Talk:Venus symbol

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about this symbol
If my memory serves me i read in a (time life) series of books (mysteries of the unknown if i remeber correctly) one being on magic and stated the symbol actualy incorporates 2 glyphs combined. a cross representing matter and a circle representing spirit. thus the total meaning of spirit over matter. the mars symbol meant the opposite matterial over spiritual. all the astrological symbols can be broken down this way with parts meaning mind, matter, and spirit in various hierarchies the upper dominating the lower. Bloodkith (talk) 06:23, 22 April 2011 (UTC) PS. found artical mentioning this and added a link to main page. Bloodkith (talk)


 * A common non-esoteric interpretation is hand-mirror for Venus symbol and shield-and-spear for Mars symbol (see Talk:Gender symbol)... -- AnonMoos (talk) 17:09, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Image with female/woman symbols in various symbol-systems
AnonMoos (talk) 08:12, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

The Ascent of Man Episode 4
Can anyone confirm the symbol's origins in alchemy and its relation to the property of softness? 67.161.69.249 (talk) 22:19, 1 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Don't know about "property of softness", but an association between the planet Venus and the metal copper probably played a role -- see Classical planets in Western alchemy etc... -- AnonMoos (talk) 14:37, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Additions to this page
Hello, I am a student at LSU in a women's studies and working on a wikipedia project this semester. I want to add some more information about the venus symbol,what it means in regards to women, and why this specific symbol is used for women. LillianSims13 (talk) 14:35, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * This would be extremely welcome, as so far we have no information whatsoever on the symbol's use as a "women's symbol". The strictly biological use (any female organism) dates to the 1750s. I cannot find any evidence of the symbol being used in a "sociological" meaning prior to the 1980s. At the same time, the "feminist logo" with the raised fist is claimed to have been designed in the 1960s. Is it possible that the 1960s symbol combined the raised fist with what was at the time still a purely biological symbol, and any use as "woman's symbol" derives from there? --dab (𒁳) 13:49, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
 * never mind, I suppose. --dab (𒁳) 13:51, 22 September 2016 (UTC)