I'm a bear!
I was poking around this website. http://www.thothweb.com/celtic-birthsign.html
And found my Celtic Birthsign
Date of Birth: March 18 – April 14
Animal: Bear
Gaelic Name: Art (Approximate pronunciation: A as in cat, R as in English, T as in English Chin. AiRCH)
Ruling Planet: Mars
Key Words: Achieving, Primal Power, Instinct.
Gift Quality or Ability: Bear people are very connected to their ancestral roots. Filled with courage and a sense of adventure. Extremely physical, extroverts. Protection, journeying, and sensitivity to the other world.
Birthstone: Ruby
Compatibility: Harmonious relations with the signs of cat and owl. Will also relate well to the signs of crane, bee and swan. Difficulties may be expected in relation to all other signs.
Description:The bear was considered a protective spirit in the Otherworld realms of dreams and death the mythology that surrounds it being inextricably linked with its winter retreat into caves (or the ‘underworld’) to hibernate. In spring the female emerges from her winter hibernation in the womb of mother earth with bear cubs in tow. This has led to the Bear being associated with regeneration and rebirth and adopted as a solar symbol. Bears are known to protect their cubs with unrivalled ferocity using all their strength and courage to protect their vulnerable offspring. The bear represents a symbol of courage, deep inner wisdom and of the dreamtime. When we surrender ourselves to sleep we allow ourselves to be receptive and nurtured by the Great Mother. As we shed layers of identity and ego and return to our primal and elemental natures we discover that we are part of eternity and of the One. As the bear is a fierce and powerful fighter, its name was also adopted by kings and warriors, while other legendary characters were designated 'son of the bear', implying that they had bear-like power, or perhaps that they were descended from a bear god. These include the Welsh Arthgen and Artigan, and the Irish Artigenos.
Winter was always associated with darkness, death, and the inner world and was season which many humans feared. The Druids associated the Pole Star of the constellation of the Great Bear to King Arthur (whose name means Bear). During the Winter Solstice, the longest night, the Pole Star was said to guide us. When our worlds seem dark and confused, when our physical senses and reason and logic often fail us. The bear reminds us that when there seems to be no path to follow, we go within to find our deepest resources, and the light of intuition and inner knowing helps us to find our way home.
And found my Celtic Birthsign
Date of Birth: March 18 – April 14
Animal: Bear
Gaelic Name: Art (Approximate pronunciation: A as in cat, R as in English, T as in English Chin. AiRCH)
Ruling Planet: Mars
Key Words: Achieving, Primal Power, Instinct.
Gift Quality or Ability: Bear people are very connected to their ancestral roots. Filled with courage and a sense of adventure. Extremely physical, extroverts. Protection, journeying, and sensitivity to the other world.
Birthstone: Ruby
Compatibility: Harmonious relations with the signs of cat and owl. Will also relate well to the signs of crane, bee and swan. Difficulties may be expected in relation to all other signs.
Description:The bear was considered a protective spirit in the Otherworld realms of dreams and death the mythology that surrounds it being inextricably linked with its winter retreat into caves (or the ‘underworld’) to hibernate. In spring the female emerges from her winter hibernation in the womb of mother earth with bear cubs in tow. This has led to the Bear being associated with regeneration and rebirth and adopted as a solar symbol. Bears are known to protect their cubs with unrivalled ferocity using all their strength and courage to protect their vulnerable offspring. The bear represents a symbol of courage, deep inner wisdom and of the dreamtime. When we surrender ourselves to sleep we allow ourselves to be receptive and nurtured by the Great Mother. As we shed layers of identity and ego and return to our primal and elemental natures we discover that we are part of eternity and of the One. As the bear is a fierce and powerful fighter, its name was also adopted by kings and warriors, while other legendary characters were designated 'son of the bear', implying that they had bear-like power, or perhaps that they were descended from a bear god. These include the Welsh Arthgen and Artigan, and the Irish Artigenos.
Winter was always associated with darkness, death, and the inner world and was season which many humans feared. The Druids associated the Pole Star of the constellation of the Great Bear to King Arthur (whose name means Bear). During the Winter Solstice, the longest night, the Pole Star was said to guide us. When our worlds seem dark and confused, when our physical senses and reason and logic often fail us. The bear reminds us that when there seems to be no path to follow, we go within to find our deepest resources, and the light of intuition and inner knowing helps us to find our way home.
