Libra is ruled by Venus the planet of love and beauty. To celebrate the advent of Libra season here’s a planetary prose poem in honor of Venus excerpted from my book The Planets Speak: Wisdom of the Gods. If you would like a reading focused on how Venus functions in your own chart – its sign, house and the aspects it makes to other planets – plus the present and upcoming transits it is making and receiving, I will offer 20% off my usual fee if booked and paid for this weekend.
VENUS
I’m the Goddess of Love and Beauty
Aphrodite, Ishtar, Eros and Psyche
La femme inspiratrice
Sensuous, sensual, an erotic delight
Come, let me be your lover tonight
Come, taste the nectar of bliss in my kiss
Come, I’ll teach you the arts of love ..
Forgive me if I tease, my aim is to please
To bring us together, my greatest pleasure
I love harmony, balance, to give and receive
Refinement, ease, luxury, good taste
Style, charm, elegance and grace
Most of all though, I love love
Yes, love is what I live for, love is who I am
My greatest joy is just to love and be loved in return
Though please be aware
I am true to love, not always to a lover
For love itself is my beloved
So, although I may marry my love always remains free
Ready to take flight if I am not honoured
I belong to no one, I am whole in myself
“Beauty is truth, and truth is beauty
That is all you know on earth and all you need to know”
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
So mirror, mirror on the wall
Please show me I’m the fairest of all
For I can’t be truly happy unless I look and feel beautiful
At least to my own eyes and those of my beloved
And please feel free to flatter me
It appeals to my vanity
And just might get you everywhere ..
My sexuality is precious to me
In ancient, more enlightened times
I was honoured as a sacred prostitute
Who initiated neophytes into the arts of love
Today, I’m profaned as merely promiscuous
But I don’t allow that to influence me
Because I know my own worth and power
Indeed, I am powerful beyond measure
Because my love, sexual love
Is the most powerful force on heaven or earth
Honour me if you are wise
For I can unite or break hearts
If I so choose
And finally I would like to say
That although I may achieve fame
As an artist, movie star, singer or dancer
In my truest, deepest essence, I’m a lover
Devoted to love – body, heart, and soul