Venus (disambiguation)

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Venus may refer to:

• The planet Venus
• Venus (mythology), the Roman goddess of love. In Greek mythology she is known as Aphrodite.
• Venus (song), a song by Shocking Blue; covered by Bananarama; a cover version was featured in advertisements for Gillette's eponymous line of women's razors.
• Venus figurines, prehistoric works of art that may have been fertility icons
• Sailor Venus, the codename of Minako Aino in the Sailor Moon series.
• Venus, Texas, United States

Venus may also refer to:

• "Venus, the Bringer of Peace", a movement in Gustav Holst's The Planets suite.
• a track on Television's 1977 album Marquee Moon.
• an influence on the digestive system in medical astrology
• copper in alchemy
• vert, which is green, in Renaissance royal heraldry.
• the Governess for The Richleighs of Tantamount in Barbara Willard's book from 1966.

See also

• Venus Flytrap, (Dionaea muscipula) a carnivorous plant.
  • "Venus Flytrap" was the nickname of a disk jockey on TV sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.
• Venus's Looking-glass, the common name for several members of the family Campanulaceae (bellflowers) including (Legousia speculum-veneris) and (Triodanis perfoliata = Specularia perfoliata).
• Venus-hair fern, (Adiantum capillus-veneris) a kind of Maidenhair fern.
• Venus de Milo, an ancient sculpture symbolizing an ideal of female beauty
• Venus Williams, female tennis champion
• Venus aka Angelica Costello , erotic actress , Penthouse Pet 1994
• Venus, the singer from Earthbound/Mother 2