It’s
been nearly five months since Venus departed as the morning star, and I am
anxious for her to reappear in evening form. It should be soon, perhaps within
a week or two, we may see her wink briefly just after sunset, hanging in the
twilight horizon of the western sky.
She
will slowly climb, night after night rising higher in the sky and staying
longer after dark, the brightest beacon in this spring and summer evenings.
Nine
months hence and she will revert to our morning star. The ancients considered
her a signal of fertility, slowly measuring the days from conception to birth,
a shining brilliance in the sky that traverses back and forth between morning
and evening.
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