The owl looks at the world with a clear-sighted and different gaze. A creature of the night, it sees what others miss: a precious adviser, between shadow and light.
What does the owl symbolize, and what does it say about the people it guides? Here are the answers.
Place on the wheel
9th of 12 totems
Born between
November 22 and December 21
Elemental clan
Thunderbird (Fire)
Keywords
Clairvoyance, wisdom, intuition, discernment
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The owl, guardian between shadow and light
While in Western astrology the signs are set by the wheel of the zodiac, in Native American astrology the spirit animals were born from observing nature. The owl is the ninth animal of the wheel: it matches the end of autumn and the sign of Sagittarius.
It is a dual sign: in many civilizations, it is seen sometimes positively, sometimes negatively, because it is capable of the best and the worst. For the ancient Greeks, it accompanied Athena, goddess renowned for her wisdom and her gifts as an adviser: the owl became the emblem of knowledge.
👉 The owl cannot move its eyes in their sockets: to make up for it, it can turn its head about 270 degrees.
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