Surprisingly, a post at Kill Zone Blog: What Does Your Birth Animal Say About You?
I’ve never encountered spirit animal birth months, but I’m totally on board. I’m way more interested in animals than constellations. Sure, what is my birth animal, given that my birthday is February 22nd?
Jan 20-Feb 18: Otter … not quite there …
Feb 19-March 20: Wolf … ah ha, here we are! The Wolf! And what does this spirit animal say about me?
The Wolf is a walking contradiction. Loving and emotional, they also need freedom and don’t like taking orders. Folks born under the Wolf sign possess a deep longing to help others. Because of their generous nature, they freely give love. Driven by their need to also receive love, they’re fiercely protective of their independence and don’t like being too tied down in a relationship, often resulting in conflict.
Hmm. Wolves are not independent animals by choice. They are family animals. They are pretty much the quintessential family animal. I mean, African painted dogs are more social than wolves. (A lot more social.) But wolves are social animals first and foremost. They DO want to be tied down in a relationship. Independence is not their goal; it’s a temporary state they want to get out of.
Not only that, but they avoid conflict within a family — not all the time, no, and not as successfully as African painted dogs, but wolves have a bunch of specialized affiliative signals which they use effectively to reduce conflict. Coyotes, who lack those signals, may come together in a pack; these are looser packs that form in the winter and fragment as soon as practical in the spring, because coyotes have much more trouble avoiding and reducing conflict within a pack. Also, wolves do take orders, more or less. That’s why we could easily breed dogs to look to humans for direction and take orders. It’s pretty obvious that without that instinctive willingness to take direction, you can’t get very far with breeding animals to take orders. I mean, look at cats.
On the other hand, sure, I’ll go with loving. That’s why dogs are loving. Again with the family focus here.
Regardless of real wolves and closely related animals … not super accurate, but then, who expects accuracy from astrology? Or whatever. My Zodiac sign is Pisces, which is not very accurate either, of course, but at least I have no inclination to say, “Yes, but the fish is REALLY like whatever,” because it’s just a constellation.
I forget the Chinese one … oh, I was born in a Year of the Monkey, right, I remember that now.
The monkey is a clever, lively, and witty animal. … a mascot to pray for the luck of official career as it pronounces the same with the Chinese character for “marquis (hou)” in ancient times. In some west areas of China, monkey is also believed to be able to protect little babies from evil spirits. The most famous monkey in China is the Monkey King (Sun Wukong) born from a stone who is intelligent, brave, rebellious, and talented. Some similar personalities may present in people born in the Year of the Monkey, who tend to be lively, quick witted, righteous, brave, and humorous.
Frankly, I think that’s a more accurate description of (some) monkeys than the wolf description is of wolves. I’m thinking of capuchins here, that kind of monkey. Intelligent little hooligans, those guys. Gutsy and humorous. I rather like them, but they’re complete thugs compared to, say, spider monkeys.
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So I’m an otter, an aquarius, and a rabbit: quite an eclectic collection, though 2 out of 3 are water-related!
The otter traits of being proud and original seem rather the opposite of the rabbit traits of being amiable and approachable? I try to be kind and good, like the rabbit, but also need my solitude and try to be myself like the otter, but I definitely do not feel proud! And I do try to be helpful, which isn’t in either profile.
Picking and choosing, I think one can find snippets that seem applicable in most of these descriptions – as well as things that really don’t fit.
I’m sure, Hanneke; it usually works that way. But it’s funny when two of the three seem to be basically opposites.
I’m an Earth Monkey. And, apparently an Owl.
“Not surprisingly, the owl is wide-eyed and eager to experience new things. Difficult to sanction into one box, their views and life goals may change from moment to moment. They’re spontaneous, easy-going, adventurous, and ideal travel companions. A friend to everyone, at least on the surface, they adapt well to any environment.”
Ah, no.