Medicine Wheels depict the Cycle of Life, also, the calendar of the seasons as well as of our lives.

The circle has no beginning, no ending - it is a process of 'becoming'. The Medicine Wheel is divided into four quadrants. Four is a powerful number in the Indian way.

The powers ascribed to the four directions are:

The four cardinal directions East, South, West and North are represented on uhe Medicine Wheel chart.

Also, the seasons, with Spring to the East, Summer to the South, Autumn to the West and Winter to the North. The colours are respectively, E = red, S = Yellow, W = Black, and N = White.