Breton mentions Venus, the goddess of love several times in Mad Love. Oftentimes, she is referred to as an astrological influence over Breton's life. She is also mentioned in Section 6 in conjunction with the myth of the golden apple. A reference to the Judgment of Paris, who was given a golden apple and told to reward "to the fairest" and chose choice of Venus set of a chain of events leading to the Trojan War. Notably, the golden apple in this myth was a devise of Eris, the goddess of discord.