The Cherokee Sacred Calendar - Raven Hail

An essential aspect of Cherokee religion is the belief that everything on Earth is the reflection of a star.
This includes not only people and animals, but rivers, trees, stones and mountains - all sentinent beings to the Cherokee.
Astrology has always played a strong role in Cherokee tradition because of this belief, but unlike Western astrology, Cherokee astrology is based on a 260 day Venus calendar, which includes 20 individual day signs and 13 numbers.
It was the task of the Cherokee daykeeper to co-ordinate this calendar with those of the Sun and Moon to determine the most auspicious times for ceremonies, as well as to understand the star wisdom carried back to Earth by each new-born child.
The day sign of a child explains his or her strengths and weaknesses, the number explains the individuals role in the great cosmic scheme.Fir the first time, this knowledge is made accessible to those outside the Cherokee tradition by Raven Hail, and elder of the Cherokee nation.
She provides insightful descriptions for each of the twenty signs that identify characterics of those born under a particular day sign, be it turtle, reed, whirlwind or wolf, and gives the meanings of the 13 numbers that determine the significance of that sign into the larger scheme of things.