Ducks Fly Moon (Raven) Sept 23 to Oct 23

Those people born between Sept 23 to Oct 23 have the Jasper as their mineral totem, the mullein as their plant totem and their animal totem is the raven.

Like their stone, Raven people can come in a wide variety of forms, depending upon their mood or balance at any given time. When they have attained their balance they can be like the most treasured amulet of their stone - all heart. They are kind, loving, considerate and truly concerned with the welfare of others. When they are not in balance they can generate deep depression and confusion.

The colour of the Raven people is the brown of the autumn earth. Brown has the ability to help people unite the power of the earth and the power of the spirit through their own beings. It is a colour of grounding and stability.

From the mullein plant, Raven people are reminded of their many versatile and helpful talents, as well as their ability to shift and change. Some of the names of the mullein plant are good descriptions of these folks in their various stages of being, for they can be as scratchy as wool one day and as soft as velvet the next. The plant and the people can be very soothing to any ills that you have. Raven people should keep some mullein around for their own use.

Like the raven, people of this totem are capable of soaring to and fro and of winging down to a place where they can absorb the good energy of the earth. They are people who are comfortable in both the realms of the earth and the realms of the sky. How far they can fly and how gracefully they can soar depend on the state of balance that they have achieved within themselves.
Raven people are wary. They tend to withdraw from a situation at any sign of danger. They are intelligent people, able to learn from all the views and ideas that they are capable of seeing. They are adaptable. They are used to living in an emotional world of change, so changes in the physical world don't bother them greatly. They tend to be group-oriented. The home is important to these folks and they have an eye for attractive settings.

People traveling around the wheel at this point can experience the paradoxes of their own lives in a much more direct and intense way than they have before. They may discover how they can bring more balance into their lives.

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