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Venus

The second planet from the Sun, seen from Earth near the morning or evening Sun.

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Word origin · etymology

Roman mythological name.

The planet is named for Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty.

NASA: Venus facts, namesake ↗

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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  1. NASA: Solar System planets ↗
  2. Astrology.com: Planets (first-party symbolic meanings) ↗
  3. NASA: Venus facts, namesake ↗