Cool Moon Facts by Whip

Real astronomy and dated history, with sources. Documented traditions and folklore. Modern lunar astrology · symbolic, not predictive.

Planets and points · Beginner

Venus

The second planet; astrologers associate it with attraction, pleasure, art and relationships.

Venus is never more than about 47° from the Sun as seen from Earth, and appears as the morning or evening star. It is retrograde for about six weeks every nineteen months. Traditional astrology counts it the lesser benefic; modern astrologers associate it with what a person values and how they relate.

  • Kind: Astronomy, Interpretation
  • Tradition: Shared across Western traditions
  • In this site’s birth chart: used

Related: Benefic, Morning star, Evening star, Personal planets

Written for Cool Moon Facts in its own words. An astrology source documents what astrologers believe or practise; it does not establish that astrology works.

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