Deer
People born under the Cornplanting Moon, the last moon of Wabun, have the deer as their animal totem, the yarrow as their plant and moss agate as their mineral. Their colors are white and green, and they belong to the Butterfly clan.
- Dates
- May 21 – June 20
- Moon
- Cornplanting Moon
- Elemental clan
- Butterfly Clan (Air)
- Spirit Keeper
- Wabun (East)
- Plant
- Yarrow
- Mineral
- Moss agate
- Color
- White and green
Source: Sun Bear & Wabun, The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology (Prentice-Hall 1980), Reference Chart
Personality
Deer people have the gift of gab. Like moss agate they are healers who love beauty and make their surroundings beautiful, with an affinity for plants and minerals. Like yarrow they are versatile and a tonic to those around them — though behind a honeyed outside there can run a stream of vinegar. Their minds rove from idea to idea, and they are very slow to open the depths of themselves. They are clever, resourceful and creative, often artists or musicians, and their laughter is contagious.
From the text of: Sun Bear & Wabun, The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology (Prentice-Hall 1980), “Cornplanting Moon (Deer)”
Love & Relationships
Because they like so many people so much, they often find it hard to settle into one relationship; the book says this is more marked in men. They are loving parents, although Deer men find parenthood harder, and their children are often the model children every parent wishes for.
From the text of: Sun Bear & Wabun, The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology (Prentice-Hall 1980), “Cornplanting Moon (Deer)”
Work & Career
They are often artists in some medium, or musicians, and their healing gifts and love of beauty show in whatever they make.
From the text of: Sun Bear & Wabun, The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology (Prentice-Hall 1980), “Cornplanting Moon (Deer)”
Health & Wellbeing
They are prone to illnesses of the lungs, glands and bronchial tubes, to bumps and scratches from jumping in too quickly, and to nervousness.
From the text of: Sun Bear & Wabun, The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology (Prentice-Hall 1980), “Cornplanting Moon (Deer)”
Mythology & Symbolism
Yarrow takes its Latin name, Achillea millefolium, from Achilles, who is credited with discovering its medicinal value, though people in America likely knew it long before. The Ojibwa called it wabeno-wusk, herb of the dawn or herb of the East Wind; the whole plant is medicinal, and Native people used it as a tonic. Moss agate, their stone, is a healer’s stone.
From the text of: Sun Bear & Wabun, The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology (Prentice-Hall 1980), “Cornplanting Moon (Deer)”