Cherokee Astrology: Animal Medicine in the Stars

by Raven Hail

Book Overview

Explains the ancient astrological system sacred to the Cherokee and how to use it in the modern world - Provides easy-to-use format for determining what signs and numbers rule the day of your birth... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591430879
• ISBN13: 9781591430872
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Bear & Company
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

great buy

recieved this book quickly and was in perfect condition! the material in this book is wonderful!

A great Read

I'm part Cherokee and I felt that I had to learn more of my heritage so I though why not get this book. I like it very much. The delivery was prompted and the book it self has educated me a great deal of some many questions I had been asking myself for some time now. I love it. And the book was in PERFECT shape. Thank you!

A view to the Cherokee

I wasn't looking for an astrology book when I picked up this book. But after a quick peek, I thought the material was interesting enough for me to take home. This book provided me with a brief but valuable glance into the Cherokee's religion, and encouraged me to learn more of this fascinating culture. The Cherokee Astrology book is divided into the following five sections: The Cherokee Sacred Calendar Finding Your Own Natal Day The Twenty Day Signs - Turtle - Whirlwind - Hearth - Dragon - Serpent - Twins - Deer - Rabbit - The River - Wolf - Raccoon - Rattlesnake Tooth - Reed - Panther - Eagle - Owl - Heron - Flint - Redbird - Flower The Thirteen Numbers Ephemeris The first section glances over the Cherokee view of the stars. Finding Your Own Natal Day section briefly explains how to determine your sign using the last section of this book Ephemeris, which is a 40+ pages long table of dates and corresponding signs. The Twenty Day Signs section describes each sign, spending five pages for each one. Here you get information about each Animal Sign such as associations (direction, symbol, color, stone, element, flower, and herb) and a discussion of the sign astrological and mythological significance for the Cherokee. Another interesting section is The Thirteen Numbers. When I read this section, I couldn't help to note how similar was the Cherokee numeral system to the Maya. I would recommend this book for a quick and interesting read about the Cherokee.

Leaves me wanting more, in a good way

I really wish that Ms. Hail had written more about this. It gives me a taste, and I guess I will have to track down practitioners of Cherokee methods to pick their brains. I recognize that the Cherokee system is quite similar to the Mayan. I have books on Mayan as well, but I appreciate Ms. Hail's quirky and artistic way of putting things.