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Urania, from the Greek
"Ourania", meaning "Heavenly", is the Muse of
astronomy and astrology. Represented by the staff and celestial globe,
she can foretell the future from the reading the positions of the
stars.
Her dark colors signify
the night sky, and the mysterious veil behind which lie the secrets
and mysteries of the universe. She can often be found strolling after
dark gazing at the stars which illuminate the darkness, metaphors, in
her eyes, for the arts and sciences which enlighten and inspire
earthly existence.
Creative, imaginative
and philosophical by nature, she can be as touched by the whimsical as
she can be moved by the profoundly tragic. Never happier than when
composing prose and poetry herself, she often turns for inspiration to
her Sisters for inspiration and guidance.
Since her arrival in
Kymer, she has found much creativity and warmth in the citizens there,
and is herself both inspired and delighted by the prospect of helping
to create and nurture an environment in which Kymerians' creativity
can take wing and soar.
"[Urania]
sang of night that clothed the infant world,
In strains as solemn as its dark profound--
How at the call of Jove the mist unfurled,
And o'er the swelling vault--the glowing sky,
The new-born stars hung out their lamps on high,
And rolled their mighty orbs to music's sweetest sound."
- James G. Percival
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