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Mayans aligned doorways and windows of
their buildings to capture her vibrations.
Julius Caesar even dedicated a magnificent
temple to her patronage. Who could resist
her? And why would you want to, anyway?
In the earlier writings, the image of
Venus was associated with dire portents
and tales of apocalyptic disaster. She was
about power and control as well as love
and intimacy. Following her legacy can
shed light on her nature, both as the
goddess of beauty and as the guardian of
great power and influence.
Modern day Venuses appear everywhere
on the covers of Vogue and Cosmopolitan,
not to mention the issues of Women’s
Heath, Self, and Fitness. In her modern
incarnation, Venus never looked so good.
And if these women are not full-blown
goddesses, who cares? Besides being
physically beautiful, they are smart,
sophisticated, and eager to take the
leadership role in many corporations and
in businesses of their own. In the past 15
years, the number of women-owned
businesses grew by 54%; there are now 8.3
million women-owned businesses in the
United States alone.
And yet Venus, mistress of the heart, has
always eluded our best efforts to capture
her essence. Renaissance painters and pre-
Raphaelian masters alike have tied to
portray her in vain. Most people you meet
have at least one story about how some
tragic love affair practically put them over
the edge. Sour grapes about not getting
what we want go back to Adam and Eve.
The feminine mystique still remai