Animal Totems
What are totems?
Have you seen an animal or insect of late and wondered... why am I seeing you, and what are you doing in my consciousness/awareness? Have you ever heard of the Medicine Wheel from the Indian Tribes of America? Animal wisdom or Totem animal symbolism has been around for millennia. It is said that the native Americans believe like in many other cultures around the world, that the spirit of the animal/insect have in inherent wisdom in its being... and if you are tuned in to the Mother Nature matrix, you can get amazing insight into your current circumstances, or even a spiritual message brought to you through synchronicity and of course the help of your Spirit Guides and Angels. In shamanism, animals are sacred guides who have the ability to share their knowledge, wisdom, medicine, power, and spiritual gifts with us. They have significant roles in human lives as individuals who enjoy relationships with us, establishing a give and take, walking us through life as long as we honor their spirits with our actions, offerings, and commitment. Recognizing and beginning to communicate with your animal totems, or spirit guides, is an important step in your life that should not be retracted. Once you have a relationship, you must be willing to maintain it in order to benefit from the animals’ wisdom and healing powers.
Lifelong/birth totems stay with you always and are your strongest source of power when dealing in the spirit world and learning about your own gifts, powers and truths.
When you were a child, you probably had a favorite animal – one you always wanted to see when you went to the zoo, one whose image was reflected in your toys and stuffed animals, an animal for which you had a great admiration and respect. Today, you might still be drawn to that animal, which is a sign that it could be a lifelong totem. If you've ever found yourself watching and studying a particular animal for hours, or if you seem to encounter it consistently in your life, you might consider communicating with that animal spirit. Dreams throughout your life that involve the same animal are often good indicators that you have a lifelong spirit guide.
Shadow Animal Totems are those totems that test us.
They have great power for us but will put us through tests before they will let their power work with and for us, instead of against us. In all of nature there is prey and predator. In the spiritual world there is the same. A shadow animal totem is one that initially you fear. The shadow totem often represents inner fears that you must overcome. Until you face the fears of the shadow animal totem, its powers may very well work against you, not letting you soar. When you overcome the fear of the shadow totem, it becomes one of your most powerful animal totems. Your goal with a shadow totem is to learn the lessons and incorporate that animal into your life. If you are scared by something over and over then you still have not accepted the lesson that animal has for you.
A Journey Animal Totem reflects a long period of time.
Not just a day but weeks, months, or maybe years - the time it takes you to walk the path that the Animal Totem is reminding or guiding you on. During this journey you will find that this animal is always showing up in your life or that several animal totems will appear in your life all to guide you on the path. When you find one, two or three animals all of a sudden making an appearance and their nature all has the same basis then you have found the basis of your path. The difference between the Journey Animal Totem and the Message Animal Totem is a period of time. A Message animal Totem will bring itself to you quickly and impartially where a Journey Animal Totem will slip in and out of your life over the course of a period. Looking into the cycle of the animal also can give insight to the length of the journey.
A Message Animal Totem usually is bringing you a self-growth, spiritual message, or a cautionary warning. It is often a wake-up call or slap in the face.
It will usually be a very unusual experience making it very powerful at that time and very impartial. A Message Totem is a brief period of time, a day, a week, and occasionally as much as a couple of months but can be immediate for just a few hours. Sometimes a Message totem is not bringing you a message but causing a delay in your life. This delay, such as when you are trying to leave to go somewhere, is often in assistance for you; to be sure you are not in a place at a certain time so that you avoid an accident or can catch a phone call or meet someone you are supposed to run into.
Have you seen an animal or insect of late and wondered... why am I seeing you, and what are you doing in my consciousness/awareness? Have you ever heard of the Medicine Wheel from the Indian Tribes of America? Animal wisdom or Totem animal symbolism has been around for millennia. It is said that the native Americans believe like in many other cultures around the world, that the spirit of the animal/insect have in inherent wisdom in its being... and if you are tuned in to the Mother Nature matrix, you can get amazing insight into your current circumstances, or even a spiritual message brought to you through synchronicity and of course the help of your Spirit Guides and Angels. In shamanism, animals are sacred guides who have the ability to share their knowledge, wisdom, medicine, power, and spiritual gifts with us. They have significant roles in human lives as individuals who enjoy relationships with us, establishing a give and take, walking us through life as long as we honor their spirits with our actions, offerings, and commitment. Recognizing and beginning to communicate with your animal totems, or spirit guides, is an important step in your life that should not be retracted. Once you have a relationship, you must be willing to maintain it in order to benefit from the animals’ wisdom and healing powers.
Lifelong/birth totems stay with you always and are your strongest source of power when dealing in the spirit world and learning about your own gifts, powers and truths.
When you were a child, you probably had a favorite animal – one you always wanted to see when you went to the zoo, one whose image was reflected in your toys and stuffed animals, an animal for which you had a great admiration and respect. Today, you might still be drawn to that animal, which is a sign that it could be a lifelong totem. If you've ever found yourself watching and studying a particular animal for hours, or if you seem to encounter it consistently in your life, you might consider communicating with that animal spirit. Dreams throughout your life that involve the same animal are often good indicators that you have a lifelong spirit guide.
Shadow Animal Totems are those totems that test us.
They have great power for us but will put us through tests before they will let their power work with and for us, instead of against us. In all of nature there is prey and predator. In the spiritual world there is the same. A shadow animal totem is one that initially you fear. The shadow totem often represents inner fears that you must overcome. Until you face the fears of the shadow animal totem, its powers may very well work against you, not letting you soar. When you overcome the fear of the shadow totem, it becomes one of your most powerful animal totems. Your goal with a shadow totem is to learn the lessons and incorporate that animal into your life. If you are scared by something over and over then you still have not accepted the lesson that animal has for you.
A Journey Animal Totem reflects a long period of time.
Not just a day but weeks, months, or maybe years - the time it takes you to walk the path that the Animal Totem is reminding or guiding you on. During this journey you will find that this animal is always showing up in your life or that several animal totems will appear in your life all to guide you on the path. When you find one, two or three animals all of a sudden making an appearance and their nature all has the same basis then you have found the basis of your path. The difference between the Journey Animal Totem and the Message Animal Totem is a period of time. A Message animal Totem will bring itself to you quickly and impartially where a Journey Animal Totem will slip in and out of your life over the course of a period. Looking into the cycle of the animal also can give insight to the length of the journey.
A Message Animal Totem usually is bringing you a self-growth, spiritual message, or a cautionary warning. It is often a wake-up call or slap in the face.
It will usually be a very unusual experience making it very powerful at that time and very impartial. A Message Totem is a brief period of time, a day, a week, and occasionally as much as a couple of months but can be immediate for just a few hours. Sometimes a Message totem is not bringing you a message but causing a delay in your life. This delay, such as when you are trying to leave to go somewhere, is often in assistance for you; to be sure you are not in a place at a certain time so that you avoid an accident or can catch a phone call or meet someone you are supposed to run into.
