This section is from the book "A Manual Of Astrology, Or The Book Of The Stars", by Raphael. Also available from Amazon: A Manual Of Astrology; Or The Book Of The Stars.
In the heavens is the next beneath the Sun, she is the day star and rises with him, and likewise she is the evening star and setteth with the Sun. Life is manifested in Sol and is shed into all parts of the world, as the life is diffused into all parts of the body. But the joy and pleasure which ariseth from the life is manifested in
, which makes her light more cheerly and quick than any other stars or planets, for there is in her light such a freshness, and liveliness, as is beyond expression; hence the Astrologers have acknowledged her the lady of love, and have made her supreme over all our pleasures.
 
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