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Venus

Due to Artwanted restrictions I used photoshop to cover her so that I could put her back up. Venus symobilses the power of the feminine in an exalted state. The symbol of Venus represents, beauty, love and compassion. In astrology the signs that are ruled by the planet Venus are Taurus, Libra and Pisces as it is said that the traits of e.g love, beauty and compassion are best expressed through these signs.I have placed a pearl in her right hand to symbolise the "grit" of life being a gift disguised as well as a crescent moon in her left hand which symbolises emotion, intuition and nurturing. This painting has a lot of meaning for me. Copyright Susan Rodio 2006.

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Patricia Griffin Brett 02 Aug 2011

Beautiful rendition of Venus! Very unique :)

James Battersby 04 May 2008

Susan i love this. you've created the see through dress brilliantly and often it is hard to create that effect and have it convincing but this is great. Also i love the many various colours in the sea. I humbly learn from you o master of the brush :D

Vanessa Parra 28 Aug 2007

I love this one, so ethereal looking. Your colors are wonderful.

Jessica Xu 20 Feb 2007

Pretty! I'm Taurus, so my planet is Venus. =) But... I think Pisces is ruled by Jupiter... read it in Astrology Book

Artist Reply: Thanks for your comment - Jupiter is the old ruler of Picses, that was before Neptune was discovered in 1930. So its actually Neptune that rules Pisces. I am referring to the planet Venus though and for, e.g in an individual chart that has Venus in Pisces this is know as "exaltation" ie, the qualities of Venus shine through this sign strongly as well. You are referring to your sign sign, yes Taurus is ruled by Venus, as is Libra, I sent you a link to explain it more thoroughly.

Andrea Smither 20 Nov 2006

heavenly picture... A very romantic version of Venus. Beautiful.