Astrological Planets: Venus in Brief

The symbol of Venus shows the circle of the spirit above the cross of matter. This indicates that with the astrological planet of Venus, spiritual values are more important than practical considerations. Furthermore, what is pictured is the attempt to united the perfection of the spirit with the material world by imposing the laws of beauty, harmony, and love on all that is personally contacted. The glyph for Venus has come to symbolize women and all that is feminine.

Venus is the planet of romantic love, beauty, and the arts that are associated with these things. It was named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. Sociable Venus rules over parties and pleasurable meetings. She accomplishes her goals by attracting only what she wants and rejecting the rest, thus making taste and values two of her special talents. Diplomacy, tact, and gentleness are a few of the arts that are ruled by Venus. In fact, Venus rules anything beautiful, including art that involves refined forms and designs, because everything must achieve harmony before usefulness, at least from Venus's point of view. The love and beauty of Venus has the power to both unite and heal us. A more desirable and powerful combination is difficult to imagine. Venus rules our senses of touch, taste, and smell.

Some of the qualities associated with the planet of Venus include: the feminine principle, attraction, acquiring, love, beauty, enhancement, behaving tastefully, socializing, being sociable, enjoyment, value, form, discretion, selection, harmony, unity, combination, refinement, diplomacy, tact, gentleness, healing, kindness, making peace and love, and art.