Due to Venus' orbit not being coplanar with the plane established by the Sun's equator, it is either "above" or "below" (i.e., not in) the solar equatorial plane, except for twice an orbit, when it crosses the equatorial plane of the Sun.

Here's a wiki article that elaborates on orbital inclinations.

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