If you don't feel connected on a spiritual level with the animal totem provided with your birth date in the standard zodiacal depictions try blending with your animal sign from the Native American Zodiac, based on the Medicine Wheel cosmology interpreted by some Native Americans, Wabun and the late Sun Bear:

The Red-Tailed Hawk: March 19 to April 19
The Beaver: April 20 to May 20
The Deer: May 21 to June 21
The Brown Flicker: June 22 to July 21
The Sturgeon: July 22 to August 21
The Bear: August 22 to September 22
The Raven: September 23 to October 22
The Snake: October 23 to November 21
The Elk: November 22 to December 21
The Snow Goose: December 22 to January 20
The Otter: January 20 to February 18
The Cougar: February 19 to March 20

The Chinese Zodiac

Exponents of the Chinese Zodiac believe that the year of a person's birth is the primary factor in the determining of his or her personality traits, physical and mental attributes, and the degree of happiness and success attained throughout that person's lifetime. The Chinese Zodiac consists of a twelve-year cycle, each year of which is named after a different animal totem that imparts distinct characteristics to those born in a given year. If you have not yet found the totem ani-mal that truly resonates with your inner self, perhaps you will be able to claim the animal sign of your birth year as your spirit helper. (If you were born before 1936, add twelve to the year you were born in to determine your year and sign.)

The Rat: 1936,1948,1960,1972, 1984,1996
The Ox: 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997
The Tiger: 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998
The Rabbit: 1939, 1951,1963, 1975,1987,1999
The Dragon: 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000
The Snake: 1941, 1953, 1965,1977,1989, 2001
The Horse: 1942,1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002
The Sheep: 1943, 1955,1967,1979,1991, 2003
The Monkey: 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004
The Cock: 1945,1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005
The Dog: 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006
The Boar: 1947, 1959,1971,1983,1995, 2007

ACCEPTING THE ANIMAL TOTEM
OF YOUR
PATRON SAINT

Many of the saints of Christendom are identified by an animal symbol. If you don't feel a rapport with the animal totem based on your zodiacal sign, perhaps you may decide that if a particular creature was good enough for your patron saint, it is good enough for you.

Bear:   St. Gall Bee:   St. Ambrose, St. John Chrysostom Birds:   St. Francis of Assisi Blackbird:   St. Kevin Boar:   St. Cyricus Bull:   St. Luke, St. Thomas Aquinas Camel:   St. Mennas Cock:   St. Peter, St. Vitus Cow:   St. Brigid Crow:   St. Anthony Doe:   St. Withburga Dog:   St. Dominic, St. Hubert,            St. Bernard Dove:   St. Ambrose, St. Gregory Dragon:   St. Margaret of Antioch,               St. George

Eagle:   St. John the Evangelist Fish:   St. Anthony of Padua Goose:   St. Brigid, St. Martin Lamb:   St. Agnes, St. John the Baptist Lion:   St. Mark, St. Jerome Mouse:   St. Gertrude of Nivelles Otter:   St. Cuthbert Pig:   St. Anthony of Egy~t Salmon:   St. Kentigern Snake:   St. Patrick Stag:   St. Eustace, St. Giles Swan:   St. Hugh of Lincoln Whale:   St. Brendan Wolf:   St. Edmund of East Anglia,            St. Francis of Assisi