Venus transit

[lenardthefast]

On June 8, 2004 Venus will be transiting the Sun. For more info click here Venus transit

Namaste,
Leonard

 

[Frankelmick]

Does the Venus-Sun conjunction make any aspects to your natal chart?

Transiting Neptune conjunct Natal Venus is going to make it very hard for you to see relationships clearly, I'd imagine.

There may well be a lot of fantasy and dreams rather than down-to-Earth reality about the way you will see anything to do with love.

Also, probably not a good time to make a major purchase, especially something luxurious.

But a great time for spiritual work though. Meditation and using your creativity might be a good idea. Are you musical or artistic?

Might be a good time to let creative inspiration flow instinctively.

Just my thoughts.

Best wishes,

Mick

 

[pakua]

As well as what Mick said, it could also mean meeting the love of your life. Could also mean meeting a great spiritual love, but it stays platonic. The problem will be knowing what is an illusion and what is true. All depends on what else is happening in the chart.

 

[dharma]

The Transit of Venus: Where to See It
By Paul Deans
(taken from the Sky and Telescope website)

No one alive today has seen this sight, and it happens only twice this century. For the first time since 1882, Venus will glide across (transit) the face of the Sun on June 8, 2004, taking a little more than 6 hours to complete its journey. The entire transit is visible from Europe, Africa (except the far west), the Middle East, and Asia (except the far east). For observers in eastern and central North America, the Sun rises with the transit in progress.

A magnified view of the Sun (which requires a proper solar filter) will reveal the black dot of Venus slowly moving across the Sun?s face from celestial east to west. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the transit is watching Venus enter and exit the solar disk ? a process that takes about 20 minutes.

The entire transit of Venus is visible from Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. If you live outside these regions, the transit will either be underway at sunrise or interrupted by sunset.

During the transit there are four instants when the disks of Venus and the Sun make contact with each other at a single point. Contacts I and IV occur just as Venus initially touches (I) or finally departs (IV) the solar disk. At Contact II Venus appears fully entered upon the Sun, and a thread of light is seen between the planet and the Sun's edge. At Contact III the reverse is true; Venus begins to leave the solar face and the last thread of sunlight separating the planet from the blackness at the edge of the solar disk vanishes.

Eye safety is a prime consideration when you?re viewing the solar surface (with or without Venus in transit). Always use a safe solar filter or an indirect projection technique, even when the Sun is low on the horizon. Weather also needs to be considered ? you won't see the transit if it's cloudy at your observing site.


For transit viewing times in your location:

For transit in progress at Sunrise:
http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_1021_2.asp

For transit visible from Start to Finish:
http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_1021_3.asp

For transit in progress at Sunset:
http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_1021_3.asp

 

[dharma]

sorry, a slight error correction -

For transit in progress at Sunset: http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_1021_4.asp

 

[lenardthefast]

This just in from NASA

This Space Weather News for June 15, 2004
http://www.spaceweather.com

TRANSIT OF VENUS: Some of the photographs of last week's Transit of Venus are unlike any in the history of astronomy. There's the X-ray transit
of Venus, recorded by an Earth-orbiting satellite; pictures of jet aircraft
transiting Venus while Venus transited the Sun; pictures of Venus'atmosphere glowing like a fiery-red ring; pictures of Brood X cicadas
themselves watching the transit! Visit SpaceWeather.com and browse a
gallery of such images from all six continents where the event was visible.

SUNSPOT WATCH: If you learned how to safely look at the Sun last week to view the transit of Venus, look again. Two big sunspot groups, each
larger than Venus, have just emerged over the Sun's eastern limb. This could signal a period of increased solar activity in the days ahead.

Namaste,
Leonard