[drojas]

If it is a coincidence then perhaps this case of "correlation is not causation" is explained by both planets having some magnetic interaction with the sun and perhaps the interaction with the sun determines rotational behavior of planets (speculation). I read sometime ago about "magnetic flux ropes" https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2020.6059...

Also I read time ago there is a "cometary" aspect to venus and it's "tail" touches the earth, which might also be in the same realm of physics (electromagnetic interactions leading to rotational behavior)