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Black Moon Lilith The Asteroid That Shows The Wild Side Of Humans.
Hi all. Today as I was looking at my own transit chart I realized that I had not done a post about my favorite point on an astrology chart.
So I am going to be writing about Lilith. We will dive into the myth from ancient texts, biblical references, and naturally, astrological placements.
Sumerian mythology
Around 3000 BC, in roughly the Sumerian area, Lilith was considered to be part of a group of storm spirits called Lilitu. These spirits were believed to prey on women and children. They were associated with lions, storms, deserts and disease.
Mesopotamian myth
The next account of Lilith is in the Sumerian written Tablet XII of the Epic of Gilgamesh. This poem was written in the region known as Mesopotamia, circa 2100 BC.
The story of Lilith is that the goddess Inanna (goddess of love, beauty, desire, justice) is caring for a Huluppu tree, a tree that connects heaven, earth and the underworld, often called the world tree. This particular tree was placed in the garden of the gods and Inanna planned to make a bed and a throne from the wood of this tree.
One day she cannot approach the tree, it is inhabited by a snake in it’s roots, Lilith (aka Lilitu, a female demon) in the trunk and an Anzu bird on it’s limbs. An Anzu bird is a bird like monster who could spit fire and water. The great hero Gilgamesh kills the serpent with his sword, frightening both Lilith and the Anzu bird and making them flee.
Greek Myth
Lilith in Greek mythology was said to be Lamia, a Queen of Libya.
Lilith as Lamia had a long standing affair with the king of gods, Zeus.
When Hera, the wife of Zeus, found out about the affair between Lilith and Zeus she was enraged. Hera set out for revenge against Lilith, she killed all of Lilith’s children, except one.
The grief Lilith felt transformed her into a monster. Spending nights hunting and murdering all the children she could get her hands on. As of this transformation she is depicted as half woman, half serpent being.
