#ulula

For those in love with the Moon and those who find comfort in the dark of the night. 🌙

1298, 3908, 658, 69, 714, 8962, 713, 105, 78, 580

100, 3271

Nocturna 1298

Meaning nightly

Think of the word nocturnal, meaning active at night

I have Nocturna conjunct NN and Chiron. I am for sure nocturnal. I focus better and am more creative at night. I don't think I slept early, even as a child.

Nyx 3908

Named after Nyx, the Greek goddess of the night

Born from Chaos, Nyx gave birth to many gods and goddesses related to daytime, nighttime, light, and darkness.

Asteria 658

Named after Asteria, the Titaness

Her name means of the stars, starry one

Known for being one of Zeus' conquests, she became a bird and then an island. As an island, she saves her sister Leto after Leto is impregnated by Zeus and cannot find a safe haven due to Hera's wrath

Hesperia 69

Named after the Hesperides in Greek mythology

Hesperides are the nymphs of the evening and the golden light of sunsets

They tend the garden and sing

Ulula 714

Named after the genus of owls

Owls are nocturnal birds, hunters, and symbols of wisdom in Western culture.

In African and Native American cultures, owls are symbols of death.

In Asian cultures, owls are symbols of good luck.

Noctua 8962

Named after a species of owl called Athene noctua or Little Owl (owl of Athena, owl of Minerva)

Commemorates Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, war, and handicraft

Luscinia 713

Named after the genus of nightingales

Known for their singing and frequently used in literature and other works of art

Sing both day and night; songstresses of the night.

Artemis 105, Diana 78

Named after Artemis, the Greek goddess of the Moon, the hunt, animals, wilderness, and children, or Diana, her Roman counterpart

Her twin is Apollo 1862, who is associated with the Sun

Artemis is also associated with the menstrual cycle and childbirth

I have Artemis conjunct my Moon. Still trying to figure out if this has been expressed in an obvious way in my life yet...caring for animals, children...

Selene 580

Named after Selene, the Greek personification of the Moon

Means light, brightness, gleam

Drives a chariot across the skies to bring the night

Her brother is Helios, the Sun god, who drives a chariot across the sky to bring the day

I have Diana (above) and Selene conjunct with each other and my Neptune and sextile Saturn. Saturn sextile Neptune could refer to materialization. My ideas may be best developed at night (?) under the moon (?)

Hekate 100

Named after Hecate, the Greek goddess of crossroads, entryways, magic, witchcraft, the night, and the Moon

She is depicted with three bodies; all-seeing, transitional, liminal

A triple deity associated with the moon (Selene, Luna), hunting (Artemis, Diana), and herself as the underworld

Associated with dogs as well (thinking dogs and wolves howling at the moon)

Ul 3271

Named after a Melanesian lunar deity

Sove and Ulula

Chest: Ulula waited for Sove at the marina. She couldn’t have known when to expect her husband, but she was there exactly when he arrived at the shore. Did she look for his return every day? The thought inspired the warrior’s heart. Without waiting for the gangplank to be lowered, he jumped ashore and headed straight for his wife. The wind played with loose strands of her bright hair. She gazed at him searchingly, and the blue of her eyes seemed deeper than the depths into which he must have plunged, and he was speechless for a moment, drowning in that depth. Ulula took him by the hand. The gesture was refreshing and revived his speech. The warrior told his wife that he finally understood. Ulula’s face was radiating, and Sove knew that from now on everything would be fine. The gods had mocked him a bit, but he didn’t blame them. If they had not sent him on a wild goose chase, he would have never realized that it wasn’t them he should have listened to carefully, but someone else entirely. He took Ulula under his arm and together they moved toward the fortress.

Scroll 1: The ancient trees in the sacred grove of Hindar rustled softly, and the murmur of their leaves was reminiscent of a gentle whisper. Sove unhurriedly strolled between the thick trunks immersed in thought. The island of Hindarsfjall, where the temple to the goddess Freyja was raised, was the place where the Skelligans went when they faced problems that could not be solved with a sword and axe. The heroic Sove faced a problem of this kind. He stopped under a sprawling alder tree decorated with mistletoe balls. The ground beneath the tree was covered with soft moss. The place seemed appropriate to Sove. He knelt on the green carpet and closed his eyes. ‘Great Mother,’ he approached the goddess in his thoughts. ‘Look at your humble son and let him draw from your springs of wisdom. O Modron... what should I do to make peace with my wife, Ulula?’

Scroll 2: Sove remembered the day on which he and Ulula were married. There was no such beautiful couple in all of Skellige, and several songs were composed by skalds about their wedding. Ulula wore snow-white seal fur. Her fair hair was braided into thick braids, and a smile as sweet as honey danced on her full lips. Sove thought he was the happiest man in all of Skellige. His happiness, however, did not last long, because the wedding, as if some charm, changed Ulula beyond recognition. The stories about the spouses’ quarrels even reached the furthest corners of the archipelago. Sove tried to communicate with his wife with requests and threats, but to no avail, until finally, the helpless warrior decided to entrust his problem to the gods.

Scroll 3: A gentle voice called him by name. He opened his eyes and noticed that he was no longer kneeling under an alder tree, but over the smooth surface of water. At the edge of the pond stood a figure dressed in loose robes, with a face covered with a flowing scarf. Sove saw the outline of pregnancy under the material. He immediately bowed his head before the Great Mother. Suddenly he felt the weight of someone’s hand on his shoulder. He looked up. The hand belonged to a warrior in golden armour, whose head was protected by a helmet topped with an intricately forged deer antler. Sove also recognized this figure. The warrior pressed a scroll into his hand, which made Sove’s body shudder, and the man awaken under the alder again. In his hand, he clutched the scroll handed to him by Hemdall. He unrolled it and began reading. It described a magic potion to grant him Understanding. The words spoken by Freyja, just before he woke up, resounded in the warrior’s head again. ‘Approach the conflict with your wife in a way you’ve never done before.’ Well then, thought Sove, rising from the damp moss. Let the will of the gods be done.

ULULA (1983)