4.10.1.6 Ripening Moon (Grey Wolf 76-79)

• Birthdate: September 11 to October 10; Season is Fall
• Thunderbird is Wind Influence; Direction is West, Element is Water
• Black Bear is moon totem; Bearberry is Plant totem
• Obsidian is Mineral totem; Color is blue
• Compatible partners are spring moon people, especially Fast Waterflow Moon
• 4.10.1.6.1 Fall Equinox
  • Peak moon time of the West Wind
  • Ripening Moon is when things are coming to peak
    • After peak of West Wind on Fall Equinox, time begins fading into winter

• 4.10.1.6.2 Black Bear
  • A very gregarious creature
  • Lives and works in very small groups
  • Peak activity time for the bear
  • Through spring and summer, bear has been getting by
    • Living on fish, grubs and insects
    • Works together with others
  • This is time of ripening, of berries and nuts
  • Black bear begins putting on weight in preparation for winter
    • Begins isolating itself from others
    • Moves deeper into solitude
    • Becomes almost egocentric, looking within for own needs
    • Looks to itself
    • Fears what is coming, begins to fight with other bears
  • Tendency of Ripening Moon people to be very solitary and introverted
    • Very dark, mysterious people
    • Pay a lot of attention to themselves
    • Sometimes hide themselves from people and busy places

• 4.10.1.6.3 Plant and Mineral
  • Bearberry is plant totem
    • Used in making of Kinnick-kinnick, the sacred tobacco mix
    • Used in the pipe for its strength
    • A relatively large-leaved bush
    • Produces rather tart berries excellent for medicinal uses
    • Makes a good tea for many ailments
      • For breaking fevers when served hot and strong
      • For stomach upsets when berries mixed with leaves to make infusion
    • Like the bear, plant will show what is needed to help find way
  • Obsidian is mineral totem
    • It has divinitory properties
      • One can look within the stone, receive helpful information
      • Ideal mineral totem for Ripening Moon
    • Can take you within yourself to find information to help move forward
    • Like time of harvest
      • Need to know how much to store
      • Where to put it; How long it will keep
    • Also a powerful protector
      • Draws potentially harmful energy away and into itself
      • It becomes a stone of great service to its user
      • A perfect mirror of the energies of the West
  • Deep Blue is color of the West
    • Color of the deepest oceans, lakes, and rivers
    • Hard to know how far down waters are flowing
    • Hard to know what is moving within them
    • Ripening Moon people also deep, sometimes unfathomable
      • Feel things very deeply
    • Deep blue brings calm to any stormy waters
    Vision: Roy Wilson ~ | ~ Sun Bear ~ | ~ Grey Wolf

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