A muse or artist herself, she is attracted to creative types who mirror her drive to create; her role is to inspire. She may or may not be classically beautiful, but she has a magnetism that attracts both sexes. And as any Aphrodite-identified woman knows, great beauty is both a blessing and a curse: she often wonders whether she is loved and value

Referred to as a ‘scheming siren’ by some – of course she was – she was also nicknamed ‘Venus’ by many others.