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Venus (/ ˈ v iː n ə s /; Classical Latin: [ˈu̯ɛnʊs̠] Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈvɛ(ː)nus]) is a Roman goddess whose functions encompass love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory. In Roman mythology, she was the ancestor of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall of Troy and fled to Italy.
The origins of the planetary symbols can be found in the attributes given to classical deities. The Roman planisphere of Bianchini (2nd century, currently in the Louvre, inv. Ma 540) [2] shows the seven planets represented by portraits of the seven corresponding gods, each a bust with a halo and an iconic object or dress, as follows: Mercury has a caduceus and a winged cap; Venus has a ...
English: Astronomical and astrological symbol of the planet Venus, alchemical symbol of copper, gender symbol for female, and symbol of the Greek goddess Aphrodite and the Roman goddess Venus. Also found at Unicode U+2640 (♀).
The Romans considered the planet Lucifer particularly sacred to the goddess Venus, whose name eventually became the scientific name for the planet. The second century Roman mythographer Pseudo-Hyginus said of the planet: [48] "The fourth star is that of Venus, Luciferus by name. Some say it is Juno's. In many tales it is recorded that it is ...
Crosshatched copper symbol for Venus. The Venus symbol, ♀, consists of a circle with a small cross below it. It has been interpreted as a depiction of the hand-mirror of the goddess, which may also explain Venus's association with the planetary metal copper, as mirrors in antiquity were made of polished copper (alloy), [12] [d] though this is ...
Venus, goddess of love, beauty, sexuality, and gardens; mother of the founding hero Aeneas; one of the Dii Consentes. Veritas, goddess and personification of the Roman virtue of veritas or truth. Verminus, god of cattle worms. Vertumnus, Vortumnus or Vertimnus, god of the seasons, and of gardens and fruit trees.
The symbol of a circle with a small cross beneath is the so-called Venus symbol, gaining its name for being used as the astronomical symbol for Venus. The symbol is of ancient Greek origin, and represents more generally femininity, adopted by biology as gender symbol for female, [288] [289] [290] like the Mars symbol for male and sometimes the ...
An example of Venus Genetrix (Capitoline Museums)The Venus Genetrix (also spelled genitrix) [1] is a sculptural type which shows the Roman goddess Venus in her aspect of Genetrix ("foundress of the family"), as she was honoured by the Julio-Claudian dynasty of Rome, which claimed her as their ancestor.