Native American Moon Signs and Meanings
This page on Native American moon signs is inspired by a special lineage I share with the Wabanki, people of the Dawn (most commonly known as Algonquin). I spend a lot of time with these people, and over a span of understanding we've come to agree on these moon signs from their native perspective.
Your Native American moon sign is reflective. Because we are dealing with attributes of the moon, the personality types shared below will speak to your shadow selves.
However, most astrological zodiacs are based on sun signs (the position of the sun at your birth). Sun signs describe how you appear to the world (it fits with the metaphor of the visible sun radiating brightly for all to see upon the earth).
These moon signs are a metaphor - they express shadows, motion, change and soft illuminations of the personality - just like the moon.
Moreover, if you do not see yourself (your personality) in these Native American moon signs, that might not be unusual. Typically, moon sign personality types can hide within us, and need the light of our attention in order to shine brightly out of our shadows (again, just like the moon needs the light of the sun to be seen).
Your Native American moon sign can be determined according to
the month in which you were born. Each month experiences one full moon
(sometimes two). That full moon within the month you were born
expresses certain aspects of your personality. Read your personality
type within the month you were born - it will convey unique
illumination about yourself.
January : Wolf Moon Sign... If
you were born under the January Wolf Moon, you very likely had (maybe
still have) many challenges to face in your life. This makes you
uniquely skilled to tackle most difficulties with a cold exterior. Your
accustomed to hard work and moving diligently through obstacles. People
see you as a lone wolf, and this is true in the fact you would rather
work alone. The truth is you have a very close niche of people (your
pack) whom you feel fierce love
for (although you may not openly show your affection). Your life lesson
is about faith, and letting more than only hard work move you through
life.
February : Snow Moon Sign... Much like your brothers and sisters of the Wolf Moon tribe, you are no
stranger to hard work. Many of you had incredibly challenging
childhoods, and have overcome insurmountable odds. These circumstances
can make you see the world as a harsh place, sometimes you may even be
critical or jaded about people and the world. This does not make you
blind to beauty, however and you appreciate physical beauty
- particularly in nature. Flowers, trees, animals will all sing sweetly
to you and carry you to other worlds where you can escape. Your life
lesson is about escaping into these natural worlds more often &
letting go of the cold hard facts of reality.
March : Crow Moon Sign
If you were born in March, your Native American moon sign indicates you
are an expansive communicator. Your skill to convey yourself and your
ideas comes from your ability to be extremely flexible and adaptable.
You were born in a time of tempestuous transition. This gives you a
unique alacrity, a moveable mind. This specialized mental condition
allows you to communicate with other realms of life - you will be
particularly drawn to fire animals and birds because these creatures are fast-thinkers like you.
You are the midwives and overseers of great change. Your life lesson is
about helping yourself and others through transition.
April : Seed Moon Sign
You are known as the Seed Moon if you are born in April because you
represent the promise of new growth. You are a league of people who are
determined to be seen and heard in your own special way. You have
likely seen a great deal of struggle in your childhood, and as you grow
into maturity you become adamant about establishing yourself
righteously within the community. You have a need to feel deep connections
with others, to root yourself within the tribe. Your integrity and
honesty is immense and you cannot tolerate injustice. Your sign
indicates you are full of potential. That means you will uncover
special gifts and aspects about yourself all throughout your life -
even in your elderly years. Your life lesson is about gaining
perspectives from other viewpoints (not just your own).
May : Flower Moon Sign
Although
you've had your fair share of struggle, yours is a charmed sign as you
tend to be fairly lucky in life. You have a knack for avoiding
hardship. You are gifted with a friendly disposition, it seems you can
get along well with almost everyone. Many of you will be natural
beauties, and your physical appearance will win you many suitors. Even
if you hide your physical beauty away from the world, people will still
be attracted to you because you radiate loveliness
that's really irresistible. You are very generous, and love to share
your bounty with others. Flower Moon signs sometimes find it easier to
go along with the crowd. Your life lesson is about following your own
light - listening to your own inner voice.
June : Strawberry Moon
You have so many ideas and dreams you have a hard time keeping track.
Within you there is a wealth of genius pertaining to enterprise. Within
the tribe, people come to you for your insight and advice because they
know you are ripe with perspective.
Although, your opinions might not be the most objective. You know this
about yourself however, and have a keen ability to manipulate
situations because you can see the inner workings and outer workings of
a scenario at the same time. You love to nurture those around you and
are particularly doting to family members - especially your children
and/or domestic pets. Your life lesson is about channeling your vast
understandings into a specific direction that serves your community.
July : Thunder Moon Signs
You have a bright disposition and easily uplift others just by being in
their presence. Your sunny outward personality is a paradox because you
also have a tremendous depth. Most people don't realize this about you.
You keep your inner depth concealed, it rumbles below your surface.
This duality causes you to be highly intuitive.
That you know what people will do next is very matter-of-fact to you.
Indeed, you often act on future events that have not taken place yet.
Likewise, you tend to act on future behaviors of other people too.
Knowing things can make you extremely moody, and people often cannot
understand a sudden dark shift in your demeanor. Your life lesson is
about separating your intuitive knowing from common reality -
identifying the difference between inner knowing and outer (real-time)
experience.
August : Sturgeon Moon
Although
you may have had to endure hardships in your life, you know
intrinsically what it feels like to thrive. You have an expansive
nature that magnetizes the very best the earth can offer. This makes it
quite easy for you to attract the ways and means in your life to
succeed in most endeavors. It's uncanny how resources come together to
suit your purposes. Sometimes you take this for granted. But, most of
you honor the resources at your fingertips. In fact, you can be extremely protective
of your friendships, families and provisions of the earth. If you feel
these areas are threatened you can be vicious in guarding them.
Although you are extremely generous, you can be self-focused. Your life
lesson is about seeing the world from other people's eyes
(point-of-view).
September : Harvest Moon
As your moon sign suggests, you have remarkable gifts for gathering
people and energies together at optimal times. You have a knack for
making outstanding connections. People of the tribe will come to you
for matchmaking because you know which people will marry best with each
other. You can look out into the world and instantly see what
partnerships/relationships will work. You are also the information
gatherer and tacitly in charge of disseminating information.
You are the keeper of wisdom, and also responsible for doling out
advice in an honorable way. You have an inherent balance with an
superior sense of right and wrong. Your amazing gifts can make you an
elitist. Your life lesson is about maintaining humility.
October : Hunters Moon
Your
sense of timing is impeccable. Moreover, your sense of knowing through
extrasensory perception is uncanny. You have a keen awareness about
yourself and your environment. This unnerves a lot of people, and many
within your tribe fear you because of your powerful knowing.
Consequently, you often find yourself in solitude - although you always
long for a partner who understands you. In fact, you spend much of your
time seeking partnership and this has made you adept at the "social
dance." You know when to withdraw and when to reveal yourself. You have many layers of personality
and you can pull these out to suit your needs at will. Your life lesson
is about self- acceptance as well as accepting others for who they are
(and accepting how they feel about you too).
November : Beaver Moon
Much
like your Crow Moon brothers and sisters, you too were born into a time
of transition. You are uniquely poised to act on new trends. You will
also be a trend-setter yourself. There is also a sense of urgency about
you, it is as if you are always preparing for the next step
in your evolution. You are also eager to help others move to the next
level on their path too. So much so, the people of your tribe will ask
for your help with transitions. You are a facilitator and love to
create structure from chaos. You can easily get caught up in all the
excitement of transition, and you can also get lost in other people's
drama. This blocks your ability to help and heal yourself and others.
Your life lesson is about not getting lost in transition.
December : Cold Moon Signs
As your moon sign name implies, you tend to have a cold exterior - but
the fact is you actually have a glowing warmth within you that when
nurtured and encouraged, will radiate outwards. In fact, this inner
warmth of yours has the power to fuel the dreams of an entire tribe if
you allow it. You, along with many of your winter moon sign family
members have faced adverse conditions. But adversity is never your enemy,
and you tend to miraculously overcome insurmountable odds with a
casualness that boggles onlookers. You have a keen intellect with the
ability to create effective strategies from the slightest bits of
information. People in the tribe look to you as a person of great
strength and stability. Your life lesson is about relying and trusting
others (as you tend to rely mostly on yourself).
