Planet Venus: characteristics, astrology and mythology – My Heaven Map

The planet Venus is one of the most beloved in the solar system. Our neighbor can be seen here from Earth, in addition to having countless interesting features and curiosities.

At the same time that it has aspects very similar to our own planet, Venus has particularities – such as being the only star that received a female name, linked to the goddess of love and beauty.

Check out what is said in astronomy, astrology and Mythology about the planet Venus!

Planet Venus and its characteristics

Venus is one of the four rocky planets in the solar system and the second closest to the Sun, 108 million km away from the king star.

Although the planet Mercury is the closest to the Sun, Venus has the highest temperature of all: around 460°C on its surface, enough to melt lead.

This happens both due to its proximity and the composition of its atmosphere (made up of 97% sulfur dioxide and the remainder water vapor, carbon monoxide, argon, helium, among others).

Still on its atmosphere, it is super dense and exerts pressure 92 times stronger than that of Earth. Furthermore, the clouds present on the planet Venus are composed of sulfuric acid and have speeds so high that they can reach more than 700km/h!

As for its size, it is compared to Earth as it is 12,104km in diameter, while our planet is 12,742km, in other words: very close in size.

Its core, like Mercury, is composed of iron. However, to a lesser extent: around 3,000km.

And if you happen to think that our Mondays last forever, think again: a day on Venus lasts 243 Earth days, in its rotation period. The translation period (orbit around the Sun) is 225 days.

Furthermore, its orange color is due to the fact that the particles present in its atmosphere reflect the extreme brightness of the Sun, making it visible to us in this way.

In conclusion, it is the third brightest celestial object in our solar system, second only to the king star itself and the Moon.

For this reason, it is easily seen here on Earth with the naked eye, and is also called the Morning Star or Morning Star, Evening Star or Jewel of the Sky.

Influence of Venus on signs

In astrology, the planets are rulers and give specific characteristics to the Zodiac signs.

The planet Venus represents love, pleasure, materiality and harmony.

Therefore, it governs the 2nd and 7th houses of the birth chart:

House 2: resources, money and values; House 7: commitments and marriage;

Other than that, Venus also marks beauty, art, sensuality. Both carnal and spiritual love are supreme!

He is the ruler of the signs of Libra (strong characteristics of sociability and aesthetics) and Taurus (linked to pleasures and materialism).

The house in the astral chart where the planet Venus is is where the affective aspect will be favored, the way we relate to others. Still, material values, the comfort that financial stability provides us.

Therefore, the place in which the feminine planet is located indicates how we deal with these two aspects, drawing powerful lessons on what can favor us in love and finances, as well as what we should be careful about.

The astrological symbol of the planet Venus is closely related to the feminine, being taken by biology to represent this gender:

And since we’re talking about love, how about seeing how the love synastry works with the signs of the Zodiac?

Venus in Mythology

In mythology, the origin of Venus is divided into two versions: one, that she was the daughter of Jupiter (in Greek Mythology, Zeus) and Dione (goddess of nymphs) and the other, that she was born from the foam of the sea, within a shell.

In fact, the latest version gave rise to several works of art honoring the goddess, the most famous of which is The Birth of Venusby Sandro Boticelli:

Her beauty became evident and much talked about on Olympus: all the gods desired her, while some goddesses coveted her features or were very jealous.

To resolve these impasses, Jupiter makes her marry Vulcan (Hephaestus in Greek Mythology), the god of fire. However, he was very ugly and had a disability that made him lame.

Although she was married, Venus maintained relationships outside of marriage, both with gods and mortals. Mainly with Mars (Ares, in Greek Mythology), the god of war, with whom she had some children – including Cupid, considered the god of love.

Venus represented the ideal of beauty, sexuality and at the same time love and fertility.

The planets of the solar system at present

The planet Venus is one of the most interesting planets in our solar system. If you are interested in the subject and want to have a beautiful representation of it for yourself, or give a creative gift to someone, how about our map of the planets?

It shows the exact alignment of the planets’ alignment, which can be a date from the past or the future.

You can also choose your favorite model, customize it with the color you find most interesting and add a love phrase or friendship phrase of your choice!

The texts are free and the conjunctions of the planets are diverse. This way, your map of the planets becomes unique, something totally different and exclusive!

Is not it pretty?

Create your map of the planets right now and have not only the planet Venus close by every day, but all the others – on a date that marked your life, or that of someone special.