Otter
People born under the Rest and Cleansing Moon, the middle moon of Waboose, have the otter as their animal totem, the quaking aspen as their plant and silver as their mineral. Their color is silver, and they belong to the Butterfly clan.
- Dates
- January 20 – February 18
- Moon
- Rest and Cleansing Moon
- Elemental clan
- Butterfly Clan (Air)
- Spirit Keeper
- Waboose (North)
- Plant
- Quaking aspen
- Mineral
- Silver
- Color
- Silver
Source: Sun Bear & Wabun, The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology (Prentice-Hall 1980), Reference Chart
Personality
Otter people are sought after: good friends and interesting companions. Silver links them to the Moon and gives them perception and intuition. They are visionaries, always looking beyond what is in front of them, and humanitarians who found charities and try new ways of living. Like their totem they are clever, bold, playful, helpful and gentle; a vengeful Otter is rare, and they are not afraid of unpopular positions. They often have latent psychic gifts and prophetic dreams. The book warns that they can block their own intuition by over-intellectualizing, and that, being of the Butterfly clan, they may have so many dreams that none of them becomes real.
From the text of: Sun Bear & Wabun, The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology (Prentice-Hall 1980), “Rest and Cleansing Moon (Otter)”
Love & Relationships
Their emotional depth can lead some of them to pursue a wide variety of romantic partners, a pursuit at which they excel. As parents they are warm, gentle and caring, but they must not project their own dreams on their children, who often seem to live in a faraway place.
From the text of: Sun Bear & Wabun, The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology (Prentice-Hall 1980), “Rest and Cleansing Moon (Otter)”
Work & Career
They are the founders of charities and of alternative ways of living, and they are not afraid to take unpopular positions.
From the text of: Sun Bear & Wabun, The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology (Prentice-Hall 1980), “Rest and Cleansing Moon (Otter)”
Health & Wellbeing
Toxins tend to settle in their feet and ankles, and congestion can show as hay fever, asthma or bronchitis.
From the text of: Sun Bear & Wabun, The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology (Prentice-Hall 1980), “Rest and Cleansing Moon (Otter)”
Mythology & Symbolism
Among the Midewiwin, most of the medicine bags of the sacred teachers were made of otter skin, and these bags were held to have great power.
From the text of: Sun Bear & Wabun, The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology (Prentice-Hall 1980), “Rest and Cleansing Moon (Otter)”