Thread: What's your spirit animal?

Originally Posted by Xei

But salmon is delicious.

I'm not a fan actually.

Originally Posted by Aquanina

I got Salmon. What a lame site.

Yeah, the site hasn't been updated in over a decade. But the book and cards are timeless and filled with invaluable teachings.

from dreams I think I might be a rabbit...

Originally Posted by Xei

I find it a weird coincidence that all of your spirit animals are cool.

I'm an eagle I'm a fox I'm a bear I'm a dolphin I'm a dragon I'm a siamese cat I'm a lion I'm a wolf I'm a panther I'm a shark I'm a lizard I'm a dragonfly.

Why are none of you worms or ticks or sea cucumbers or woodlice or corals or trout?

It's almost like you're choosing your own spirit animals in order to seem appealing.

And why are they all in the small minority of animals which are currently in existence? Why are none of you velociraptors?

I seriously doubt that u can be so many animals at once. First of all,there's a lot of animals you named there that have a "contradictory characters"...such as dolphin and shark. Also, domestic animals are not considered as a spirit/totem animal because they're tamed by human beings. The same goes for dogs. Second of all you have only ONE life totem animal. Which means that the others are messengers. Messengers are here to teach you a lesson. So that means that the more of them you have, the more lessons you need to learn. Having a lot of messenger animals isn't something good. Actually it means that you need to work on yourself.

You can't chose the animals you want. They chose you. You can meet them in dreams or meditation. The animal will show itself to you once you're ready.

I don't know people with worm totems but I know people with different types of insects. It really varies. As for dinosaurs, they're not living animals that can't evolve. So logically speaking they can't "teach" you or guide you in any way, because they don't exist and they don't evolve.

It would be neat if mine were a cardinal.

Mine is either a cat or wolf I dream about both of those animals alot

Originally Posted by guitardreamer

Mine is either a cat or wolf I dream about both of those animals alot

Cats are more like messengers in the dreams. Sometimes they can act as spiritual guardians too, during the dream.
I saw in your signature that u talk about a wolf attacking you. That might be your spirit animal. Very often our spiritual animals will come to us in our dreams. And the fact that it attacked...well, maybe it was a way for it to tell you something. Or grab your attention. If you have the chance to see it again, try speaking to it.

I had a dream where i was walking with my grandma away from a church i used to go to and we were both swallowed by a grizzly bear. Does that means its my power animal???? lol

One of my childhood dream guides was a squirrel. I have always felt an affinity with rodents and have been able to communicate pretty well with them.
Then again, whenever im at a zoo, the primates always seem interested in me. But im a monkey too so i dunno.

On an interesting note, my brother in law happens to have natural shamanic talents and seems to have trees as spirit guides. Although he has never said this i gathered it from different things he has told me about.

alot of trees don't like humans. But some will sprinkle healing loving energy on you when you are undernieth them. I call them healing trees.

One of my friends suspects that mine might be an owl, especially after I told her about an incident from when I was on a family trip to South Dakota.

My grandma wanted to buy me some jewelry as a souvenir. There was a stand with a guy selling all sorts of pretty necklaces with animal pendants. At the time, wolves were my favorite animal, so I picked out a necklace with a wolf on it. The seller said, "Are you sure you wouldn't rather be a wise old owl?" (I still ended up getting the wolf necklace, but to this day, I wonder if I should have gotten the owl one instead.)

wtf I've read what you've just posted in a dream

I think my power animal is a Bear, Iv had a few random visions of the bear and, to finalize it i was just thinking of a bear and scrolled down the page to see a picture of a bear what a coincidence

I had a vision once where I saw a white lion of male and female gender. (I'm bi, so maybe that has something to do with it.)

In another vision a long time ago, I saw a silver and red dragon. But when I touched it, I felt so much energy that I could barely restrain myself from destroying my room when I woke up.

Right now, the animal I identify with most in waking life is the wasp. They are small, but nonetheless awe-inspiring and independent warriors.

Originally Posted by Shark Rider

Cats are more like messengers in the dreams. Sometimes they can act as spiritual guardians too, during the dream.
I saw in your signature that u talk about a wolf attacking you. That might be your spirit animal. Very often our spiritual animals will come to us in our dreams. And the fact that it attacked...well, maybe it was a way for it to tell you something. Or grab your attention. If you have the chance to see it again, try speaking to it.

okay! I've only seen that wolf once. But the dream that it was in was reallly strange and I remembered it reallllly well.

ok. Actually, it's pretty hard to understand wich is our power/life totem/spiritual animal. The one that is a part of our soul and a part of us. There's few type of totem animals i've known and experienced.
- To start with the Life totem. This is the animal you feel the most conected to. Usually it's also the animal you love and still love since you're a child. It's a part of your soul. It's a part of you. For example mine is a bear. I'll give you guys some info on bears later because I see you love them
-The journey totem. This is an interesting one. It's an animal that you cross more then once during the day. It doesn't has to be the animal itself. It could be pictures, tattoos etc... It's an animal that grabs your attention few times during the day. Usually they mean something. (these are pretty similiar to the animals you cross once in a dream)
-The messenger totem. These are animals that come and go during your life. For exemple, I've always loved bears but there was a time when I was almost in love with sharks. Back at that time I wasn't really thinking of it. But Sharks are prehistorical animals. They're symbol of moving forward. The shark was around me for 3 years and it taught me how to control my emotions and move forward. Don't look back. Once I learned that, it was gone. A messenger totem can stay with us 2 weeks, even 2 days...or even 4 years. It depends of you...how fast will you learn your lesson.
-The last type i've experienced are called the Shadow totem. That totem represents your fear. Once you overcome your fear...well, you'll prolly get a cookie. XD hahaha, nah, jk. Once you overcome your fear you'll get to a higher spiritual level. My shadow totem is cockroache. It's almost like a phobia. Now it's interesting because the main lesson of cockroaches is adaptability. And I'm really not adaptable. I don't like anything new. I find it very hard to adapt to a new environement. So, i still have't learned my lesson. I don't deserve a cookie. XD


There's few ways I know for you to find your totems.
1st- go check the definition for each animal on the planet and see wich one fits you best...good luck!
2nd- a deep meditation, a.k.a: shaman journey.
3rd- consult a shaman
4th- ask for the animal to visit you in a dream.

There's no site or no other human (except for shamans) that can tell you what your spiritual animal is. Only you can tell that.

Some info on the bear:

Bear : Biggest medicine of the bear is Introspection and then you have:
-Healer
-Love, Peace
-Leader
-Defense
-Revenge
-Subconscious
-Dreaming/visualization
-Daydreamers
-Slower during the winter months.
-May have a bad temper.

These are some of the few (most important) characteristics for the bear.
*Note that there's a few differences between the species. Grizzlies, Brown, Polar, Black, Koalas, Pandas and Moobears have some particular qualities to their own
specie. Also, note that during the whole time I was calling them "totem" animals, but this word is used in shamanic practices. Usually people will call them "spiritual" or "guides"

So there you have it. I hope this helped y'all.
I want a cookie now! XD

I was in the hospital very sick once when I was about 9 years old, and hallucinated a big (black?) dog jumping onto my hospital bed. Ever since then, I've had many dreams with dogs. I even had a lucid dream kind of like my hallucination a few years ago...the only difference was that I was in my bed at my house.

I have a lot of dreams about dogs, which is strange to me, because I've never owned a dog, and even though I like them, they've never really been my favorite animal. I'm actually very fond of cats, and have grown up around them, but I rarely dream about them.

Not sure what all this could mean though...I rarely dream about exotic or wild animals. And according to Shark Rider...

Also, domestic animals are not considered as a spirit/totem animal because they're tamed by human beings. The same goes for dogs.

...so who knows.

They're not considered as totem animals in shamanic practices. Although they could be guardians, or helpers. They can even be guardian angels in the form of an animal!

I had spent weeks trying to find my spirit animal, both in dreams and in meditations. I was convinced it was a mountain lion and over and over again I found myself in mountain forests and on bare rocky mountain sides, but for the life of me could find no animals. Finally in a dream I climbed to the top of a mountain and looked into a cave I was excited because I knew I was about to meet my mountain lion at last and then was heartbroken when I found an old hermit. I demanded he tell me where the spirit of the mountain lion lived. He looked at me with disgust and said "You will never dance because you can't hear the song." This hurt me badly though I couldn't say why. I don't even care for dancing in real life. I gave up on finding my spirit animal altogether, but later that week in a dream I found myself in another mountain forest. I refused to go looking and I sat down cross-legged in the dirt. I closed my eyes and enjoyed the sun warming me up and listened to the sound of the trees. Then I realized I was hearing something else. Very faintly I heard whale song. I focused on it and it filled my mind. It was incredibly soothing and moving. I woke up slowly and felt a serenity I was not accustomed to.

I was silly for trying to force a specific animal. I was being egotistic. Luckily my totem is very patient I've learned countless lessons from this animal and the experience of finding him. I'm curios, what is the whales medicine?

Originally Posted by Jamie Sams & David Carson

Whale is the record keeper, very much like a swimming library. Whale carries the history of Mother Earth and is said to have been placed here by the ancients from Sirius.

All of our petroglyphs speak of the Motherland, Mu, and the disaster that brought the red race to North America from the West, beyond the great waters. The symbols in the petroglyphs speak of the rivers and mountains crossed by our ancestors when they sought solid ground as the water receeded.

Whale medicine teaches us to use the sounds and frequencies that balance our emotional bodies and heal our physical forms. To recall why the shaman's drum brings healing and peace is to align with Whale's message. The drum is the universal heartbeat and aligns all beings heart to heart.

We are the only creatures who do not have our own unique cry or call. Find yours. Allow your voice to use this sound to release tension or emotion. Whale signals a time of finding your origins, of seeing your overall destiny as coded in your DNA, and of finding the sound that will release those records. You may never be the same again.

Sounds like the hermit was on to something and you should start listening for the song!

Originally Posted by RebelSeven

I had spent weeks trying to find my spirit animal, both in dreams and in meditations. I was convinced it was a mountain lion and over and over again I found myself in mountain forests and on bare rocky mountain sides, but for the life of me could find no animals. Finally in a dream I climbed to the top of a mountain and looked into a cave I was excited because I knew I was about to meet my mountain lion at last and then was heartbroken when I found an old hermit. I demanded he tell me where the spirit of the mountain lion lived. He looked at me with disgust and said "You will never dance because you can't hear the song." This hurt me badly though I couldn't say why. I don't even care for dancing in real life. I gave up on finding my spirit animal altogether, but later that week in a dream I found myself in another mountain forest. I refused to go looking and I sat down cross-legged in the dirt. I closed my eyes and enjoyed the sun warming me up and listened to the sound of the trees. Then I realized I was hearing something else. Very faintly I heard whale song. I focused on it and it filled my mind. It was incredibly soothing and moving. I woke up slowly and felt a serenity I was not accustomed to.

I was silly for trying to force a specific animal. I was being egotistic. Luckily my totem is very patient I've learned countless lessons from this animal and the experience of finding him. I'm curios, what is the whales medicine?

Whooaaww, congrats! That's REALLY cool!!!!

Some info on the whale (this is general...but as bears, it may vary from one to an other specie. There's the killer whale and the blue whale and they have several differences.) In general, their medicine is alchemy, creativity and knowledge. Also:
-Creation
-Power of Song
-Inner Depths
-Guardian of the Cosmic Memory
-Healing through Sound
-Sensitivity
-Spiritual Insight

I don't know this totem very well. But the best way to know for you is to ask the animal itself. If you can somehow connect to it...you can ask it.

Thanx guys Where did you get that quote from Coder? I'd like to read more from that source. And to Grizzly, he is a Humpback

Er, Jamie Sams & David Carson.

Thanks