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The Power of Four Directions: Medicine Wheels
Below are several examples of medicine wheel icons from the Lakota tradition.1 
Notice that the colors are in different directions on the wheel. Is there a correct placement of the colors on the wheel and what do they mean? Is there such a things as “ The right or wrong Medicine Wheel?” One internet author wrote:
Power of Four Directions: The Medicine Wheel
The medicine wheel is a European termed used to describe Native American beliefs that life moves in a series of cycles. The small icons we see are the symbolic representation of the cardinal directions upon a circle. Each direction represents a series of lessons represented by specific animals, medicines, stellar and planetary alignments and colors.
