Animal Totems - the Animals and Meanings List 2

An Animal Totem is an important symbolic object used by a person to get in touch with specific qualities found within an animal which the person needs, connects with, or feels a deep affinity toward.

You can have several animal guides through out your life. Sometimes an animal guide will come into your life for a short period of time, and then be replaced by another depending on the journey or direction you are headed toward. Your guide will instruct and protect you as you learn how to navigate through your spiritual and physical life. When you find an animal that speaks strongly to you or feel you must draw more deeply into your life, you might fill your environment with images of the animal to let the animal know it's welcome in your space. Animal guides can help you get back to your Earthly roots, and reconnect with nature by reminding you that we are all interconnected.

Owl's Wisdom Includes:

Stealth

Secrecy

Silent and swift movement

Seeing behind masks

Keen sight

Messenger of secrets and omens

Shape-shifting

Link between the dark, unseen world and the world of light

Comfort with shadow self

Moon magick

Freedom

Heron's Wisdom Includes:

All aspects of diversity
Self-reliance
Boundaries
Exploration
Self-esteem
Balancing multiple tasks
Dignity

Lion's Wisdom Includes:

Brotherhood

Letting go of stress

Strong family ties

Strength

Courage

Energy

Self fullfillment

Cheetah's Wisdom Includes:

Brotherhood
Elusiveness
Ability to focus intently on something for a short period of time
Swiftness
Self-esteem
Accelerating time
Keenness of sight

Hummingbirds's Wisdom Includes:

Ability to heal by using light as a laser from mouth

Endurance over long journeys

Ability to fly into small places to heal

Joy

Happiness

Love

Tiger's Wisdom Includes:

Power

Energy

Strength and will-power in the face of adversity

Acting in a timely manner

Action without analysis

Polar Bear's Wisdom Includes:

Ability to navigate along the Earth's magnetic lines
Introspection
Solitude
Expert swimmer through emotional waters
Finding one way back from the brink
Ability to find sustenance in barren landscapes
Strength in the face of adversity
Communication with Spirit
Dreams
Death and rebirth
Transformation
Creature of dreams, shamans, mystics and visionaries
Defense and revenge

Lizard's Wisdom Includes:

Detachment from ego

Power to regenerate that which is lost

Facing fear

Controlling dreams

Moving in the otherworld

Frog's Wisdom Includes:

Reminder of common bonds with all life
Singer of songs that celebrate the most ancient watery beginnings
Transformation
Cleansing
Understanding emotions
Rebirth

Mole's Wisdom Includes:

Guardian of the lower regions

Connection with the energies of the Earth

Knowledge of herbs, roots, minerals, seeds, rivers, and other hidden bounties of the earth

Ability to turn inward

Introspection and blindness to all but light and dark in the material world

Love expressed in nature

Sensitivity to touch and vibration (the kinesthetic sense)

Understanding of energies and fluxes

"Our task must be to free ourselves...by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty."
Albert Einstein