Some thoughts to contemplate as you tune into Venus at this important moment in her cycle.
What Venus sounds like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4ll-DxDmbw&feature=related
Inside the planet Venus - infographic/stats
http://www.space.com/64-inside-the-planet-venus-infographic.html
For the true geeks out there, here's a complete list see of 6 millenia of Venus Transits (compiled by NASA) http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/catalog/VenusCatalog.html
CONTEMPLATE THE BEAUTY OF VENUS:
Consider the elegant and sublimely orchestrated orbit of Venus, which forms a pentagram (5-pointed star) in the heavens as it moves in its orbit. For an amazing animated visual of THE PENTAGONAL CYCLE OF VENUS, go to this web-page by the brilliant Nick Anthony Fiorenza, Sidereal Astrology expert: http://www.lunarplanner.com/HCpages/Venus.html
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The Pentagonal Cycle of Venus |
How does a planet weave a web like that? Even if you don't fully understand the math/science of the next few paragraphs (as I don't:) begin to imagine the beauty of Venus' movement through space:
"There is a highly noticeable rhythm in the motion of Venus: after 8 years it returns to the same place in the sky on the same date. This was known to, and of great interest to ancient peoples such as the Maya.
The cause of this rhythm is that Venus goes around the Sun an integral number of times - thirteen - in 8 years. The sidereal year (measured with respect to the background of fixed stars instead of the sun) of Venus is 225 days and there are almost exactly 13 of the Venus-years in 8 Earth-years. The synodic (as-seen-from-Earth) period of Venus is 584 days, and there are 5 of these in 8 years.
In the 8-year span each heliocentric (centered around the sun) event of Venus, such as perihelion, happens 13 times; and each geocentric (earth-centered) event, such as inferior conjunction, happens 5 times.
I think it worth noting that 5, 8, 13 are successive numbers in the famous FIBONACCI SERIES: 1+1 = 2; 1+2 = 3; 2+3 = 5; 3+5 =8; 5+8 = 8+13 = 21... This series converges on THE GOLDEN RATIO: 0.618... The number that is its own inverse: 1/0.618 = 1.618), and which crops up in proportions of Greek temples, spiral arrangements of leaves around plants, and the logarithmic spirals of shells, cyclones and galaxies. - Guy Ottewell, 'Astronomical Calendar 2012'
Hence the pattern of a Venusian pentagram of morning stars or evening stars around the zodiac takes on a level of MYSTICAL GEOMETRY. This is true beauty, exhibited in the natural movements of the planet Venus, symbol of beauty and love.
CONTEMPLATE THE 5-POINTED STAR and the symmetry and elegance of Venus' movement. The 5-pointed star is often related to the perfect human form: head, arms, legs forming 5 points in a circle of infinity, as in Da Vinci's portrait of the Vitruvian Man. 5 fingers. 5 toes. 5 senses.
CONTEMPLATE THE NUMBER 5. It is a number of change and movement, constant flux, seeking to land and be grounded. The focus of 5 is to attain greater stability. The law of 5 is 'freedom in action'. The number 5 is also related to Mercury, and the Tarot Card representative of the 5 vibration is the Heirophant. 5 symbolizes curiosity, freedom and change, and represents the five senses of humanity. 5 is the pivotal point between the numbers 1 to 9. The 5 represents a variety of experiences through its developed senses, and offers many opportunities for decisions for the future. There is constant activity and curiosity about life for the 5 vibration.
VENUS ROTATES DIFFERENTLY: All of the planets in our solar system ORBIT in a counter-clockwise direction as viewed from above the Sun's North Pole. Most planets also ROTATE counter-clockwise, but Venus rotates clockwise once every 243 Earth days-by far the slowest rotation period of any major planet. To an observer on the surface of Venus, the Sun and stars rise in the west and set in the east and the time from one sunrise to the next would be 116.75 Earth days. And a Venus day is longer than its year.
CONTEMPLATE THE GALACTIC AXIS, GEMINI & SAGITTARIUS: The Transits of Venus always occur in Gemini or Sagittarius; and Transits can currently occur only in June or December. This is the Galactic Axis i.e. the alignment of the Galactic Center of our Milky Way, and the Galactic Edge, the furtherest edge of our galaxy.
These dates are slowly becoming later in the year; before 1631, transits occurred in May and November. In about 1500 years, the transits will occur during Earth's solstices (June 21 and December 22). Because of this trend in the shift of transit dates, over a period of approximately 80,000 years the transit dates will migrate forward one complete cycle through the seasons. http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/catalog/VenusCatalog.html
80,000 years: there's that number 8 again. CONTEMPLATE THE NUMBER 8 (see below)