VENUSVenus, goddess of Love and Beauty, Springtime and Flowers (second planet from the Sun).

The second planet in distance from the Sun, the most brilliant object in the sky, she appears to welcome both the DAWN AND THE DUSK.

Her symbol appears below. 

VENUS IS THE ONE GODDESS WHOSE NAME WAS GIVEN TO AN IMPORTANT PLANET.

Venus (corresponds to the Greek: APHRODITE, AND THE BABYLONIAN: ISHTAR) is the goddess of love and beauty. The planet is so named probably because it is the brightest of the planets known to the ancients. With a few exceptions, the surface features on Venus are named for female figures.

This is the planet commonly called the “evening star” or the “morning star” (depending on which side of the sun it happens to be). It is considered

the brightest and most beautiful object in the heavens next to the sun and moon, and is far brighter than any star. Originally the Greeks thought they were two different planets. The morning star was called phosphorus (light-bringer in Greek) because once it appeared in the eastern skies, the light of dawn would soon come.

The evening star was called Hesperus (west in Greek) because it always shined in the western sky after sunset. Once the Greeks learned that Phosporus and Hesperus were really the same planet, they named it Aphrodite as befitted its beauty; and then the Romans changed the name to Venus which we now use. Her symbol is said to represent a hand mirror.