Animal Totems:

The Basics | Animal | Bird | Reptile | Insect |

• Every animal has a powerul spirit.
• This spirit may be its own or that of a being who uses the animal image to communicate messages of the world to humans.
• Every animal has its own talents. A study of its talents will reveal the kind of medicine, magic, and power it can help you to develop within your own life. {every animal has its speciality}
• Lifelong power animals are usually wild not domesticated, animals.
• The animal chooses the person, not the other way around. Many believe that they can just choose an animal and start communicating with it. Usually ego gets in the way at these times. The individual chooses the animal he or she believes to be most glamorous and powerful, rather than what is harmonious to the individual. The results are ineffective and often frustrating. No animal is worse than any other. Every animal's medicine is unique. You will find the greatest success in the animal that comes to you.
• You must develop a relationship with your totem. To communicate with them demands respect. You must learn their point of view. Animals won't just warm up to you immediately. They must learn to trust you and your limitations, and you must learn to trust them and their limiations. This takes time, patience and practice.
• You must honor your totem for its medicine to be effective in your life. The more you honor them-the more significance you give them within your life-the more powerful and effective they become. {your imagination is the real link to your totem}
• Once you learn to work with the medicine of your power animal, it then becomes a doorway to connecting with others of the animal relm. You are not limited to just one totem. Each can teach or add something to your life that that others can't. Working with your power animal will help teach you how to align with others. Through your power animal, you learn to align with and shapeshift to the energies of other animals and beings.
• Although there are one or even several totems that are the strongest in you rlife and remian with you through most of it, others do play a role. You may have a totem for a day. You may have a totem that assists you through a particularly rough period in your life.You are likely yo have different totems for different areas of your life. There's no limit to the totems you can work with. The key though is to connect strongly and fully with at least one. This expands the consciousness and opens the bridge to others more easily.
• If you want more info on any of the animal totems listed feel free to e-mail me and I will give you any information I have.

Animal Totems:

Antelope: {Pronghorn}

• Speed and Adaptability of the Mind
• Cycle of Power: Spring and Autumn

Armadilo:

• Personal Protection, Discrimination, and Empathy
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Ass: {donkey}

• Wisdom and Humanity
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Badger:

• Bold Self-Expression and Reliance - Keeper of Stories
• Cycle of Power: Late Spring

Bat:

• Transition and Initiation
• Cycle of Power: Nighttime

Bear:

• Awakening the Power of the Unconsious
• Cycle of Power: Spring and Summer

Beaver:

• The Building of Dreams
• Cycle of Power: Dusk and Night

Bison: {Buffalo}

• Manifesting Abundance through Right Action and Right Prayer
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Bobcat:

• Silence and Secrets
• Cycle of Power: Late Winter and Spring

Bull:

• Fertility
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Cat:

• Mystery, Magic, and Independence
• Cycle of Power: Nighttime

Cougar:

• Coming into your own Power
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Coyote:

• Wisdom and Folly
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Deer:

• Gentleness and Innocence - Gentle Luring to New Adventure
• Cycle of Power: Autumn and Spring

Dogs:

• Faithful and Protection
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Dolphin: {Porpoise}

• The Power of Breath and Sound
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Elephant:

• Ancient Power, Strength, and Royalty
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Elk: {Wapiti}

• Strength and Nobility
• Cycle of Power: Autumn

Fox:

• Feminine Magic of Camouflage, Shapeshifting, and Invisibility
• Cycle of Power: Nocturnal, Dawn, and Dusk

Giraffe:

• Farsightedness
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Goat: (Mountain}

• Surefootedness and Seeking New Heights
• Cycle of Power: Late Fall and Early Winter

Groundhog: {Woodchuck}

• Mystery of Death without Dying-Tance-Dreams
• Cycle of Power: Winter

Horse:

• Tavel, Power, and Freedom
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Lion:

• Assertion of the Feminine and the Power of the Female Sun
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Lynx:

• Secrets and Vision of the Hidden and Unseen
• Cycle of Power: Winter

Moose:

• Primal Feminine Energies and the Magic of Life and Death
• Cycle of Power: Late Fall and Early Winter {November - The Time of Approaching Shadows}

Mouse:

• Attention to Detail
• Cycle of Power: Five to Six Weel cycles

Opossum:

• The use of Appearance
• Cycle of Power: Spring

Otter:

• Joy, Playfulness, and Sharing
• Cycle of Power: Spring and Summer

Pather:

• Reclaiming One's True Power
• Cycle of Power: Dark of the Moon - New Moon - Winter

Porcupine:

• Renewed Senses of Wonder
• Cycle of Power: Autumn

Prairie Dog:

• Community
• Cycle of Power: Spring and Summer

Rabbit: {Hare}

• Fertility and New Life
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Raccoon:

• Dexterity and Disguise
• Cycle of Power: Spring and Summer - Nocturnal

Rams:

• Seeking New Beginnings
• Cycle of Power: Late Fall and Early Winter

Rat:

• Success, Resstlessness, and Shrewdness
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Rhinoceros:

• Ancient Wisdom
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Sea Lions & Seals:

• Active Imagination, Creativity, and Lucid Dreaming
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Skunk:

• Sensuality, Respect, and Self-Esteem
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Snow Leopard:

• Overcoming our Deamons, Haunts, Renewal of Vision, and Vitality
• Cycle of Power: Dawn, Early Morning, Dusk, and Early Evening

Squirrel:

• Activity and Prepaaredness
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Tiger:

• Passion, Power, Devotion, and Sensuality
• Cycle of Power: Nocturnal - Full Moon and New Moon

Weasel:

• Sly and Secret Circumvention and/or Pursuit
• Cycle of Power: Nocturnal

Whale:

• Creation, Power of Song, Awakening Inner Depths
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Wolf:

• Guardianship, Ritual, Loyalty, and Spirit
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round-Full Moons-Twilight

Bird Totems:

Blackbird:

• Understandling of the Energies of Mother Nature.
• Cycle of Power: Summer

Bluebird:

• Modesty, Unassuming Confidence and Happiness.
• Cycle of Power: Winter and Summer (changes of seasons)

Blue Jay:

• The proper Use of Power.
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Canary:

• Power of Song and Voice.
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Cardinal:

• Renewed Vitality through Recognizing Sef-Importance.
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round (often with rythm of 12-hours, days, months, and years)

Catbird:

• Language and Communication
• Cycle of Power: Spring and Early Summer

Chickadee:

• Cheerful and Truthful Expression
• Cycle of Power: Spring

Chicken:

• Fertility and Sacrifice
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round/Daybreak

Cock:

• Sexuality, Watchfulness, and Resurrection
• Cycle of Power: Daybreak

Cowbird:

• Parent and Child Relationship
• Cycle of Power: No Specific Period

Crane:

• Longevity and Creation through Focus
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round/During Daylight

Crow:

• The Secret Magic of Creation is Calling
• Cycle of Power: All Day/All Year

Cuckoo:

• Heralding of New Fate
• Cycle of Power: Spring

Doves:

• Feminine Energies of Peace, Maternity, and Prophecy
• Cycle of Power: Dawn and Dusk

Ducks:

• Emotional Comfort and Protection
• Cycle of Power: Spring and Summer

Eagles:

• Illumination of Spirit, Healing, and Creation
• Cycle of Power: All Seasons and During Daylight

Finch:

• Energy of Variety and Multiplicity
• Cycle of Power: Varies according to the Species

Flicker:

• New Rythmn of Growth and Healing Love
• Cycle of Power: Summer (especially around the Summer Solstice)

Goldfinch:

• Awakening to the Nature Spirit
• Cycle of Power: Summer Solctice and Summer Season

Goose:

• The call of the Quest and Travels to Legendary Places
• Cycle of Power: Autumn (for snow geese - winter solstice - fall moons)

Grackel:

• Overcoming Excess and Emotional Life Congestion
• Cycle of Power: Early Spring

Grosbeak:

• Healing of the Family Heart
• Cycle of Power: Spring and Summer

Grouse:

• Sacred Dancing and Drumming
• Cycle of Power: Spring

Gulls: (Herring/Sea)

• Responsible Behavior and Communication
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Hawks:

• Visionary Power and Guardianship
• Cycle of Power: Spring and Fall Equinoxes - New Moons

Heron:

• Aggresive Self- Determination and Self-Reliance
• Cycle of Power: Spring

Hummingbird:

• Tireless Joy and the Nector of Life
• Cycle of Power: Day Time

Kestrel: (Falcon Family)

• Mental Speed, Agility, and Grace
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Kingfisher:

• New Warmth, Sunshine, Prosperity, and Love
• Cycle of Power: Winter Sostice and Season

Loon:

• Lucid Dreaming and Re-Awakening of Old- Hopes, Wishes and Dreams
• Cycle of Power: Dusk and Dawn

Magpie:

• The Proper Use of Intelligence, Familiars, and Occult Knowledge
• Cycle of Power: Winter and Summer

Martin:

• Good Luck and Community Peace
• Cycle of Power: Late Spring and Summer

Meadowlark:

• Cherful Jorney Inward
• Cycle of Power: Summer

Mockingbird:

• Finding Your Sacred Song (soul purpose) and Recognition of your Innate Abilities
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round/Day and Night

Nuthatch:

• Grounding of Faith and Higher Wisdom
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Oriole:

• The Weaving of New Sunshine
• Cycle of Power: Summer

Ostrich:

• Becoming Grounded
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Owl:

• The Mystery of Magic, Omens, Silent Wisdom, and Vision in the Night
• Cycle of Power: Nocturnal/Year-Round

Parrot:

• Sunshine and Color Healing
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Peacock:

• Resurrection and Wise Vision (watchfullness)
• Cycle of Power: Spring and Autumn

Pelican:

• Reswed Buoyancy and Unselfishness
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Penguin:

• Lucid Dreaming and Astral Projection
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Pheasant:

• Family Fertility and Sexulaity
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Pigeon:

• Return to the Love and Security of Home
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Quail:

• Group Nourishment and Protection
• Cycle of Power: Spring and Autumn

Raven:

• Magic , Shapeshifting, and Creation
• Cycle of Power: Winter Sostice

Road Runner:

• Mental Speed and Agility
• Cycle of Power: Spring and Summer

Robin:

• Spread of New Growth
• Cycle of Power: Spring

Sparrow:

• Awakening and Triumph of Common Nobility
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Starling:

• Group Behavior and Etiquette
• Cycle of Power: Spring

Stork:

• Birth and Unspoken Communication
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round

Swallow:

• Protection and Warmth for the Home and Proper Prospective
• Cycle of Power: Summer

Swans:

• Awakening the True Beauty and Power of the Self
• Cycle of Power: Winter

Swift:

• Speed and Agility in the Great Quest- The Magic Elizir of Saliva
• Cycle of Power: Evening

Swisher:

• Awawking to the Faeir Realm-Accomplishment for the Sake of Accomplishment
• Cycle of Power: Dusk and Summer

Turkey:

• Shared Blessings and Harvest
• Cycle of Power: Autumn

Vulture:

• Purification-Death and Rebirth-New Vision
• Cycle of Power: Year-Round (especially during Summer and Winter)

Waxwing:

• Gentleness and Courtesy
• Cycle of Power: Spring and Summer

Woodpecker:

• The Power of Rythmn and Discrimination
• Cycle of Power: Summer

Wren:

• Resorcefulness and Boldness
• Cycle of Power: Spring

Reptile Totems:

Alligators and Crocodiles:

• Primal Energies of Birth, Motherhood, and Initiation

Chameleon:

• Claivoyance and Auric Sensitivity

Frogs:

• Transformation through Water and Sound

Lizards:

• Subtlety of Perception

Snake:

• Rebirth, Resurrection, Initiation, and Wisdom

Trutle:

• Motherhood, Longevity, Awakening to Opportunities

Insect Totems:

Ant:

• Industriousness, Order, and Discipline

Bee:

• Fertility and the Honey of Life

Beetle:

• Resurrection

Butterfly:

• Transmutation and the Dance of Joy

Dragon and Damselfly:

• The Power of Light

Grasshopper:

• Uncanny Leaps Forward

Praying Mantis:

• Power of Stillness

Spider:

• Creativity and the Weaving of Fate

from: Animal Speak 
by: Ted Andrews

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