BOLE, the zodiacal sign Taurus, is the night house of Venus.
Palamon, devoted to Venus, chooses Lycurge of Thrace as his second at the tournament Theseus has arranged to determine who shall have Emelie, KnT 2128-2129; Lycurge comes to the tournament in a chariot drawn by four white bulls, KnT 2139. The bull, as Taurus, is Venus's night house. On May 3, the sun is in the white bull, approximately 20 degrees in Taurus, when Palamon goes to visit Criseyde and to tell her that Troilus loves her, Tr II.50-56. Venus and Mars make love in her room painted with white bulls, Mars 85-86; that is, Venus is in her night house, Taurus. The color probably refers to Met II.852, where Jupiter woos Europa in the form of a white bull, which became the constellation Taurus. [Taur: Venus]