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Power Animal Definitions
The Power Animal, the Totem Animal and Animal Spirit Guide are different terms referring to our partnership with a helping animal spirit that is connected to us for life – if we honor the relationship! Traditionally the Totem Power Animal Spirit would first come to you through a dream, on a vision quest or pilgrimage to a sacred place of power, or through an encounter with it in the physical world in which it communicates its presence and its availability for relationship.
Power Animals are protector spirits that help us in our daily life and in our spiritual search for harmony. Power Animals are a reflection of our innermost self, representing our own talents and abilities and/or the qualities one needs in this world. Because they are so much a part of us, they are often hidden or overlooked in our awareness.
The Totem Power Animal offers its power, teaching, medicine, protection, wisdom and gifts unique to its being, to help you learn and grow in understanding in how to be with it in a good way. For like any other relationship, it can grow or wither based on the quality of attention and energy it is given. To help the relationship prosper and to open the doorway for the Animal Spirit to feel welcome and share fully of its gifts, it is vitally important that you acknowledge its presence and make a sacred home for it in you consciousness and in your life.
It is important to "feed" the power animal spirit on a regular basis with prayers, music and song, or whatever you can share with it that truly honors its being. Also important is to invite the Totem Spirit in to your body, mind and spirit so it can teach you what it has to offer. Thus it might show you a power song or a power dance through which you will learn about its ability to help you in your life.
The Totem Spirit Animal has the ability to enrich your life empowering you with its power. It serves as an intermediary between the spirit world and the physical world and thus helps you to realize and activate the full spectrum of your multi-dimensional being. Start each day by giving thanks to your Power Animal allies that have come to you over the years in dreams, meditations and visions. Offer them the gift of your attention and following the guidance they offer you. That way when you need their help for a challenge you are facing, you can call on them, confident, that they will respond in a positive way, helping you access the wisdom, guidance and power that is best suited for the task at hand.
The following list of Power Animals and their qualities come from the Medicine Cards and the Medicine Cards Book by Jamie Sams & David Carson. This book and the set of Medicine Cards was my first exposure to working with Power Animals and I recommend it as a great starting point for anyone wanting to learn about Power Animals in a fun and easy way.
| Eagle: | The connection to the Divine |
| Hawk: | Hawk medicine teaches you to read the messages in your environment |
| Elk: | Elk medicine teaches you that pacing yourself will increase your stamina |
| Deer: | Deer medicine teaches you the power of gentleness |
| Bear: | The strength of Bear medicine is the power of introspection |
| Snake: | Snake medicine teaches you to transmute negativity in your life |
| Skunk: | Skunk medicine teaches you that all respect is self-respect |
| Otter: | Otter medicine teaches you about balanced female power |
| Butterfly: | Butterfly medicine teaches the art of transformation |
| Turtle: | Turtle medicine is the oldest symbol for planet earth |
| Moose: | Moose medicine teaches the value of self-esteem |
| Porcupine: | Porcupine medicine teaches the power of faith and trust |
| Coyote: | Coyote is the master trickster who tricks himself |
| Dog: | Dog medicine teaches the power of loyalty and service |
| Wolf: | Wolf medicine is the medicine of teachers |
| Raven: | Raven medicine is the bringer of magic |
| Mountain Lion: | Mountain Lion medicine teaches right use of leadership |
| Lynx: | Lynx medicine knows the secrets people hide from themselves and others |
| Buffalo: | The sign of white buffalo is a sign that prayers are being heard |
| Mouse: | Mouse medicine teaches you to see things close up and know them thoroughly |
| Owl: | Owl medicine is associated with clairvoyance |
| Beaver: | Beaver is the doer in the animal kingdom |
| Opossum: | Opossum greatest protection is to divert the attention of a predator |
| Crow: | Crow is the keeper of sacred law. Crow can bend physical laws and shape shift |
| Fox: | Fox medicine teaches you how to blend into environment and disappear |
| Squirrel: | Squirrel medicine teaches you to plan ahead and be prepared for winter of life |
| Dragonfly: | Dragonfly medicine teaches about the nature of and need for change in life |
| Armadillo: | Armadillo medicine teaches you the value of setting boundaries in your life |
| Badger: | Badger is aggressiveness and the willingness to fight for what you want |
| Turkey: | Turkey medicine teaches about self sacrifice and willingness to serve others |
| Ant: | Ant medicine shows a trust in the Universe to provide. Patience is your virtue |
| Weasel: | Weasel medicine tells you the hidden reasons behind anything |
| Grouse: | Grouse medicine teaches the about the sacred movement of energy in life |
| Horse: | Horse medicine is physical power and spiritual power |
| Lizard: | Lizard medicine is the medicine of dreamers |
| Antelope: | Antelope medicine teaches you about right action |
| Frog: | Frog medicine is akin to water energy for the cleansing of the soul |
| Swan: | Swan medicine people have the ability to see the future |
| Dolphin: | Dolphin medicine is the keeper of sacred breath of life |
| Whale: | Whale carries the history of Mother Earth and is known as the record keeper |
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