NIGHT LIGHT NEWS
Esoteric Astrology as News
July 14 – 20, 2016
Venus
Evening Star
Calling Us to Vespers
On Thursday, July 14, Venus becomes the Evening Star in our night sky. setting a few hours after sunset. Venus remains a bright glittering “star” until December 31, the last day of 2016. We know Venus is a planet (inside our solar system & reflecting the Sun’s light) and not a star (generating its own light). But “star” to the ancient seers meant “a bright point of light in the sky.” Planets ‘wander” (move about). Stars, being “fixed”, don’t.
Venus, bright and dazzling, sometimes shines 15 times brighter than our brightest star Sirius. On some moonless nights, the bright light of Venus can cast shadows. Only Sun & moon, brighter than Venus, can cast shadows.
Venus has a unique orbit and rotation. The bright planet rotates in an opposite direction from all the other planets in the solar system, so the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east. The cycles of Venus embody phi, the divine proportion of harmony and beauty. The bright light of Venus imprints an energetic blueprint as it passes through the twilight skies transmitting a divine harmonious order of the heavens to the Earth.
Venus has no moons or rings, and is esoterically referred to as “Earth’s elder sister.” Our God, Sanat Kumara, the Ancient of Days (Bible, Book of Daniel, 7:9) came from Venus. Slightly smaller than the earth, Venus is covered with thick clouds that reflect sunlight. Mayan astronomers had accurate knowledge of the motion of Venus. They knew when Venus would appear in the east, after disappearing in the west. Venus, the morning star, was the patron planet of warfare. The Aztecs, also knowing of Venus, performed rituals when Venus aligned with the Pleiades.
The ankh, or key of life, frequently appears in Egyptian tomb paintings and other art, and is depicted grasped in the hands of a god or goddess of the afterlife, like Osiris. The ankh is the symbol for Venus.
Thinking Venus was two separate starry object, the Greeks named the morning star Phosphoros, “bringer of light”; and the evening star Hesperos, “star of the evening”. A few hundred years later, the Hellenistic Greeks realized Venus was a single “star”.
Venus as evening star has many names. Shining brightly after sunset, Venus is called “star of dusk”, “He′sperus” (Hesperos) and “Vespers” – “light coming at Vespers” (calling us to evening prayer or evensong). On the night of July 15 (Friday), Mercury joins Venus, both in Leo, in the sky at twilight.
Art –
Blanket, Pendleton Evening Star
The Pendleton Evening Star blanket features a traditional star symbol emblazoned on the colors of the sunset. The outlined Venus symbols representing both the morning and evening star that inspired this blanket have been found on rock art throughout North and South America. Stories of the Evening Star, the planet Venus, are found in a number of Native American myths. The Evening Star signified day’s end and bedtime.
Quetzalcoatl is Venus, the Morning Star. With his brother, Xolotl, as the Evening Star. Xototl carries a “wind jewel” to create new life for the new world. Together, they symbolize the passage of Venus into the underworld in evening, as in death, and then the emergence, or rebirth again into the Eastern sky in the morning. In rock art Venus is depicted as an outlined cross.
Easter Island Venus glyph – Venus is called “Make Make” by the Easter islanders. Venus is their creator god. There is a strong resemblance to the Maya Venus glyphs.
I Build a Lighted House
And Therein Dwell
(Cancer Seed Thought)
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