Venus in the Underworld ♀ The Cosmic Rose Descent
- Mikailah Rachael Gooda
- 7 days ago
- 3 min read
The cosmos opens a rare and shimmering portal as Venus slips behind the Sun, entering what is known in astrological terms as the superior conjunction. This is the moment when Venus, the Cosmic Queen of Heaven, marks her transition from Morning Star to Evening Star, a metamorphosis as old as time itself. It is a cycle of death and rebirth, surrender and renewal, shadow and illumination. The underworld descent is based on the ancient Mesopotamian initiation rite and is written in the stars themselves.
In classical mythology, Aphrodite ♀ Venus is the goddess of beauty, love, sensuality and the pleasure of simply being alive. The rose, one of her sacred symbols, mirrors her celestial dance: unfolding, spiralling, revealing. From perspective of the earth, Venus traces a pattern in the sky that resembles the flower of life, earning her the name the ‘Cosmic Rose’. She is the brightest planet in our heavens after the Sun and Moon, and is a beacon of heart wisdom, emotional healing, and embodied love.
Her descent into the Underworld, which is based on the synodic cycle of Venus ♀ every 584 days; is not a fall, but a return and symbolises a pilgrimage into the deep waters of the soul. Venus carries a frequency that softens the edges of the human experience. Her energy is a balm for tender hearts, a reminder that love is not merely an emotion but a cosmic force that nourishes body, mind, and spirit.
When Venus disappears behind the Sun from earth’s perspective, she enters the ‘sunless’ mythological realm of the Underworld for approximately two months. This is the place of deep surrender, where the old self dissolves and the new self is quietly woven in the dark. In classical mythological lore, the Underworld is a landscape of loss, death, and rebirth. Yet it is also a realm of alchemical wisdom, where the soul remembers its interconnectedness with all things.
The Venus/Sun superior conjunction is a cosmic initiation. It is a moment to pause. To listen. To soften into the stillness. Venus offers us a gift from the stars, a return to the heart and a renewal of inner peace as each synodic cycle the superior conjunction will be in a different zodiacal sign. This is a deeper understanding of our shared humanity and a call to embrace diversity with compassion. As Venus merges with the Sun (superior conjunction), the Cosmic Queen of Heaven ♀ is bathed in solar fire; purified, illuminated, reborn. These solar energies carry the warmth, vitality, and clarity of cosmic consciousness and the light that guides Venus through the shadow realms.
The recent Venus/Sun superior conjunction that occurred on 6-7th January 2026, in in the tropical sign of Capricorn (cardinal earth) represents the sea-goat of endurance, wisdom, and grounded devotion. This placement weaves together the practical and the emotional, the earthly and the divine as we celebrate the devotional aspects to Pan, the God of Nature. It is a reminder that love is not only a feeling, but it is a commitment and a choice of moving from fear of the past into love for the present. This transition is a celestial map guiding us through the electromagnetic storms of change. It asks us to root deeply while re-evaluation our commitment as stewards of the Earth and visionaries of the future.
As Venus continues through the Underworld, she invites us to journey with her; inward, downward, into the quiet chambers of the heart. Here, in the stillness, transformation blooms. It is here in this potent cosmological portal of the Venus Underworld, where we remember who we truly.
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Much love from the deep wild woods …
Mikailah Rachael
The Star Witch
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