Expressive of Venus/soul Earth/personality connection
Venus holds a unique relation to the Earth, different to that of any other planet and this … brings about a much closer relation between Taurus and the Earth than perhaps exists in any other zodiacal relation… Taurus, Venus and the Earth have a very close karmic relation and a very definite dharma to work out together. Just what that karma and relationship may prove eventually to be lies beyond ordinary human understanding but some idea of it may be gained by relating your mind to the words: Will, Desire, Light and Plan. […]
To understand the relation of Venus and the Earth… see A Treatise on Cosmic Fire (TCF 347, quoted in EA 680) The Pleiades (found in Taurus) are connected with the evolution of mind in the “planetary scheme”, while Venus plays the same role in bringing mind to the “Earth chain”1 or series of planetary incarnations.
…The planet Venus is to… Earth what the higher self is to the personality. …Venus is one of the… sacred planets whereas the Earth is not. [The] revelation as to the relation of the Earth’s alter ego to the world of human life will only be revealed at the third initiation, at which time all glamour and illusion is dissipated and… (EA 382-5)
NOTE: Read to end of p385, edit and condense
Venus is the Earth’s primary
(EA 683)
Also see: Mercury-Venus-Earth
Esoteric Astrology: 382-5, 679-80, 683-87