Hymn to Venus and Prayer to the Angel of Venus

Below you will find the Orphic Hymn to Aphrodite, used to offer her libations and praise, as translated by Thomas Taylor. Prayer before applying or commencing your beauty routine to the goddess ( +5 points if it’s the hour of Venus ) would open up the sphere of the goddess in one of her most ancient associations: kosmesis - the art of adornments that are her deepest powers to bring forth attraction and allurement.

HEAV'NLY, illustrious, laughter-loving queen,
Sea-born, night-loving, of an awful mien;

Crafty, from whom necessity first came,
Producing, nightly, all-connecting dame:

'Tis thine the world with harmony to join,
For all things spring from thee, O pow'r divine.
The triple Fates are rul'd by thy decree,
And all productions yield alike to thee:

Whate'er the heav'ns, encircling all contain,
Earth fruit-producing, and the stormy main,
Thy sway confesses, and obeys thy nod,
Awful attendant of the brumal God:

Goddess of marriage, charming to the sight,
Mother of Loves, whom banquetings delight;
Source of persuasion, secret, fav'ring queen,
Illustrious born, apparent and unseen:

Spousal, lupercal, and to men inclin'd,
Prolific, most-desir'd, life-giving., kind:

Great sceptre-bearer of the Gods, 'tis thine,
Mortals in necessary bands to join;
And ev'ry tribe of savage monsters dire
In magic chains to bind, thro' mad desire.

Come, Cyprus-born, and to my pray'r incline,
Whether exalted in the heav'ns you shine,
Or pleas'd in Syria's temple to preside
Or o'er th' Egyptian plains thy car to guide,
Fashion'd of gold; and near its sacred flood,
Fertile and fam'd to fix thy blest abode;

Or if rejoicing in the azure shores,
Near where the sea with foaming billows roars,
The circling choirs of mortals, thy delight,
Or beauteous nymphs, with eyes cerulean bright,
Pleas'd by the dusty banks renown'd of old,
To drive thy rapid, two-yok'd car of gold;

Or if in Cyprus with thy mother fair,
Where married females praise thee ev'ry year,
And beauteous virgins in the chorus join,
Adonis pure to sing and thee divine;
Come, all-attractive to my pray'r inclin'd,
For thee, I call, with holy, reverent mind.

Prayer to the Angel of Venus

In the West, the notion of planetary conjuration has some interesting missing pieces that have been found throughout the translation projects in our current age. The angel of Venus and the associations this angel has in medieval folklore are shared in the teachings of the Head on History podcast with Dr. Olomi, who has translated the prayer and her divine name into English for us.

Working with this angel since the release of these prayers in 2023 and questions to the professor on their IG have allowed me to fully dive into this theurgic practice, which was used to evoke the planetary angel for remedial purposes. This is fundamental to understanding the difference between praise and honoring, as the Hymn to Venus does, and a “calling down,” which is what you would be doing. Since this comes from one of the oldest invocations in Islamic occultism, we have a living tradition that has translated prayers that are FOR REMEDIATION! Dr.Olomi shares:

“After prayers to God, the prayers to angels must be invoked before the creation of astrological talismans, as each angel is said to hold dominion—through God’s Authority—over their respective planetary spheres. They are also important for remediation work, as the influence of the angel can stabilize a weak planet in the nativity.” - Ali A Olomi, Prayers of the planetary angels, Patreon.

This is a very specific sentence that I put to work both in my own theurgical practice and in the practice of dozens of other people who have trouble in the Venusian sphere and seek to come into harmony and right balance with the lady of sweetness and pleasure.

Prayer to angel of Venus Ana'il:

“In the Name of God the Most Merciful and Most Gracious. We ask for the Ana'll to bring us, Hope.” Repeated 7 times. With her divine name recited 7 times: Ya Rahman.”

There are deeper ways to establish this connection, which I implore you to go on Patreon and dive deeper into! With this simple conjuration, the angel of the planet of Venus will be able to hear our prayers, libations, and applications! What happens when we prime our lips to reflect the mirror-like beauty of the planet Venus? Adorning ourselves like the ancients in her colors and kosmesis to be met with favor by the Angel of Venus.