I decided the best image for this falls Venus retrograde cycle in Scorpio was Nigella Lawson, because she is so damn sexy! and from what little I know of Ms Lawson, she has had her fair share of trips to the Underworld, like Inana.
The Sumerian myth illustrates that this goddess of Heaven, the precursor to Isis, and Mary, for that matter, had to go into the Underworld to give up all that she valued, including her life (she was hung on a meat hook) to her sister Ereshkigal, who is really the dark face of Inana/Venus.
This is causing us to reevaluate what we hold dear in life, what is important, and in the sign of Scorpio, it can be about all the jealousies and turbulent emotions that relationships or money/power, for that matter, bring up. There maybe some love triangles happening in your life, or the resurgence of old loves and grudges.
Ultimately, this is about transforming the ego, elevating the deep understanding of what role all these things represent in our lives. Can be fun, can be scary, might be nasty. Bring the garlic.
