Shalom everyone,
     I did some homework, and looked up the years that Venus would be in Plaiedes and also would transit the sun.  I scanned the hyper-linked site that I sent in the last post and came up with 2 occassions since 60 AD (CE) that this happened....just as it did this year.   Here are the two occassions.
    #1  year 60 AD...Venus in Plaiedes...April 3rd., 60 AD  on 15th. Nissan Passover/
                              Unleavened Bread.
                      .......Venus in Transit....May 23rd., 60 AD  on 6 Sivan Shavuot/
                              Penticost.
    # 2  year 1396.....Venus in Plaiedes...April 3rd., 1336 on 16th. Nisssan/Passover/
                              Unleavened Bread.
              ................Venus in Transit....Nov. 23rd., 1336 on 14th. Kislev....

There was an interesting 1492 date for Venus in Plaiedes...it fell on 3rd. of April/Adar Bet 26.  I thought that was interesting for the time that Columbus discovered America.

And in 1388 (8 years previous to 1396) Venus was also in Plaiedes on Apr. 3rd., which was 17th. of Nissan.   That was a Passover/Unleavened Bread feast day.

I urge everyone to take a look at the map of the transit for 2004 and 2012.  It is interesting to see the places that see the transit..and the times.  Sunset verses Sunrise.

Shalom,
Meriam Brown