VENUSVENUSVenus is the Roman name for the Greek Aphrodite, goddess of love, grace, beauty and sexual rapture. Venus has also been called the "jewel of the sky"; "Eosphorus as the morning star and Hesperus as the evening star"; from a modern day astronomer's view, "Earth's sister planet"; and from an astrologer's view, the "compliment to Mars." Venus was born of the Sea and the Sky. She was honored as the Mother of the Roman people. Her mortal born son was Aeneas. Aeneas was the founder of the great city of Rome. There are still shrines to Venus existing in the Mediterranean Region to this day.
It is the Goddess Venus who inspires people to love one another and to celebrate the rites of Marriage. She is also associated with the rites of Spring and Fertility. Though there are many other great Goddesses associated with Love, Venus reigns as the supreme Goddess Of Love. With her exquisite features and pleasant smile she attracted many suitors, gods and mortals alike. However, she was married to the graceless and lame Vulcan, the god of fire. Her true love was Mars , the god of war. Their child was the beautiful goddess Harmonia. One day while Venus and Mars were together they were caught in an invisible but strong net forged by Vulcan, and exposed to the ridicule and laughter of the other gods at Mt. Olympus.
Aphrodite, in Greek mythology, the goddess of love and eauty and the
counterpart
of the Roman goddess Venus. In the Iliad by Homer she is said to be the
daughter
of Zeus and Dione. She is described as having sprung from the foam of
the
sea; etymologically, her name may mean "foam-risen". According to
Homer,
Aphrodite is the wife of Hephaestus, the lame and ugly god of fire.
Among
her lovers was Ares, god of war, who in later mythology was represented
as
her husband. She was the rival of Persephone, queen of the underworld,
for
the love of the beautiful Greek youth Adonis.
Other cultural names for Venus include: the Babylonian Ishtar; the
Syro-Palestinian
goddess Ashtart; the Aztec: Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli (meaning "Lord of the
House
of Dawn."), an apparition of Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent; the
Maya: Kukulcan (Venus was the Mayan patron of warfare,
with
several battles coinciding with significant Venus alignments); and the
Norse
Sif, noted for her "conjugal fidelity." Aside from the asteroids, Venus
is
the only main planet named after a goddess--sorry to say for our
soul-ar
system.
The astrophysical resonance of Venus govern the heart bio-energy center (chakra), and the thymus, which is the neurological control center for the immune system. The heart chakra is our center of intuitive knowing, harmony, magnetic attraction, that which we value, love, romance, and sexual rapture. It is where we find our capacity for compassion and appreciation of beauty. The heart chakra and thymus resonate to the emotional tone of fear and judgment. It is fear that shuts the heart down and causes all immune related problems. We defend our fear with judgment. Like the thyroid (governed by Mercury) is reflexed to the liver, the thymus is reflexed to the spleen. All immune disorders are fear related. The astrophysical resonance of Venus govern heart musculature and firing, lungs, bronchiole, and breasts. All asthmatic and breathing conditions, a sunken chest, and breast problems are fear / judgment originating.
Venus (and the heart chakra), when mature and clear, expresses love in art and beauty, with a wonderful capacity for unconditional acceptance of all conditions--true, non-judgmental love. The unconditionally open heart receives and expresses love that is harmoniously balanced. Mature Venus is open to new experience, is courageous, optimistic, and aware of soul intent and purpose--as the unconditionally open heart is where soul fully radiates. Mature Venus also is sociable, fashionable, artistic, good willed, benevolent, diplomatic, and magnetically sensuous.