For those interested, reference chart for Medicine Wheel Earth Astrology
follows. You enter the wheel when you are born. The Winter Solstice,
about Dec 22, determines the first Moon; check the solstice date the
year you were born to configure the wheel correctly.
Moon Animal Complement Clan
Dec 22-Jan 19 Earth Renewal Snow Goose Flicker Turtle
Jan 20-Feb 18 Rest & Cleansing Otter Sturgeon Butterfly
Feb 19-Mar 20 Big Winds Cougar Brown Bear Frog
Mar 21-Apr 19 Budding Trees Red Hawk Raven Thunderbird
Apr 20-May 20 Frogs Return Beaver Snake Turtle
May 21-Jun 20 Cornplanting Deer Elk Butterfly
Jun 21-Jul 22 Strong Sun Flicker Snow Goose Frog
Jul 23-Aug 22 Ripe Berries Sturgeon Otter Thunderbird
Aug 23-Sep 22 Harvest Brown Bear Cougar Turtle
Sep 23-Oct 23 Duck Fly Raven Red Hawk Butterfly
Oct 24-Nov 21 Freeze Up Snake Beaver Frog
Nov 22-Dec 21 Long Snows Elk Deer Thunderbird
Spirit Keeper Plant Mineral Color
Dec 22 Waboose North Birch Tree Quartz White
Jan 20 Waboose North Quaking Aspen Silver Silver
Feb 19 Waboose North Plantain Turquoise Blue-Green
Mar 21 Wabun East Dandelion Fire Opal Yellow
Apr 20 Wabun East Blue Camas Chrysocolla Blue
May 21 Wabun East Yarrow Moss Agate White & Green
Jun 21 Shawnodese South Wild Rose Carnelian Agate Pink
Jul 23 Shawnodese South Raspberry Carnet & Iron Red
Aug 23 Shawnodese South Violet Amethyst Purple
Sep 23 Mudjekeewis West Mullein Jasper Brown
Oct 24 Mudjekeewis West Thistle Copper & Malachite Orange
Nov 22 Mudjekeewis West Black Spruce Obsidian Black
Paraphrased from the book: People are not limited by their starting
position, direction, or clan. They will not always have the strengths
and weaknesses of just this one position. They have to journey as far as
they can around the wheel, experiencing the lessons, challenges,
strengths and weaknesses of as many of the positions as possible. Every
position has something to give them, some gift that will enlarge and
enrich their lives.
Recommended reading; moons, totems, clans, etc. meaning explained well.
To Read More About It: The Medicine Wheel Earth Astrology by Sun Bear
and Wabun, Prentice Hall Press 1980, ISBN 0-13-572982-3.
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