Planet: Venus
Tone: F
Mode: Hypolydian
Mood: Beneficent Yet Also Feminine
"Venus wards off the universe. She is difficult to approach; she does not want to know anything about the universe. Her attitude is that if she were to expose herself to the external universe, she would lose her virginal nature. She is deeply shocked when any impression from the external universe attempts to approach her. She has no desire for the universe and rejects every would-be partner. It is very difficult to express these things, because the circumstances and conditions have to be described in terms of earthly language. On the other hand, Venus is highly responsive to everything that comes from the Earth. The Earth is, so to speak, her lover. Whereas the Moon reflects the whole surrounding universe, Venus reflects nothing at all of the universe, wants to know nothing of it. But she lovingly reflects whatever comes from the Earth. If with the eyes of soul we are able to glimpse the mysteries of Venus, the whole Earth with its secrets of the life of soul is there before us once again.
The truth is that human beings on Earth can do nothing in the secrecy of their souls without it being reflected back again by Venus. Venus gazes deeply into the hearts of human beings, for that is what interests her, that is what she will allow to approach her. Thus the most intimate experiences of earthly life are reflected again from Venus, in a mysterious and wonderful way. In the reflection she transforms everything, just as a dream transforms the happenings of physical existence. Venus transforms the occurrences of earthly life into dream-pictures. In reality, therefore, the whole sphere of Venus is a world of dream. The secrets of men in their earthly existence are transformed by Venus into dream-pictures of infinite diversity. She has a very great deal to do with poets, although they are not aware of it.
I said before that Venus wards off the rest of the universe. She does not, however, repel everything in the same way. In her heart, Venus repels what approaches her from the universe but not what comes from the Earth. As I said before, she declines every would-be suitor, but for all that she listens attentively to the utterances of Mars. She transforms and illumines her dreamlike experiences of earthly things with what is communicated to her from the universe through Mars.
All these things have their physical side as well. Impulses go out from these sources into what is done and what comes into existence in the world. Venus receives into herself everything that comes from the Earth and she listens always to Mars — but without any desire that he shall be aware of having her attention. And from this process — only of course the Sun is there to regulate it — spring the forces which underlie the organs connected with the formation of human speech."
Rudolf Steiner - The Spiritual Individualities of the Planets
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Background:...
In 2010 I began working with the planetary scales to provide musical accompaniment in Camphill communities. I focused primarily on the work done by Rudolf Steiner the book Harmonies of Heaven and Earth by Joscelyn Godwin.
After debuting these to the public in 2019 I realized these pieces can offer healing to the world outside of Camphill and I began a series of collaborations and restructuring of the pieces. These tones offer relationships to the cosmos and a way to create rhythm in daily life, and are composed with that in mind.
To deepen this experience the planetary seals are presented as album art, these seals (originally designed by Steiner) are skillfully painted by Sweden based art therapist Lina Algehov.
credits
released September 12, 2022
Artwork by Lina Algehov:...
The album art is the planetary seal for Venus, originally designed by Rudolf Steiner this version was painted in watercolor by Swedish artist Lina Algehov. Please check out her work:
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