It has, I think, to do with the Transit of Venus .... I seem to remember from googleless days that Captain Cook went to Tahiti to observe it in 1700 and something or other. Though, I can think of much better things to do in Tahiti.
Or it could be, Garinda, that you are seeing it more clearly because, a couple of days ago, you had that rousing old song of the sea ... The Good Ship Venus ... running through your mind.
