Native American Medicine Wheel
Brown Bear
~ | ~ Snow Goose
~ | ~ Otter
~ | ~ Cougar
~ | ~ Hawk
~ | ~ Beaver
~ | ~ Deer ~ | ~
~ | ~ Flicker
~ | ~ Sturgeon
~ | ~ Bear
~ | ~ Raven
~ | ~ Snake
~ | ~ Elk
~ | ~ Blue ~ | ~
4.9 Brown Bear - Harvest Moon
4.9.1 Medicine Wheel (Wilson MW 120-122)
- Harvest Moon, Virgo, August 23 - September 22
- South; animal is Bear; plant, Violet; mineral, Amethyst; color, Purple
Vision: Roy Wilson ~ | ~
Sun Bear ~ | ~ Grey Wolf
- Birthdate: August 11 to September 10; Season is Fall
- Thunderbird is Wind Influence, Direction is West, Element is Water
- Wolf is moon totem; Lodgepole Pine is plant totem
- Blue Turquoise is mineral totem; Color is turquoise
- Compatible partners are people of the spring moons, especially those of the Strong Winds Moon
- 4.9.1.6.1 Leaving Summer, Beginning of Fall
- Moving more solidly into time of adult
- Adult is a harvest of maturity
- Time to come out of childish playfulness into something more developed
- Time of equal days and nights
- Notice shortening of days, lengthing of nights
- Moving away from male influence toward female influence
- People of this moon moving toward female
- Have deep insights and intuition to offer
- People of fire, also beginning to be aware of need for more balance
- Know how to begin to bring things to a conclusion
- Potential weaknesses
- Need to learn to look within, claim their power
- Need to learn how to work toward next part of cycle
- trusting inner voice and act upon it can be difficult
- Maturity not quite ripe
- Need to guard against flippancy
- Could learn tolerance when things don't go their way
- Hunters Moon people recognize need for the group
- Can work well as part of a team
- Have tendency to be solitary at times when not always beneficial for them
- Compatible partners from spring moons, especially Strong Winds Moon
- Balancing of opposite moon will bring focus, clarity
- 4.9.1.6.2 Wolf
- Animal totem
- A very strong power
- Teacher and pathfinder; shows the way
- People of the West are very powerful people
- Wolf-person is aware of their very frivolous side
- Beginnings of awareness to grow into adult
- Wolf is hunter
- Knows how to stalk, gather what it needs
- Has a sense of what will happen at end
- Can spend days and days hunting, only coming home with a squirrel
- But it has found its food
- 4.9.1.6.3 Plant and Mineral
- Lodgepole Pine is plant totem
- At its full maturity this time of year
- Can be harvested now to provide structure of the lodge
- People begin to recognize need to end childishness, playfulness
- Need to start to be more serious
- Time to cut the tree; Time to work steadily at way to go
- Time to start to hunt, gather, put things by
- Seek out what is needed
- Blue turquoise is mineral totem
- Looking into it is like looking into the spirit of Mother Earth
- Brings clarity; one of the greatest healing stones
- Purifies, cleanses, refreshes body and soul like cool shower in a mountain stream
- Will help people of this moon maintain a steady balance
- To go with the flow
- Can mean gathering or letting go
- Will help enhance relationship with inner voice
- The one that knows where you need to be
- Color is turquoise
- Color of the oceans, of healing and tranquility
- Will help you dive deeply into yourself without fear
- Can surface to the maturity of the West, of the adult
- With clear and balanced view of future
Vision: Roy Wilson ~ | ~
Sun Bear ~ | ~ Grey Wolf
Introduction: Page One
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~ | ~ Sacred Altar
~ | ~ East
~ | ~ South
~ | ~ West
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Inner Circle:
Owl ~ | ~ Cougar
~ | ~ Hawk ~ | ~ Coyote
~ | ~ Wolf ~ | ~ Bear
~ | ~ Raven ~ | ~
Outer Circle:
Snow Goose ~ | ~
Otter ~ | ~
Cougar ~ | ~
Hawk ~ | ~
Beaver ~ | ~
Deer ~ | ~
~ | ~ Flicker ~ | ~
Sturgeon ~ | ~
Bear ~ | ~
Raven ~ | ~
Snake ~ | ~
Elk ~ | ~
Blue ~ | ~