest in Virgo.
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The Love
Venus rules over love, aesthetics, harmony and relationships. In Buddhism and Hinduism, Venus is known as Shukra and signifies love, creativity, procreation, luxury and the arts. Venus' domain is desire and the planet reveals that which the individual values. What is worthy of our affection and money? What gives us pleasure? Venus governing love and relationships indicate how we relate to others and express affection. In horoscopes, signifies union, please, compromise, affection and most importantly beauty of the self presentation.
Edward Burne-Jones, Venus' Looking Glass from The Flower Book, England, 1905
In this image of Venus: the full Moon is made in her mirror...
Nine Analogies for Love
Love is like an unpaid debt....
Love is like a raksasa-ghost woman....
Love is like a wonderful lotus-flower whose roots are hiding a poisonous snake....
Love is like a disagreeable food....
Love is like a prostitute....
Love is like a mleccha [i.e., 'barbarian']....
Love is like an infected sore....
Love is like a destructive wind....
Love is like a comet....
The Angels of Love
Theliel, Rahmiel, Raphael, Donquel. In Talmudic, Zoharistic, and Mandaean sources Liwet and Anael are angels of love. In ancient Persian writings, Mihr was the angel who watched over love and friendships.