Venus (Shukra) - Minister in the planetary kingdom, Venus signifies physical beauty and material world. Famous
as morning and evening star, being
second to the Sun its the brightest planet in the sky.
Benefic by nature, it signifies romance, wealth, luxury, sexuality,
materialistic tendency and inclination for
arts music and sensuality. Attributes like passion, desire,
attraction, excessive attachment and physical beauty falls under it's
umbrella.
All celebrities, rockstars, famous and good looking
walking the earth have a dominant Venus, mostly along with a prominent
Sun. Well placed Venus translates to physical pleasures, luxuries,
romance, artistic inclination and fortunes. Afflicted Venus could result
in excesses, of food, sex, drugs and other tamsic habits, which could
prove disastrous for the person.
Venus is in Mool Trikona in Libra, and his own sign is Taurus; he exalts in Pisces, the sign of Jupiter and debilitates in Virgo, the sign of Mercury.
Shukra
or Shukracharya, son of Great Sage Bhrigu, was the preceptor and the
priest of Asuras or demons. Scholar of Vedic scriptures, he is said to
have possessed the power of raising the dead. Shukracharya is the one
who founded Shilpa shastra (Architecture), Vimanas (air
ships), and Jyotish.
Images (c) Nasa and Drdha Monge
Images (c) Nasa and Drdha Monge