TEACHES SOME OF THE VARIOUS ASPECTS
RELATING TO A MEDICINE WHEEL
SACRED COLORS OF MAN ~ THE CYCLES OF FOUR

(Starting in the East, place of beginnings, going Clockwise)

East, Red, Child, Beginnings, Physical, Spring, Earth,
Protection, Animal ~ Eagle is the Totem

Prayers carried to Great Spirit on smoke from the Pipe

South, Yellow, Youth, Growth, Emotional, Summer, Fire,
Nourishment, Vegetable ~ Coyote is the Totem

Sweetgrass, Tobacco, Cedar, Sage
(Burned as Sacred Offerings in an Abalone shell)

West, Black, Adult, Awareness, Mental, Autumn, Water,
Commitment, Mineral ~ Bear is the Totem

Grandmother Moon

Rain Clouds (Good Prospects)

North, White, Elder, Wisdom, Spiritual, Winter, Air,
Wholeness, Human ~ Buffalo is the Totem

Sky Band (Happiness)

Butterfly (for transitions)

Grandfather Sun

(and so it is)

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