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—Barbara Meiklejohn-Free, best-selling and award winning author of The Heart of all Knowing: Awakening Your Inner Seer
Welcome to Lucy Harmer’s Shamanic Astrology monthly forecast for the Northern Hemisphere! Each month Lucy shares inspiration and ideas for the coming weeks from her book Shamanic Astrology: Understanding Your Spirit Animal Sign.
Shamanic Astrology is based on the study of the movement of the sun and the moon during the different seasons of the year. There are twelve astrological ”signs” which are represented by twelve different spirit animals. To find out your own personal spirit animal sign (the sign you were born under), please check the table of spirit animals at the end of this article. Shamanic Astrology teaches us that inner power derives from knowing the properties, characteristics, and qualities of each spirit animal (known as their “medicine”), and applying this in our own lives.
Each month I will focus on the spirit animal for that month, and describe the “energy” of the month itself and also the influence of the moon. I will also indicate which other spirit animal signs will
find this month to be particularly beneficial, and why.
March 21 – April 19: FALCON
Month of awakening and new beginnings
Spirit Animal Sign of the Month:
Falcon is the spirit animal which corresponds to March 21 to April 19 (in the northern hemisphere). If you were born at this time, your spirit animal sign is Falcon and you share Falcon’s strengths of being enterprising, enthusiastic, pioneering, optimistic, spontaneous, adventurous and confident. You may also share some of Falcon’s weaknesses and can have a tendency to be headstrong, egotistic, impatient and impulsive.
Medicine: Falcon’s medicine is the ability to see situations clearly, to make rapid decisions and bring projects to life. To be used when undertaking new projects or relaunching existing ones.
Element: Fire
Stone: Opal
Color: Yellow/Green
Plant: Dandelion
Energy of the season:
Falcon’s month is the time of awakening and new beginnings. Spring is finally here! As the sun’s rays begin to warm the earth, nature begins its cycle, bringing the promise of renewal. It is a time of joy, dynamism, strength and optimism. The energy of this season influences all ideas, projects and meetings; any undertaking this month will be carried out in the spirit of confidence, enthusiasm, determination and spontaneity. This is the best time of year to put your heart and soul into a new project, or to be filled with the courage and optimism to transform an existing situation by looking at it from a new perspective.
Energy of the moon:
Falcon’s new moon started on March 15 and the full moon is on March 30. This is a time for new beginnings. It is an excellent time for clearing out the past, so spring clean your home and clean out those closets! It’s also the perfect time to exchange ideas, forge new business relationships and start new projects. The period following the full moon – from March 31 until April 13 – is extremely beneficial for bringing a new perspective to current situations. This is time of great optimism. It is a fantastic time to inject a new sense of dynamism into love relationships; plan a surprise trip, create an adventure and enjoy the unexpected! April 14 brings the new moon in Beaver. This is a great time to put down roots and start to solidify the projects and ideas that have been created during the Falcon moon. It is a time abundant in inventiveness and creativity.
This month is particularly favorable for the following signs:
Falcon:
If your sign is Falcon the energy of this month is very favorable because it corresponds to the month and the moon of your birth. A new cycle is about to start in your life and this is the best time to start planting seeds. Use the sun’s energy to take stock and head off in a new direction.
Salmon/Owl:
If your sign is Salmon or Owl this is a very lucky month for you, with lots of harmony because you are in your own fire element. A multitude of opportunities will open up for you in this period and this is the best time to give destiny a helping hand!
Deer/Otter:
For Deer and Otter people, this is a very dynamic month, full of energy which favors the conception and birth of new projects. You will feel new motivation and a renewal of your energy at this time.
Table of Spirit Animal Signs:
To find your spirit animal sign, just locate your birthday from the dates below, according to your place of birth. If you were born north of the equator (e.g., USA, Canada, Europe), then look for your date of birth in the column headed “Northern Hemisphere.” If you were born south of the equator (e.g., Australia, New Zealand, South Africa), then look for your date of birth in the column headed “Southern Hemisphere.”
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