What is your spirit animal?

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Permalink Reply by Alicia A. on December 23, 2008 at 7:42am

Mine is a red fox. I always laugh about this because I am a cat person. My fiance, who does not know that my spirit animal is the red fox, always calls me his "clever fox" or his "wiley vixen". I always think that's funny.

I went through a series of exercises with a shaman to discover it over the course of several weeks, at which point I started seeing red foxes everywhere...confirmation, I think. One used to sit in our back yard and watch me on the computer.

I also have strong associations with peregrine falcons.

As to how I found that out--sweat lodging, lots of sage, vision-questing, and again, confirmation because after I did so, red foxes turned up everywhere I looked for a while.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Dee on December 23, 2008 at 10:41am

Wow... Here are some pics for you, Alicia! We spotted this wild red fox while driving through Nova Scotia a few years back. He was so cool looking, I just had to stop and take his picture. About a week ago, I thought of him and set the top one as my computer wallpaper. So, here's the fox looking right at us:




...and here's him walking away:




I'd considered whether he could be my spirit animal, too. But, I've always felt particularly fascinated by crows -- huge black crows / ravens, etc. Maybe he is some sort of important totem animal for me, though.

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Permalink Reply by Alicia A. on December 23, 2008 at 11:30am

Beautiful, beautiful pictures! Thanks for sharing them with me!

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Permalink Reply by Lorianne on December 23, 2008 at 7:44am

I don't know much about native american traditions, but I know I walk with the lynx.. As to why, I don't know, that's just how it is :)

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Permalink Reply by Martbook on December 23, 2008 at 9:51am

Last time I did any shamanic work it was the polar bear,

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Permalink Reply by Erica on December 23, 2008 at 10:38am

I have journeys with many animals, but the dolphin and coyote, and .... it's funny, just while I was typing this, a spider appeared right in my hair! A tiny little one. 8 legged creatures (or tentacled) like spiders or octopus have been near me as well recently. I don't *know* my spirit animals or walk with them with the same depth as many others... but I'd like to get closer.

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Permalink Reply by Stacey on December 23, 2008 at 5:59pm

i had a similar experience a few years ago when i tripped mushrooms and had a vision of a dragon in my third eye-it was very intense. i've also been told that i have lion, flamingo, and dolphin. i used to get really into that stuff, but not anymore, though, i remembering loving to guess other people's spirit animals.

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Permalink Reply by Erin on December 23, 2008 at 1:20pm

I'm not sure, but I often see crows. Crows are sentinels- they give us a heads up about things to watch out for. They often warn other animals of danger.
Here is a list of animal totems and their meanings:
http://www.sayahda.com/cycle.htm

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on December 23, 2008 at 4:15pm

Oo, thanks Erin. I appreciate the link, it gave me a bit of insight!

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Permalink Reply by Alicia A. on December 24, 2008 at 5:28am

This is great.

I have a friend who's animal is the platypus...

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Permalink Reply by AwesomeUniverse!!! on September 18, 2009 at 6:49pm

Yes That was a neat link Erin! I guess I would be a bluebird if I'd have to guess. But I haven't done an official vision quest type of exploration.

I don't think people have to worry about being a bad animal like a crab or a badger. They all have their good attributes.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on December 23, 2008 at 1:26pm

Mine is a polar bear, and I'm not sure why.

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