4.2.1.6 Deep Snows Moon (Grey Wolf 92-95)

• Birthdate: January 11 to February 10; Season is Winter
• Waziya is Wind Influence; Direction is North, Element is Earth
• Blue Jay is Moon totem; Poplar is Plant totem
• Amethyst is Mineral totem; Violet is color
• Compatible partners are summer moon people, especially Hot Winds Moon
• 4.2.1.6.1 Deep Snows Moon
  • People of this moon tend to be rigid in their thinking
    • Are rather introverted, occasionally depressed
    • Have very upright and honest qualities
    • Are reliable and responsible during chaos of life
    • Have ability to see way clearly into the future
    • Can guide others at times when not perceptible

• A creature that knows what it needs
• Willing to tell you whatever it thinks you should know
  • A form of wisdom
• A blue-jay person has a knowledge and a wisdom
  • Tends to talk about it
• A vociferous bird in its telling
  • Sometimes so much that people don't want to listen to it
  • They don't recognize its wisdom because they hear so much of it
  • People of this moon should guard against becoming as such
• Coming to the end of wisdom time, approaching enlightenment time
  • The jay is a creature of enlightenment
  • It is a curious creature, seeks enlightenment
  • Curiosity may be to its detriment
    • Might get caught by a cat or other predator
    • Tends to get over-confident
    • Sometimes does rash things when heading toward the light
    • May bring harm to itself
  • The wisdom of knowing when to stop is weakening
    • Influence of the North Wind is waning
    • Making way for rising wind of the East, of the Eagle

• Poplar tree is the plant totem
  • A very tall and slender tree
  • Limbs reach up to the light out of darkness
  • Limbs grow very tall and straight, also tend to lean and fall
  • Representative of this time of year without strong winds
    • Time of deep snows; poplars reach for light from the snow
    • They are strong because of lack of wind
    • In snowstorms of blizzards winds don't come from any one direction
    • All the winds are blowing together and swirling
  • Poplar withstands this time of year because it holds itself close
    • Does not spread itself wide
  • Represents returning to time of enlightenment
    • Coming out ot darkness into light
• Amethyst is the mineral totem
  • Long associated with wisdom and with purity of thought
  • Also carries the light
  • It is the color of the pale sky just before the dawning
  • It sparkles and reflects like sparkling off a crisp bed of snow in sunlight
  • Can help you to carry the wisdom of the North with you
• Color is violet
  • Violet is the highest vibration of light
  • It inspires the mind, increases intuition and idealism
  • Helps spiritual consciousness to rise
  • At a time of dawning of enlightenment, ensures highest vibrations emerge
    • Stimulates the awakening light within self

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