Venus has an important appointment on Sunday March 23, passing between us and the Sun.
This is the event called inferior conjunction, as against the superior conjunction beyond the Sun; so the words really mean “nearer” and “farther.” The event is far from inferior in a qualitative sense – it is one of the most superb of inferior conjunctions, because Venus passes about as far north of the Sun as possible.
Unfortunately I cannot, for the next several days, keep an assignation with the goddess or with anybody, including the Muse of the Blog, being in the throes of a move from one place of dwelling to another.
The phenomena of inferior conjunction are fairly thoroughly described in sections of our book Venus: a Longer View called “The swoop between Earth and Sun,” “Hurling the Sun,” and “Seeing Venus close to inferior conjunction.” Here are a few of the illustrations from those pages. The 2025 March 23 event is used as the most prominent example because it is exceptionally favorable, for norther-hemisphere observers.
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