Some cool stuff about owl symbology I found online:
* “The Wise Old Owl has all the kn’owl’edge, you are on the ‘edge’ of discovery and recovery.”
* It is a major Illuminati mascot, and appears in Free Mason symbology, including in a little hidden corner of your U.S. dollar bill.
* Many cultures associate owls with the bringing, warning, or symbol of death. (Of course, death to me is not the end; it is stepping through the veil to connect me from this side to the Other Side, i.e. Home.)
* In Greek mythology, Athena (goddess of wisdom, the Arts, and skills, and as a result, owls also became symbols of teaching and of institutions of learning) transforms into an owl. Athena frequently had her companion Owl on her shoulder, which revealed unseen truths to her. Owl had the ability to light up Athena’s blind side, enabling her to speak the whole truth, as opposed to only a half truth.
* As a totem animal, owls represent deception, clairvoyance, insight (often referred to as “the Night Eagle”). “Owl is at home in the night. It has great awareness of all that is around it at all times. It has predator vision, which means it sees clearly what it looks at. It has great intuition: it is the totem of psychics and clairvoyants. It has the courage to follow its instincts. Owl’s medicine includes seeing behind masks, silent and swift movement, keen sight, messenger of secrets and omens, shape-shifting, link between the dark, unseen world and the world of light, comfort with shadow self, moon power, freedom.”
* “The Ainu in Japan trust the Owl because it gives them notice of evil approaching. They revere the Owl, and believe it mediates between the Gods and men.”
* The White Goddess website says “The Owl, symbol of the Goddess, represents perfect wisdom. Owls have the ability to see in the dark and fly noiselessly through the skies. They bring messages through dreams. The Owl is the bird of mystical wisdom and ancient knowledge of the powers of the moon. With wide-open, all-seeing eyes, Owl looks upon reality without distortion and acknowledges it, yet is aware that with ancient magical and spiritual knowledge, he or she can make changes.”

Now that I have more background, this owl thing connects many dots through my life and points to a consistent path. I’ve always known of my connection with the moon (earliest memory of attraction here: at a jewelry store under the age of 6, instant love with a tiny silver ring of a crescent moon with a star, which was purchased and sized down for my little finger; ever since then I associated myself with that kind of thing) and my body’s biological response to the moon phases, the 3 goddesses (hence my immediate attraction to the Celtic Trinity knot upon my discovery of it almost 10 years ago), my current belief systems. Just too much to say here.