FOUR MAJOR ARCHETYPES

WARRIOR (EAST) - STAMINA, LEADERSHIP  You come into your leadership skills by staying in your power, by extending honor and respect. You do this by showing up and being responsible and accountable. In other words, do not hide or hold back, but, respect limits and boundaries. Do not, in other words, interfere and/or insinuate yourself into someone else's world without being invited.  Always demonstrate the right use of power. Listen to the messages from Father Sky and the four great winds. Empower yourself by using a rattle, dancing, meditating while standing, connecting to nature and finding your power animals. Watch out for the shadow aspects of leadership: thoughtless rebellion, 'power-over' mentality, riding the coattails of powerful people. Remember, stand in the sweet territory of being present, using 'right action', wise communication, and responsible position.

HEALER (SOUTH), REBIRTH Pay attention to the heart and its meaning. Attend to the condition and well-being of the four-chambered heart (full, open, clear, strong); when you extend acknowledgement and the arms of love to yourself and others, when you hold a balanced view of health you can experience all kinds of love;  Love between mates, between parent and child, between friends and colleagues, between professional alliances, love of self, Unconditional or spiritual love. Embrace the sweet territory of Storytelling, Singing, Dancing, Silence. Cradle yourself in your own self-love and acknowledge your strengths, and the qualities you like about yourself. Acknowledge the contributions you are making and that you have made. Acknowledge the love you have given and received and the love you are currently giving and receiving.  When you recognize yourself as a  person of worth, you can do the same for others. Avoid the following addictions:  living too intensely (lighten up, in other words), seeking perfection (this activity impedes the soul's progress), concentrating on what is not working instead of what is working, you  simply don't have to know everything, remember there is a fine line between self-love, self-absorption and self-indulgence!

VISIONARY (WEST) - INTEGRITY Tell the truth without blame or judgment.  Honor the power of prayer and live humbly. When you give voice to what you see internally and externally and when you bring forward your creative spirit and life dream you bring with you intuition, perception, insight and vision. Stand in the sweet territory of dynamism, magnetism, integration and strength/vigor. Meditate either standing, lying down, sitting up or walking.  Align your right words with right action, Honour yourself in equal proportion to others. Avoid the following addictions: Free yourself from patterns of denial and self indulgence. Never say, "I'm just a housewife, I'm just a postal clerk, I'm just a veterinarian. The word "Just" does not exist within the context of the Visionary. Avoid, in other words, self-abandonment, always seeking approval or love, trying to keep the peace, looking for harmony at any cost.

TEACHER (NORTH) -WISDOM When you express the Teacher, you develop your capacities for detachment in a good way. Honour your heritage, become flexible and fluid, like the ocean. Demonstrate wisdom and its four major components of clarity, rightness, objectivity and discernment. Find your inspiration from your Ancestors, immediate family, friends, inspirational and historical and contemporary public figures. Sit in the sweet and peaceful territory of silence. Immutable laws include:  Whomever is present should be there; When it begins, it is the right time; Whatever happens, it is the only thing that could have happened; When it is over, it is over. Avoid the following fears: Loss of structure, loss of turf, feeling out of control, feeling abandoned, looking always at a bleak future. Turn to your Healer Self to correct these things.

Borrowed from,
SWEET THUNDER MEDICINE WHEEL TEACHINGS IN THE 21st CENTURY