Morning Star

Venus eclipses the sun today, leaving a trail of drooling astronomers and astrologers in her wake.

In honour of this rare event (the eclipse of course - I can't comment on the drooling) and because I am revelling in the pure mythic resonance of it, here are some snippets about the morning and evening star. The first is an ancient hymn to Inanna, brilliant goddess of Sumer (Iraq/Iran more or less), some thousands of years ago:

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Note her love of grub and beer and long baths! An excellent goddess!

Next is from a prayer/invocation to Aphrodite channelled by a woman called Anna Kingsley (I think, but I'd need to check, cos I always get her name wrong) in the 19th century.
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And finally, not forgetting the most infamous of morning stars, a little background on how Lucifer got his name and his association with Venus:

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OK, now I must stop. Here's to the morning star, beautiful beyond fact or story, herald of the perfect day.