Shukra: Venus

O Bhrigusut (son of Bhrigu)! Venus is joyful, charming in physique, has beautiful brilliant eyes, is a poet, is phlegmatic and windy and has curly hair.

BPHS Chapter 3, verse 28

Myth:
Shukra (Venus) was born to Rishi Bhrigu and his wife, Ushana. He went to study Vedas from Rishi Angirasa. Disappointed and jealous of Angirasa’s favoritism to his son, Brihaspati (Jupiter), he went to study under Gautama and was given a mantra for reviving the dead for performing penances to Lord Shiva. Eventually, Brihaspati (Jupiter) becomes guru of the Devas, so Shukra decides to become the guru and preceptor of the Asuras (demons). A war ensues between the two and Shukra uses his magical mantra to achieve victory over the Devas by reviving the dead Asuras. After this victory, Lord Vishnu incarnates as Sage Vamana to take back the three worlds from the Asura King Bali. Shukra understands that Vamana is Lord Vishnu and warns the King. The King ignores the warnings of Shukra and offers the three worlds to Sage Vamana. Annoyed, Shukra shrinks himself into a vase from which water must be poured to seal the deal. Realizing that Shukra is blocking the flow of the water, Vamana takes a stick and pokes it into the mouth of the vase poking out the eye of Shukra in the process. From then on, the guru of the Asuras was known to be half-blind.

Significations of Venus:
The wife, romance, luxury, marriage, partnership, beauty, art, dance, singing, music, harmony, flowers, pleasure, conveyances, whiteness, swimming pool, the direction of Southeast, semen, kidneys, reproductive system, urinary tract. Venus is rajasic and a ministerial planet in the planetary cabinet. Venus is a Brahmin so in horoscopes where Venus glances at the Ascendant, it’s lord, the Moon, or several planets, the person will be Brahmin-like in nature