Venus - The Many Names of Beauty

Venus—The Many Names of Beauty

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Named in Honor of The Roman Goddess, and personifying The Feminine Divine, Beauty and Love. Her significance throughout the history of humanity would fill volumes. (As a Librian, She is also my Ruling Planet; just as She is to Taurans.)

Some of the many Names of Venus throughout history, just may surprise you!

Jesus, Horus, Lucifer, Josef and Prometheus! Certainly however, She has been more kindly accepted as Ishtar, Kileken, TaiPei, Sukra, Tioumoutiri /Ouaiti (Hathor/Isis), Noga, Helel, and Phosphorus/Hesperus (Aphrodite/Venus) and more! 

Additional details about some of her more ancient associations are noted below:

♀ Sumeria/Babylonia—"Dil-bat in Akkadia" = The Star of Ishtar

♀ Maasai—"Kileken"

♀ China—"Tai Pei" = The Beautiful White One

♀ Jyotitvida (Hindu)—"Sukra" = Clear/Pure/Brightness in Sanskrit; associated with Indriani, Queen of The Gods & Indra as Over-Ruler; symbolized by the gemstone Diamond

♀ Egypt—Interepreted as two separate visible bodies "Tioumoutiri" just before sunrise & "Ouaiti" just before sunset; later associated with the duality of Isis & Hathor in the Dynastic eras; with the understanding of Venus as one Celestial Body, She retained her association with Hathor, while Sirius became Isis

♀ Hebrew—"Noga (Planet) /Helel (Archangel)/Ayeleth-ha-Shakhar/Kochav-ha-'Erev" = shining/bright/deer of the dawn/star of the evening (consecutively)

♀ Greece—Similar to the Egyptians, the morning "Phosphorus" & evening "Hesperus"; with the same later discovery the Greeks retained her morning assoication with the name of her counterpart, Aphrodite (Phoenician Astarte)

♀ Rome—(of course) Honored Her with the name of by which we know Her today.

♀ Australia—"Barnumbirr" = The Creator Spirit that "Sang" The World to Life; in the early hours before dawn, she draws behind her a rope of light attached to the Earth (i.e. The Sun); the aboriginal Yongu still honor this legendary part of their culture today.

♀ The Maya—"Chak Ek" = The Great Star; She was their most observed & important celestial body

Finally… "What about Venus & The Pentacle (not Pentagram)?" 

That's another blog, for another day…