Correspondences of Venus

• Symbol: ♀
• Names: Morning star, Evening star, Cytherea, Aphrodite, Phosphoros, Eosphorus, Vesperugo, Erycina, Lucifer
• Adjectives: venerial
• Alchemy: copper
• Weekday: Friday
• Rulership: Taurus, Libra
• Detriment: Aries, Scorpio
• Exaltation: Pisces - 27°
• Fall: Virgo - 27°
• House of joy: fifth house
• Triplicities:
  • earth (day) (Lilly, Frawley)
  • earth (day), water (day), (Avelar & Ribeiro)
  • earth (first, day), water (first, day), earth (second, night), water (second, night), (Dorotheus)
• Terms: Aries (7° - 14°), Taurus (1° - 8°), Gemini (15° - 20°), Cancer (21° - 27°), Leo (14° - 19°), Virgo (8° - 13°), Libra (7° - 11°), Scorpio (15° - 21°), Sagittarius (9° - 14°), Capricorn (1° - 6°), Aquarius (13° - 20°), Pisces (1° - 8°).
• Decans: Aries (21° - 30°), Cancer (1° - 10°), Virgo (11° - 20°), Scorpio (21° - 30°), Pisces (1° - 10°).
• Quality:
  • temperately cold and moist (Lilly, Frawley)
  • hot and moist (Avelar & Ribeiro)
• Temperament:
  • sanguine, phlegmatic (Avelar & Ribeiro, Lilly)
  • phlegmatic (Skinner, Ferne)
• Element:
  • air, water (Avelar & Ribeiro, Lilly)
  • water (Ferne)
• Gender: femenine (Lilly, Avelar & Ribeiro, Frawley)
• Sect: nocturnal (Lilly, Avelar & Ribeiro, Frawley)
• Chinese: 金星
• Wuxing: metal
• Key concepts: beauty, grace, softness, delicacy, love, art, music, friendship, fraternity, companionship, sympathy, passion, sensuality, sexuality, dating, marriage, fun, entertainment, pleasures, luxury, fragrance, vanity, laughter, gifts, ornamentation (Frawley, Avelar & Ribeiro, Valens, Abu Mashar)
• Dignified significations:
  • peace, serenity, good faith, love, play, art (Avelar & Ribeiro)
  • cheerfulness, trustfulness, companionship, entanglement in love matters, zeal in affections, delight in merry meetings, musicality, not being given to labour, virtuousness, ease of belief (Lilly)
  • patience, pride, joy, tenderness to children and friends, inclination to love and sensuality (Al-Biruni)
• Debilitated significations:
  • laziness, extravagance, unruliness, bad company, greed, jealousy, infidelity, licentiousness (Avelar & Ribeiro)
  • immoderacy, lavishness, looseness, lewdness, incest, adultery, fanaticism, laziness, carelessness, scandalosity, faithlessness (Lilly)
• Greek pantheon:
  • Aphrodite (Skinner, Lilly)
  • Phosphorus, Hesperus
• Roman pantheon:
  • Venus (Skinner, Lilly)
  • Vesper
• Ages of man:
  • adolescence (14 – 22) (Avelar & Ribeiro)
  • lusty green youth (20 - 30) (Ferne)
• Phases of gestation: (Avelar & Ribeiro)
• Musical mode:
  • Ionian (Flute, Greer)
  • Hypolidian (Agrippa)
• Muse: Erato (Agrippa)
• Body:
  • kidneys, the sense of smell, genitals (especially female) (Frawley)
  • neck, face, lips, the sense of smell, the front parts from the feet to the head, the parts of intercourse, lungs (Valens)
  • kidneys (Paracelsus)
• Major arcana: The Empress (Golden Dawn)
• Minor arcana: 4 of Wands (Aries), 2 of Cups (Cancer), 7 of Cups (Scorpio), 5 of Swords (Aquarius), 9 of Coins (Virgo) (Golden Dawn)
• Colors:
  • white, milky sky-colour mixed with brown or a little green (Lilly)
  • pure white, pastel and milky colours, luminous and light tones (Avelar & Ribeiro)
• Tincture (heraldry): vert (Ferne)
• Flavours: tasty, sweet, fatty, aromatic, moist (Lilly, Avelar & Ribeiro)
• Odours: odours that incite to pleasure and lust (Avelar & Ribeiro)
• Places:
  • gardens, fountains, bride-chambers, fair lodgings, beds, dancing schools, wardrobes (Lilly)
  • wedding suites, pretty chambers, dance schools, places of pleasure and amusement (Avelar & Ribeiro)
• Minerals:
  • carnelian, copper, brass, coral, alabaster, lapis lazuli, beryl, olivine peridot (Lilly, Frawley, Avelar & Ribeiro)
  • emerald (Ferne)
  • sapphire, green jasper, aetites (Ramesey)
• Appearance:
  • fair, but not tall stature; white complexion tending to a little darkness; very fair lovely eyes, and a little black; a round face and not large; fair hair, smooth, and plenty of it, and it usually of a light brown colour; a lovely mouth and cherry lips; a pretty fleshy face; a rolling wandering eye; a body very delightful, lovely and exceedingly well shaped; one desirous of trimming and making himself neat and complete both in clothes and body; a love dimple in his cheeks; a steadfast eye, and full of amorous enticements (Lilly)
  • medium body, light but not pale skin, dark and beautiful eyes, abundant (usually light colored) hair (Avelar & Ribeiro)
  • fine round face, reddish-white complexion, double chin, fat cheeks, not too fat, fine eyes, the black larger than the white; small teeth, handsome neck, medium tall, short fingers, thick calves (Al-Biruni)
• People:
  • musicians, silk-men, mercers, linen-drapers, painters, jewellers, players, lapidaries, embroiderers, women-tailors, wives, mothers, virgins, choristers, fiddlers, pipers, singers, perfumers, seamstresses, picture-drawers, engravers, upholsterers, limners, glovers, all sellers of commodities which adorn women either in body (as clothes) or in face (Lilly)
  • musicians, singers, game players, silk and fabric traders, embroiderers, dressmakers, painters, jewelers, designers, decorators, all professions connected with aesthetics and beauty (Avelar & Ribeiro)
  • jewellers, musicians, fashionistas, prostitutes, drapers, decorators, wives, young women, mothers (Frawley)
  • goldsmiths, singers, composers, game players, nobles, plutocrats, queens courtesans, adulterers and their children (Al-Biruni)
• Weather: good weather in summer, rain or snow in winter, southern winds, summer winds (Lilly, Avelar & Ribeiro)
• Animals:
  • harts, panthers, small cattle, calves, goats, rabbits, dolphins, stock doves, wagtails, sparrows, hens, nightingales, thrushes, pelicans, partridges, flycatchers, eagles, swans, swallows, blackbirds, wrens, magpies (Lilly)
  • soft and cuddly animals, the typical inhabitants of children's zoos (Frawley)
  • sardines, giltheads, crabs, merlings (Ramesey)
• Herbs, plants and trees:
  • myrtle, sweet herbs, herbs with a pleasant smell, herbs with white flowers, herbs with leaves that are smooth and not jagged, lily, lily of the valley, water lily, orchid, maidenhair, lords-and-ladies, violet, daffodil (narcisus), sweet apples, white rose, fig, white sycamore, wild ash, terebinth, olive, sweet oranges, mugwort, lady's mantle, sanicle, balm, vervain, walnuts, almonds, millet, valerian, thyme, amber, labdanum, coriander, peaches, apricots, plums, raisins (Lilly)
  • flowers in general, although each one has its own ruler; soft fruits (Frawley)
  • pomegranate, cypress, pear (Ramesey)
• Objects:
  • chocolate, kisses, make-up, perfume (Frawley)
  • precious stones, fancy jewelry, ivory (Valens)
  • honey, wine, musical instruments, chess (Abu Mashar)
• Conditions: illnesses of the womb, genitals, kidneys, abdomen and back; gonorrhoea, incontinence, syphilis, sexually transmitted diseases in general, priapism, erectile disfunction (impotence), hernias, diabetes (Lilly, Saunders)
• Sin: lust (Skinner)
• Virtue:
  • Self-control, chastity (Skinner)
  • loyalty in love, courtesy, affability (Ferne)
• Angel: Haniel (Lilly)

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