The animal itself
A peregrine falcon reaches over 380 km/h in a stoop, making it the fastest animal on earth. Its nostrils contain baffles that stop the airflow from bursting its lungs at that speed.1 of 2 calendars · 70 searches a month
Falcon
Distance and a wide field of view.
Which calendar assigns it, and when
Celtic calendar
25 November – 23 December
Its tree
Elder
Only the Celtic calendar assigns this one. Anyone born in these dates gets a different animal from the other system — the two agree on 4.7% of days →
What it stands for, and where that came from
Distance and a wide field of view — deciding from above.
Honoured in: Egyptian Horus; falconry as the sport of Persian and later European courts for over 3 000 years.
The symbolism usually grew out of the behaviour rather than the other way round — which is the part worth keeping when the rest is set aside.