birth of venus

how my new name came through in my dreams

Chalkboard drawing I did while teaching a 7th grade Renaissance block

my name wasn’t always venus. it used to be verita, which means “truth” in latin. my parents and friends would always joke that i totally lived up to it, because i always told the truth.

a bigger part of it, though, was that i was an undiagnosed adhd and neurodivergent child, who couldn’t filter much of what i felt. everything on the inside came spilling out.

but when my husband got sick with cancer, and especially after he died, i went through a deep inner transformation.

the theme of death and rebirth has always been huge for me, but it reached a peak in that time of losing my true love.

in the middle of this potent healing time, i had what felt like a prophetic dream. in the dream, a well-known channeler i follow, lee harris, appeared and told me he had a special message just for me.

i’m case you’re not familiar, channeling is the commonly known as the practice of opening ourselves to wisdom that flows from beyond the everyday mind.

some people experience it as messages from spirit, guides, or higher aspects of themselves.

others think of it as tuning into a frequency, like a radio picking up a signal that is always present but usually hidden beneath the noise.

however we describe it, channeling is less about claiming absolute truth and more about receiving images, words, or stories that awaken something we already carry within.

the channeled message that appeared in my dream that night, wrote itself magically across the sky, like in the opening credits of a disney cartoon.

it came as a bright shining message that literally lit up the entire night sky:

verita has been reborn into venus.

i heard these words like a thousand drum beats playing in time. the whole sky echoed with the thunderous message.

if you had a dream like that, wouldn’t you listen to the message and take it seriously?

when i told my teenage girls the next day, they said, “mom, you better be kidding, about actually changing it! dreams can stay metaphorical!”

but it planted a seed and a whisper in my soul, that as the months went on, i couldn’t forget. i knew i would eventually change my name.

since verita means truth and venus means love, i knew that my whole life has been a process of settling into my body and reclaiming my birthright:

to be safe here.

to be loved here.

to give love here.

a year later, i decided to do it for real and i legally changed it. while i was sitting at the dmv to get a new license, i ran into another woman, who was also getting a new license, and we started talking.

she had heard them call my name, venus, and as it turns out, she was an astrologer and intuitive. she was very excited by the name change and got my email to send me a link to a channeled story about venus.

in this channeled message, a group of luminous beings, connected to the venus and love principle, came at the beginning of earth’s human evolution.

they came to teach and to help keep the flame of higher consciousness alive in humanity. they were also part of the original impulse to create humans with free will.

these beings entered the denser plane of earth as a loving sacrifice. they chose to join in the karmic cycles of earth and incarnate here, to be keepers of that flame, so that humanity could continue as a species when the forces of materialism and oppression on this planet were strong.

these beings worked before, during, and after the great spiritual teachers in our history.

they signed up to incarnate as teachers of the sacred heart wisdom of compassion and unconditional love until a time when all humans could experience it fully for themselves.

this story also carried the idea that earth has a special teaching for the wider cosmos: that because of humanity’s struggles, courage, and our capacity to hold such levels of heart within dense material matter, what we have developed here matters beyond our planet

after reading the link from her email, i sat thunderstruck and moved on a visceral level of recognition. the principles in this message are very much aligned with me, as have had countless downloads of various pieces of it since finn died.

through my healing journey, i continue to remember more of who i truly am, and this channeled message coming on the day i made my name legal felt like the universe whispering back her approval.

as i continue to heal and to free myself from the chains of generational trauma that bound me, i have arrived at an unshakable knowing that this is the lifetime where i actively help humanity rise. i believe if you are reading this that you too are here for this mission, regardless of your belief system or orientation.

it felt like no accident that i met this woman “randomly” at the dmv, just as i was legally stepping into my name.

i believe in my heart this is part of our story of humanity.

do you have myths or stories that especially resonate with you?

maybe they are teachings from your tradition, or maybe, if you aren’t religious, they are theories or ideas that whisper to you about why we came here.

i would love to hear what stories have lit a flame in you!

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thank you for being here, it truly means the world. i love hearing your thoughts, if you feel called to comment.

i am a writer, speaker, and musician devoted to healing and embodiment. i share essays, poetry, and original music through venus consciousness. i’d love to walk this path with you. 💞