Modern Native American zodiac: discover your animal
12 animals · cycles of nature · modern system
Discover your birth animal
Enter your date and discover the animal that belongs to you in this modern symbolic wheel of twelve cycles.
- 1Choose your date
- 2Reveal your animal
- 3Read its message
Your birth animal
Your essence
Your strength
Your shadow
Love and bonds
Work and purpose
This modern Native American animal zodiac brings twelve cycles of nature into a symbolic yearly wheel.
A modern nature-animal wheel
Each animal works here as a literary archetype inspired by natural behaviour, not as a sacred symbol taken from a particular nation.
| Approximate dates | Rashi / animal |
|---|---|
| 21 March – 19 April | Red-tailed Hawk |
| 20 April – 20 May | Beaver |
| 21 May – 20 June | Deer |
| 21 June – 22 July | Woodpecker |
| 23 July – 22 August | Sturgeon |
| 23 August – 22 September | Brown Bear |
| 23 September – 23 October | Raven |
| 24 October – 21 November | Snake |
| 22 November – 21 December | Elk |
| 22 December – 19 January | Snow Goose |
| 20 January – 18 February | Otter |
| 19 February – 20 March | Cougar |
Where did this system come from?
Sun Bear and Wabun’s publisher describes their 1980 book as a new system of Earth astrology. Wolastoqiyik scholar Andrea Bear Nicholas has also criticised a pan-Indigenous medicine-wheel model that can displace distinct teachings.
The Medicine Wheel — publisher page · Andrea Bear Nicholas — Medicine Wheel Hoax
How to interpret your animal
Read resource and shadow together. The image assigns neither a cultural identity nor a spirit guide; it offers a metaphor for reflecting on habits and choices.
This experience is for entertainment and personal reflection; it does not predict events or replace professional, medical or financial decisions.