Venus of Willendorf 24,000 B.C.E – 22,000 B.C.E.
Ve·nus
[vee-nuhs]
noun, plural Ve·nus·es for 2.
1.
an ancient Italian goddess of gardens and spring,
identified by the Romans with Aphrodite
as the goddess of love and beauty.
2.
an exceptionally beautiful woman.
3.
( sometimes lowercase ) Archaeology .
a statuette of a female figure,
usually carved of ivory
and
typically having exaggerated breasts,
belly, or buttocks,
often found in Upper Paleolithic cultures
from Siberia to France.
4.
Astronomy . the planet second in order from the sun,
having an equatorial diameter of 7521 miles (12,104 km),
a mean distance from the sun
of 67.2 million miles (108.2 million km),
a period of revolution of 224.68 days,
and
no moons.
It is the most brilliant planet in the solar system.
5.
Chemistry Obsolete . copper.
Origin:
< Latin Venus, stem Vener-
< Latin Venus, stem Vener-
originally a neuter common noun meaning
“physical desire, sexual appetite,”
hence “qualities exciting desire,
seductiveness, charm,”
“a goddess personifying sexual attractiveness”;
cognate with Sanskrit vanaḥ desire,
akin to wish; compare venerate, venom
On Tuesday evening, 5 June..
“Around the world, humanity looked up
and
witnessed the fifty-fourth transit of Venus
across our sun since 2000 B.C.,”
said Kristen Erickson
of NASA’s Planetary Science Division.
“The 2012 Venus transit was the last of our lifetime.
The next one does not occur until 2117!
VENUS TRANSITS/TRANSITS VENUS
DESIRE TRAVELS/TRAVELS DESIRE
LOVE SHIFTS/SHIFTS LOVE
SEX DRIVES/DRIVES SEX
CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 
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