Thank you for your thoughts, Ross and Aeon, and you actually gave me an idea. I haven't checked it anywhere, so please tell me if I'm misguided, but it seems to work for me.
The aspect of Love from Venus actually, contrary to what I thought, illustrates Netzach beautifully, especially if both Netzach and Hod are considered. This low on the Tree the love implied here isn't the boundless outpouring that is Chesed or the abstract creative urge of Chochma, but an actual need, or shortage of something; love in its experiential aspect. This kind of love implies want and imperfection, and suggests the suffering that comes merely from being alive. In essence, merely toasting a pop tart is a struggle from Netzach, as we would die without it. If someone has a problem, they solve it by outpouring "love" at it (in essence, a lot of concentration). Everything we do is an act of love. Hod on the other hand suggests temptation and the other side of being human, sex.
I reached these conclusions by looking at the paths through their Tarot cards and it seems really evident to me that this area of the Tree tells the story of Adam and Eve and the apple. We have Tiphareth, the perfect Yetziraic manifestation of the unmarred plan of creation with everything in its proper amount and measure. However, the inevitable descent down the tree as the third trinity manifests causes the snake (in this case represented by the Devil) to tempt Eve (Hod) with the idea of sexual union; that is, the same universal mechanics of union, but this low on the tree only the semblance of union is possible between the degraded father and mother. It is said in Genesis that after eating the apple Adam and Eve opened their eyes and sewed fig leaves to hide their nudity, bringing the Devil's Ain (he is the cause of their eyes opening) and suggesting sexual awareness, or consiousness that they are separate at all, into effect. Adam (Netzach) on the other hand learns what it means to be human and this means being cast out of Tiphareth and getting to know Death (Nun) and the hardships inherent in earthly love. It could also be said that Adam fell and allowed himself to be tempted out of love (Venus) for Eve.
Seen in this light, the actual consumption of the apple implied in Peh (The Tower, Mouth) visually looks like an atomic bomb fell right in the middle of the tree, separating Tiphareth and Yesod that kind of look as though they were once one emanation (just before the apple, I'm guessing there was nothing lower than Eden) and continuing the descent. The act of leaving the ideal toward the manifest is traumatic, to say the least. In essence, Adam isn't sustained any longer by the unity of Paradise, but has to work for a living.
In any case, this came to me trying to understand Netzach better, I hope I'm not completely off track.