Long ago, I was in college and had free time on the weekend.  The weather had me inside and I wasn’t being very social.  I don’t remember why.  So, I tinkered with my newly created world called Windemere.  For some reason, this turned into a variety of topics such as a calendar, holidays, the Afterlife Planes, and zodiac signs.  I didn’t use a lot of this stuff for some reason, but I do mention a few months.

That isn’t to say some of it won’t be used, which brings me to the Windemere Zodiac.  Way in the future, I have a story revolving around this system.  Each of the 11 signs are actually a god or goddess that has been missing for a long time.  I can’t say why because that’s part of that future story.  Anyway, I thought I’d share:

Gerdoria (Leryna 15-Aberdon 17)

Deity– Goddess of Dragon Magic
Symbol– Flying Dragon
Element– Fire
Season– Tavon’s Touch (Winter)

Kirin (Aberdon 18-Dandor 14)

Deity– God of Magical Beasts
Symbol– Horned Lion
Element– Water
Season– Tavon’s Touch (Winter)

Ilteran (Dandor 15-Morgrid 16)

Deity– Goddess of Birth
Symbol– Cracked Egg
Element– Air
Season– Tavon’s Touch (Winter) and Canst’s Blood (Spring)

Trickster (Morgrid 17-Kruma 12)

Deity– God of Cunning and Pranks
Symbol– Three balls in a circle
Element– Earth
Season– Canst’s Blood (Spring)

Hylantros (Kruma 13-Hanjur 14)

Deity– God of Trolls
Symbol– Fanged Maw
Element– All
Season– Canst’s Blood (Spring) and Vir’s Curse (Summer)

Thornfist (Hanjur 15-Jeldon 21)

Deity– God of Adventure
Symbol– Unsheathed longsword
Element– Magic
Season– Vir’s Curse (Summer)

Cinsyrian (Jeldon 22-Flaxen 14)

Deity– Goddess of Traveling and Horses
Symbol– Rearing Horse
Element– Fire
Season– Vir’s Curse (Summer) and Ult’s Breath (Autumn)

Fiend (Flaxen 15-Juniper 16)

Deity– God of Demons
Symbol– None
Element– Earth
Season– Ult’s Breath (Autumn)

Nemis (Juniper 17-Xoren 15)

Deity– Goddess of Women
Symbol– Raven Outline
Element– Air
Season– Ult’s Breath (Autumn)

Phergon (Xoren 16-Leryna 14)

Deity– God of Slaves
Symbol– Shackled Fist
Element– Water
Season– Ult’s Breath (Autumn)

Deathmare (Day of Darkness)

Deity– God of Darkness
Symbol– Melting Skull
Element– None
Season– N/A

You can see the months in there too.  It was an odd calendar that I never tried to physically make, which might be why it rarely comes up in my books.  The seasons are another oddity because I use the real world ones while having these odd versions.  I’m thinking of having this be what the seasons used to be called or secondary names.  I did try to use them in ‘Beginning of a Hero’ and they were rather ungainly.  Ult’s Breath instead of Autumn?  It got a little confusing.

As far as any characters and their zodiac symbols, I used to have a list, but I don’t know where it went.  I do remember that Nyx was Deathmare and Luke Callindor was Kirin.  I might have to sit back and think it up again.  Maybe I’ll write about the Planes and the Holidays another day.  Hope you enjoyed.