Thread: What's your spirit animal?

Hm, the word spirit make it sound like a DG in animal disguise XD
Anyway, it would be difficult to determine it, I see so many animals oftern, ducks, dogs, all kind of birds, cats, iguanas, dragons, sharks, dolphins, horses, etc...
Anyway, as its the subconcious working, you can have a guide in any form, so it should be easy to make it be an animal.
Wait... it was moved... forget anything I said in the above part then <.<

I'd like it to be some sort of cat, whether domestic or otherwise... but I've been seeing a lot of spiders in the last few months... blegh.
(Don't even like the damn things)

i think that we probably have many animals that guide us in spirit, coming at different times to help us with their special gifts, knowledge, medicine.

i also think that there is one that stays with us for always.

for me, it is the Crow. i have had lots of strange incidents with crows, and they always seem to be around cawing at me.

i think your 'power' animal is the one who's 'medicine' (ie knowledge, wisdom and power) you most embody.

to find out more, there are lots of books on shamanic animal medicine, the two that i would recommend are Jamie Sam's Medicine Cards (this is a book and set of cards), and an Ojibwa medicine man called Wa-Na-Ni-Chi also published a set of cards and book, i think called The Medicine Wheel.

in native tradition, Sweet Medicine is the teaching of the animals.

I read on a website a while back (don't remember which one) but it said that another wayto tell what your spirit animal is, is which animal you are the most attracted to; for ex. if you went to the zoo what is the first animal you would go see.

My spirit animal is a tiger.

All signs point to ursus or lycan. Haven't been able to figure it out in dreams (no noticeable DG) and have never had a change to go on any spirit journey, so I can't say for sure if that's correct.

i had a dream i was attacking a spirit... it was a little black dot moving around my house. i was pouncing on it and i felt like a cougar or leapord or somthing so i geuss im one of them

Originally Posted by waterwitch

i think that we probably have many animals that guide us in spirit, coming at different times to help us with their special gifts, knowledge, medicine.

i also think that there is one that stays with us for always.

for me, it is the Crow. i have had lots of strange incidents with crows, and they always seem to be around cawing at me.

i think your 'power' animal is the one who's 'medicine' (ie knowledge, wisdom and power) you most embody.

to find out more, there are lots of books on shamanic animal medicine, the two that i would recommend are Jamie Sam's Medicine Cards (this is a book and set of cards), and an Ojibwa medicine man called Wa-Na-Ni-Chi also published a set of cards and book, i think called The Medicine Wheel.

in native tradition, Sweet Medicine is the teaching of the animals.

Depends on which Native Tradition you talk about.

In the Lakota tradition, the Tunkasilas (Ancestors) will often guide an individual in the form of an Animal (Wamaka Ska). These are called Totems.

There's a book out there that people seem to use as the foundation for their investigations into Wa wamaka ska (Animal Medicine) called "Animal Speak" by Ted Andrews. Personally, it's not my favorite. I think it codifies and overly restricts something that is highly personal. That being said, it's not a bad place to start for someone who has no background with, or Elder to teach them about, our Spirit Guides.

The Tunkasilas and other Allies that Guide and protect us come in many forms and experiences. Those that come to us in Animal form as Totems will often come and go as our needs dictate. However, some - but not all - people DO have Totems that remain with them for life. In these cases, that Totem is more than a Guide; it's a Spiritual expression of that person and vice versa. The attributes of that Totem are the fundamental attributes of the person.

This is neither good not bad. A person with a Life Totem such as this is very set in their ways and purpose. They are easy to understand because they change very little (except for those with Coyote Medicine...) over time. However, they are also inflexible and those things that are good, can also limit them significantly.

A person who has Guides and Allies that come and go are more flexible. They have more opportunity to explore various attributes and possibilities, but they lack the depth of connection that one has with a Life Totem.

Finding your Allies is simple, but not easy. All you have to do is ask them and they will let you know. You just have to be in a space to hear what they tell you.

Originally Posted by waterwitch

i think that we probably have many animals that

for me, it is the Crow. i have had lots of strange incidents with crows, and they always seem to be around cawing at me.

Weird, crows seem to follow me also. There are usually a few crows perched on my roof above my room. Sometimes the powerlines around my house will fill up with them. Also whenever I am out and about there is usually a flock crow nearby if I take the time to look around a bit.

This sounds cliche, but mine is a lion. I say that because I was in the most horrible place in my life, I had this anxiety attack while I was in the deepest state of depression and while I tried to sleep and not kill myself I say this image flash across my mind of a lion. Doesn't sound like much, but that kept me from sticking it through the night and not killing myself because I found what I was, and what I was to embrace.

I think it was God, personally. The one who gave the image, I mean.

"In the Lakota tradition, the Tunkasilas (Ancestors) will often guide an individual in the form of an Animal (Wamaka Ska). These are called Totems."

Yah Totems!! That's what they were described to me as but I forgot the name. Good info SaxonHarp.

You shed a lot of light on this subject but you didn't mention if you had a totem or not. Are you of the more flexible variety or do you have a lifelong totem? Or do you not know?

-stateofmind

Monkey. I consider myself too mischevious but cunning, playful but deviant, and social but reserved to be any other animal.

I had a shamanic initiation before I knew what it was. I was hijacked by a huge eagle while trying to fly from one town to another in a lucid dream. He brought me into a city and turned to an old man. We chatted for hours on a patio overlooking a coastline with sailing ships.

gosh i love the idea of having a spirit animal, i have no idea what mine is.
i love huskis and alsations i hope its one of them

Is it just me or is almost every spirit animal I hear about some sort of mamal or cute reptilian? Has anyone known someone with a spirit insect or lamprey? Anyway apperantly my spirit animal is a wolf. Maybe it's because of it's true or I just got lucky when I talked to a tarot reader. I even once read a book on spirit animals and astrology got the wolf again to. I like to keep a healthy skepticsim on things that has anything to do with spirits but it is interesting nonetheless.

Originally Posted by stateofmind

"In the Lakota tradition, the Tunkasilas (Ancestors) will often guide an individual in the form of an Animal (Wamaka Ska). These are called Totems."

Yah Totems!! That's what they were described to me as but I forgot the name. Good info SaxonHarp.

You shed a lot of light on this subject but you didn't mention if you had a totem or not. Are you of the more flexible variety or do you have a lifelong totem? Or do you not know?

-stateofmind

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Originally Posted by Daniel Danciu

Monkey. I consider myself too mischevious but cunning, playful but deviant, and social but reserved to be any other animal.

That would be Coyote... not monkey.

Well, even though I draw dragons, and don't know why I like them so much. I never had dreams about them being so vivid until recently. I don't know if that would count. It is the only one so far that has popped up more than once in my dreams. Anyone know what a dragon means in a dream? I read something that it had to do with change, but I don't know for sure.

Ive always felt a connection with wolfs and brown bears, and i had dreams about them.

is your spirit animal just an animal which you hav always loved and you see in your dreams?

I've only seen them once, but I saw a pride of lions in a dream. They were black like panthers and were wearing jeweled headdresses. The alpha male had the biggest headdress and a dreadlock mane. They were gathered out on the dying field of my old elementary school. I was quite a distance away from them, but the alpha male looked straight at me. I felt protected, and like they thought of me as one of their own.

It's rare for me to dream about animals, much less unique ones like this. I'm sure I've had a few other animal dreams, but the only ones I remember are with house cats. I love cats, and people usually match me to them more than to any other animal. I'm also a leo. I only believe in astrology to an extent, but all the felines can't be coincidence.

my spirit animal is the wolf. although i often dream about lions,ravens,horses,and sea serpents also.

My animal used to be the cockatiel, except I stopped dreaming about them a while ago. I always dreamed about the exact same two or three. (The third was the chick of the pair.)

I don't know what mine is now.

Does anyone know if there is any sure-fire way to know what your animal totem is or have them be revealed to you?

I think mine is a wolf...

We used to have this really creepy picture of me. I was outside smiling (I was like 5 or something) and you can see an outline of a wolf... It creeped my mother out, so she destroyed it... (Damn.)