A dream came as Venus made her descent into the underworld, disappearing from the night sky and sinking below the horizon. The story of Inanna reminded me she is also present in this underworld journey.
In this case, the path of beauty was invoked as a prayer prior to entering sleep, stemming from my need to feel the protective powers of beauty, harmony, and balance.
Underworld Path Rising – October 2026
I laid down many brown Earthen panels on the red Earth in an underground realm, yet close to the Earth surface, where the sun shown through even into the underworld. I observed the designs and sigils scribed into the tablets, Earthen panels made of clay were like ceramic tablets that had not been fired, but dried, and woven together one after the other to form an underworld path. The panels were light brown color, surrounded by Red Earth territory. I looked back at what my path had already laid down, and was pleased with what I had created on this Earthwalk.
A Dine’ Native elder was there guiding me in the dream, he showed me I only needed three more tiles to complete the underworld path, before it rises to be seen Earth side. I saw the three remaining clay panels, already made, that only need to be laid down to rise as the Earthside path.
It strikes me that this underworld path in my dream, coincides with the recent path of Venus and her underworld journey. Friday, she met up with the heart of the Sun, and entered the Sign of Libra, ending a 100 year cycle of this underworld journey in Scorpio. Like the Phoenix rising, she transforms from an evening star, to a morning star, and will reach the horizon within ten days.
The path of Inanna, also known as the star Venus, and the Queen of Heaven, is opening above me, before me, behind me, and below me. Just as the Navajo Blessing Way prayer lays a path of beauty and harmony with life in all directions, sending prayers of healing, protection and resources to the Dine’ people near Shiprock, New Mexico, who have been impacted by the recent floods.
The Mesopotamian story of the journey of Inanna, was recorded on ancient clay tablets much like those seen in my dream. In my dream, I observed them close up, as if I were to write upon the blank slate in the middle, but what to write? I held a stylus in my hand, ready to write upon the clay surface. The stylus tool is made from a reed, and according to my research, called a reed scribe. In my dream, I observed the clay tablets up close, and saw the writings in the corners, and noticed they were air dried tablets, not kiln fired, which checks out with my later research, the clay tablets being air dried, and made with marks and a few signs in the corners to perhaps indicate a record of goods traded, or the lunar date. As I gaze at the center of the blank clay slate, I wonder what story wishes to be seen, what path of the past will rise like the star Venus, ready to be seen as a morning star in the light of day. Today I will explore the dream with making clay tablets, and paint a painting from a dream I had yesterday, that was about the Venus Cazimi.
As the earliest woman Reed scribe, Enheduanna, was the first known author in literary history. A Preistess and princess who lived over 4000 years ago. She is known for her masterpiece, Exaltation, an invocation of Inanna. In celebration of the Venus Cazimi, and rising of Venus, and the Reed Scribe Enheduanna, I offer this humble poem.
Venus Cazimi Rising
Path of the Sun, underground,
hidden in the deep,
Creatrix of path making,
Awakening from a long sleep.
It is here we dream,
entering the unknown.
Death reborn, and
Venus transformed.
She has traveled far
In the dark.
Now rising…
Becoming,
a morning star.
Her path known,
and her beauty shown,
she burns constraints of the past,
painting a prophecy, rising at last.
Becoming a Phoenix
rising with the fire,
As she transforms
her spirit flies higher
Ascending seven gates.
picking up her power,
Rising to her fate,
This is the hour.
Inanna has returned.
Where her heart
was burned,
and lessons learned.
A descent decreed
by underworld shades,
Someone must take her place.
Inanna has chosen
the death he must face.
A debt must be paid
For a love betrayed.
When trust is forsaken
You lose what was taken.
Taking her seat
upon the throne.
Returning from death
and rattled bones.
She regains her place
as ring wearer.
Her shining face
Brings a new era.
