The animal itself
Hawk vision resolves detail roughly eight times better than human, and they see ultraviolet, which makes rodent urine trails visible as glowing paths across a field.1 of 2 calendars · 390 searches a month
Hawk
Acting first and adjusting after.
Which calendar assigns it, and when
Native American calendar
21 March – 19 April
Its zodiac sign
Aries
Only the Native American 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
Acting first and adjusting after — commitment before certainty.
Honoured in: Widely used as a messenger symbol across Plains and Southwestern nations; Egyptian association with Ra.
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.