{"id":277,"date":"2025-12-19T14:35:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earthspirittarot.com\/wyrd\/?p=277"},"modified":"2025-12-19T14:35:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:35:27","slug":"the-twelve-nights-of-jol-tenth-night-honouring-sunna-and-the-virtue-of-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthspirittarot.com\/wyrd\/2025\/12\/19\/the-twelve-nights-of-jol-tenth-night-honouring-sunna-and-the-virtue-of-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"The Twelve Nights of J\u00f3l: Tenth Night – Honouring Sunna and the Virtue of Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Theme: returning light, renewal, and fairness guided by truth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the tenth night of Yule, we turn our faces toward Sunna \u2014 the Norse goddess of the Sun \u2014 and we celebrate what begins to shift after Solstice: the slow, steady return of the light. The nights are still long, winter still has teeth, but the wheel has turned. From here, day by day, Sunna grows stronger \u2014 and with her comes warmth, vitality, and the promise of new growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is one of the most quietly powerful truths of Yule: the return starts before it\u2019s obvious. The light comes back while the world still looks asleep. That\u2019s Sunna\u2019s magic \u2014 hope that doesn\u2019t need permission from circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunna\u2019s place in Norse lore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunna (often called S\u00f3l) is the goddess of the sun, the daughter of Mundilfari and sister to M\u00e1ni, the moon. Her beauty was said to be so radiant her father named her after the brightest light in the heavens \u2014 a prideful act that drew the gods\u2019 attention, and set her into her cosmic role: riding the sky as the bearer of day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She travels in her sun-chariot, drawn by the horses \u00c1rvakr (Early-Rising) and Alsvi\u00f0r (Very-Fast). Some later tellings and folk strands blend sun-horse imagery in different ways, but the heartbeat of the myth is clear: Sunna is movement, life-force, and the relentless rhythm of day returning no matter what.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her chariot is shielded by Svalinn, which protects the earth and seas from her full blazing heat. Like M\u00e1ni, Sunna is pursued \u2014 chased by the wolf Sk\u00f6ll, who seeks to devour her. When Sk\u00f6ll draws close, the world sees an eclipse. And though Sunna is fated to be consumed at Ragnar\u00f6k, she does not end there: she leaves behind a daughter who will carry her light forward into the new world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That detail matters. It\u2019s one of the most Yule-shaped pieces of the whole myth: even in endings, the light continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond her role as the sun goddess, Sunna is also invoked as a healer \u2014 her warmth bringing restoration, vitality, and renewal. If you\u2019ve ever felt the first real sun after weeks of cold and cloud, you already understand why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staying up for the new turning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people keep a beautiful custom on this night: staying up late or through the night with family or friends, saying goodbye to the old year\u2019s cycle of Sunna and M\u00e1ni, and welcoming the new turning \u2014 a living vow that the gods are still with us, and we are still here to witness the wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if you can\u2019t do that, you can honour the same spirit by lighting a candle at dusk or dawn and simply saying:
\u201cI welcome the return of the light.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunna\u2019s memory in other bright figures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s often noted that the sun goddess may not always appear as centrally in later Viking Age cult as in earlier layers \u2014 but her essential qualities echo everywhere. You can see sun-memory and sun-symbolism in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n