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Birth Totem - Salmon - July 22nd - August 21st
Birth and Animal Totem: Salmon (July 22nd - August 21st).
Moon: Ripe berries moon.
Season Aspect: The ripening time.
Wind Relation: South winds.
Directional Relation: South.
Element Relation: Water.
Elemental clan: Fish clan.
Plant totem: Raspberry.
Mineral totem: Carnelian.
Polarity with: Otter.
Color Aspect: Blue.
Musical vibration: F sharp.
Personality: Confident and energetic.
Spiritual energy: Feminine energies.
Emotions: Passionate & intense.
Positive traits: Generous and Creative.
Negative traits: Controlling, often arrogant and intolerant.
Compatibilities: Owl and falcon.
Conscious Desire: To rule.
Subconscious desire: Emotional balance.
Spiritual Path: To find the underlying purpose of life.
Strengths: Tolerance, humbleness and letting go.
Weakness: Egotistical behavior and Controlling nature.
Keywords - Creative, passionate, courageous, loyal, prideful.
Birth Totem - Salmon - July 22nd - August 21st
Birth Totem Salmon is an individual whose outer personality is driven by the need to create and have dominion over his/her environment. The desire to create is motivated by birth totem salmon's desires to leave a lasting impression. Depending upon what level of personality the salmon individual is choosing to operate from, this may manifest itself as either the desire to inspire others through their own example, and thus be as a lantern in the night, or they may be operating from the desire to bring acknowledgment for the achievements they have made to assuage the feelings of self doubt which may harry them until they learn the lesson of self acceptance.
Just as the salmon is driven home to spawn, the individual who has salmon as his/her birth totem, is most fulfilled when exploring the depths of his/her own soul (home) so that a true work of art may be given birth in the form of poetry, paintings, or the less tangible creation of ideas. Life’s emotional currents may run deep, and at times tumultuous, yet as the salmon will forge its way upstream against seemingly impossible odds so that they may propagate their species, birth totem salmon will become truly whole when he/she has conquered the currents that roil within their own hearts. Only once he/she has learned that the destination is not the end, and that life’s currents are not always an upstream battle, when the realization is made that one must delve within for the answers they desperately seek, may they find the insight which is the birth right of this totem. Then, as they swim in the deep clear waters of awareness and understanding, they will realize that the doorway to home has always been within.
Birth Totem Salmon
July 22 - August 21
Wisdom ~ Inner-Knowing
Salmon, despite strong river currents, will always return to the place of its creation. Its determination is driven by the wisdom of instinct and inner-knowing, which yields a sense of purpose that cannot be stopped by outside forces. Salmon tells us to trust our gut feelings and inner-knowing.
Salmon teaches us to see every bend in the river as a new adventure, with a lesson we need to learn to grow, even when the flow of life seems to push us back, we can tap the hidden resources of our human spirit. - excerpts from "Medicine Cards" by Jamie Sams.
To fully appreciate the symbolic meanings of fish, we must first consider their watery realm. Water holds ancient symbolic meanings dealing with the subconscious and depth of knowledge. Water contains all the mysteriousness of the unknown.
Consider the shadowy depths of the ocean, we never know quite what to expect there. Even experienced oceanic explorers are still awed by their findings from the deep. Water holds endless mystery to us, it represents that which is certainly there, but cannot be seen.
Water has also been known to be a womb symbol and, as such, an emblem of birth, fertility and femininity.
Fish, in general, hold some main symbolic meanings: there is transformation, knowledge, happiness, good luck, creativity and eternity.
With Salmon as a Totem, it will often signal one of these senses being awakened: visions, prophetic dreams, or clairaudience. There will be greater contact with the spiritual realm. Salmon are also associated with knowledge.
Salmon can teach us to adapt to all environments; they can teach us to streamline our lives; they can give us protection when we need it; and connect us to the creative element of life ~ water. Salmon swimming upstream symbolizes the evolution of the spirit. They reveal the strength of the currents of our lives and see clearly in the dim waters of the future.
Salmon strive to return home after a long journey. This powerful creature has long been a Totem to the coastal Native American peoples and is a source of strength and power for many tribes. Salmon live in salt water for much of their lives, then will travel upstream through fresh water to hatch their eggs. The newborn then descend again into the oceans. Salmon help us attune to our own natural cycles and rhythms and remind us to flow with our environment. Salmon is highly nourishing on a physical, emotional and spiritual level, bringing us strength and serenity.
Salmon usually return to their place of origin every five to seven years. They have solid bonds with their history. For those with this Totem, life changes are prominent within this time-span and at the end of a cycle, new beginnings surface. Swimming upstream and overcoming all obstacles is part of what the Salmon teaches us.
Because its origins are so important, Salmon reminds us to honor our true heritage. Those with Birth Totem Salmon have strong spiritual desires and work tirelessly to manifest them.
Salmon Totem people are resilient and can keep at it when others cannot. They are home loving, giving and sensitive. They are also very imaginative and sometimes moody.
Salmon people have wisdom and strength of purpose. They are usually blessed with longevity and old age. They move gracefully through friction and disturbances.
Salmon people have great determination, energy and enthusiasm to see tasks through to the end, much like the Salmon on the spawning journey. Although sometimes arrogant, their warmth wins them over. They are bold and uncompromising in their views, which makes them very convincing.
They are tough on the exterior, yet inwardly, they are tender-hearted and can be easily hurt. These dramatic people often inflate problems out of proportion. Salmon people are extremely generous, creative, trusting and proud.
Birth Totem Salmon honors every experience in life as an assemblage of wisdom. The proper use of inner-knowing comes when we flow with our true feelings, embracing all experiences we meet in life as learning lessons rather than hardships. The silver in Salmon's skin reflects many lessons.
Salmon teaches us trust, strength, determination, willpower, loyalty and tradition. To reclaim our inner-knowing, we must see the opportunity in all situations. Stop battling the currents of life!
- Birth Dates: July 22 - August 21
- Clan: Thunderbird
- Constructive Qualities: Single-Minded, Knowledgeable and Intuitive
- Conscious Objective: To Always Finish What They Begin
- Spiritual Path: To Gain Insight
- Strengths: Sees Obstacles as Opportunities, Focused and Perseverance
- Key Words: Determination, Instinctive, Alert and Resolute
Birth Totem Salmon Flower Essence
This Flower Essence is wonderful whenever we are ready to take responsibility for our own spiritual connection with our Higher Self, Divine Origin, Inner Guides, or God Self. This Essence helps to be conscious of the God Self which resides within all of us. At some point in our lives, we all begin searching, the answers are not found in the outer world; the events and circumstances of our lives do not hold the answer, they are our learning experiences, our stepping stones to the Truth, but they are not the answers. We have to look within ourselves to find the meaning and purpose of our lives.
Birth Totem Salmon Flower Essence assists us in feeling, experiencing, and communing with our own Higher Self, where we are able to find guidance and support from within ourselves. We are then able to love and accept ourselves just the way we are, in all our magnificence.
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