Word origin · etymology
Roman mythological name.
The planet is named for Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
How we know · epistemology
Observed body and symbolic association
Its orbit explains why Venus appears near the Sun in Earth's sky. Astrological associations with attraction and values do not follow from that geometry, and a Venus placement cannot establish another person's feelings.
NASA: Solar System planets ↗Astrology.com: Planets (first-party symbolic meanings) ↗
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