The Path of Beauty: Geocentric Venus

This diagram shows the path of Venus over exactly eight years. During this time it makes exactly five loops caused by apparent retrograde motions. It's symmetry, which appears to look like a rose or any petal producing flower, show's how the planet's movement resembles that of which we think of as beauty. Modern day space exploration has discovered Venus' crushingly heavy and poisonous atmosphere. We can take from this, Venus though ruling beauty, may be best experienced when we remain a sense of detachment.