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Venus, a glamorous doctor of French origin on the television show Fireball XL5; Venus, the female protagonist in the PSP video game Metal Gear Acid 2; Venus, a character from the Nintendo video game Earthbound; Venus, one of the three main characters from We Know the Devil; Venus McFlytrap, the daughter of the Venus flytrap, from Monster High
The English name of Venus was originally the ancient Roman name for it. Romans named Venus after their goddess of love, who in turn was based on the ancient Greek goddess of love Aphrodite, [275] who was herself based on the similar Sumerian religion goddess Inanna (which is Ishtar in Akkadian religion), all of whom were associated with the planet.
The nine parts of the navagraha are the Sun, Moon, planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, and the two nodes of the Moon. [2] A typical navagraha shrine found inside a Hindu temple. The term planet was applied originally only to the five planets known (i.e., visible to the naked eye) and excluded the Earth.
The Fallen Angel (1847) by Alexandre Cabanel. The most common meaning for Lucifer in English is as a name for the Devil in Christian theology.He appeared in the King James Version of the Bible in Isaiah [1] and before that in the Vulgate (the late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible), [2] not as the name of a devil but as the Latin word lucifer (uncapitalized), [3] [4] meaning "the ...
Friday: Old English Frīgedæg (pronounced [ˈfriːjedæj]), meaning the day of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Frīg. The Norse name for the planet Venus was Friggjarstjarna, 'Frigg's star'. [21] It is based on the Latin diēs Veneris, "Day of Venus". Saturday: named after the Roman god Saturn associated with the Titan Cronus, father of Zeus and many ...
Venus entering Gemini is an immediate mood booster for Geminis, especially if the weeks leading up to it (while Venus was in Taurus) got existential. Venus returning to Gemini’s sign feels like ...
How to find your Venus sign, know how astrologically and romantically compatible you are. What Your Venus Sign Says About Your Relationships (and Why You Shouldn’t Freak Out if Your Sun Signs Clash)
The equation of Lucifer with the fallen angel probably occurred in 1st century Palestinian Judaism. According to the King James Bible-based Strong's Concordance, the original Hebrew word means "shining one, light-bearer", and the translation given in the King James text is the Latin name for the planet Venus, "Lucifer". [52]