Hummingbird represents accomplishing that which seems impossible. It can teach you how to find the miracle of joyful living in your own life. Hummingbird medicine is herbal; it shows us how to use flowers for healing. They teach us how to draw life essence from flowers and create your own medicines.
This totem reminds us to explore the past and extract the sweetness from it. It can help you find joy and sweetness in any situation. Grab joy as swiftly as you can. Hummingbird reminds us to find the joy in what we do and to sing it out.
On a recent trip to Mexico, I witnessed a murder of crows bathing at the edge of a saltwater pool.
Crow: Keeper of the Sacred Law Crows are the keepers of the Sacred Law and to have a Crow totem is very powerful. Personal Integrity is your watchword and your guide in Life. If you have a Crow totem, your prime path is to be mindful of your opinions and actions. You must be willing to walk your talk, to speak your truth and to know your life’s mission.
Crow is an omen of Change. Things that you have been working toward will come to fruition when Crow appears. Crow lives in the void and has no sense of time; therefore, it sees past, present and future simultaneously. Crow merges both light and dark, both inner and outer. It is the totem of the Great Spirit and commands respect as such.
American Crow – Corvus brachyrhynchos (image source)
Tiger: Passion, Power, Devotion Tiger’s gift is focus, patience, and the ability to heal quickly, both physically and emotionally. Healers often have a Tiger totem. It is very important for Tiger people to have time alone in their own special place. Tiger is the symbol of darkness and the new Moon. When a Tiger totem enters your life, expect new adventures. It will awaken new passion and power. Tiger people do their best work at night. They are very sensual, passionate people and devoted parents. Your best work will be done at night. Tigers are associated with water and have all the properties of the element of Water – healing, power through gentle flow, feminine energies.
A listing of some traits these astounding creatures offer in terms of wit and wisdom:
Loyalty
Courage
Teamwork
Confidence
Determination
Preservation
Fellowship
Cooperation
Vigilance
G o o s e
Family And Protection:
Geese take their families seriously, and the adults and young ones are often spotted sticking together. During breeding seasons, geese become extremely aggressive and protective. They defend their young ones with their life. Be it humans or other animals and birds; geese are often noticed chasing away those who try to harm their offspring.
Geese travel in flocks and are excellent navigators. Even if they travel miles away from their habitat, they’re known to have the ability to get back to their home.
Smart in terms of navigating and adaptability, when the colder season arrives, geese travel to warmer regions. They are known to strive for survival and search for appropriate habitats quickly.
While cacophonous noises geese make might sound joyful to some, or annoying to others, it is undeniable that geese are great communicators. The loud noises they make represent their medicine: opening up their hearts and expressing their emotions.
People with goose totem are born leaders and communicators. They do need to be mindful to avoid getting too fixated on achieving their dreams, to the point they ignore every other aspect of life, including their precious familial relationships and friendships.
Call on goose totem within to remember the keen navigation and communication skillset you have been gifted with. Listen within to allow the heart to guide you towards succeeding in your quests. Teamwork, cooperation through communication, makes the dream work!
Goose encounters, in nature or in dreams, encourage you to listen to your heart. Have you been living life on your terms or by someone else’s rules and regulations? Do your day-to-day activities make you happy? Geese remind you to let go of things that you’re trying too hard to control and to live at your own pace.
Flock of geese spotted, congregating today in Central NY
This is a powerful totem — symbolizing transformation, healing and eternity. The Snake is wisdom expressed through healing. The Snake turns venom into medicine.
Snake teaches sharpening and more accurate intuition. Snake energy is the energy of wholeness, cosmic consciousness, and the ability to experience anything willingly and without resistance.
It is the knowledge that all things are equal in creation. It also signals a transition in your life. New opportunities and/or changes. Snake is fire medicine, the medicine of transmutation.
On a material level, it is vitality; on an emotional level, it is ambition and dreams; on a mental level, it is intellect and power; on a spiritual level (the highest level), it is wisdom, understanding and wholeness.
Snake magic is heavy magic. Become the Magician: transmute the energy and accept the power of the fire.
Lastly Robin also showed up for me on my walk today. They’re proliferating in my neighborhood. I am happy to see them, and to hear their song.
Robin: Spread of New Growth
A Robin totem will stimulate new growth in all areas of your life. Believe in yourself as you move forward. Obstacles will fall by the wayside if you do and confrontations will be for show only.
This totem gives you the ability to will new growth into your life. Make a wish, be patient, and watch how it comes true. Meditate on Robin and the correct path will be revealed to you.
But remember, in order to grow, you must clean house beforehand – let go of attachments and emotions that are no longer useful to you. Allow joy and happiness to fill your life and allow Robin to sing its song with you.
Sharing this because it may speak to you, as you read this, as well.
Also on my path today was a deer, galloping through the woods.
Deer: Gentleness and Innocence
Deer teaches us to use the power of gentleness to touch the hearts and minds of wounded beings that are in our lives. Don’t push towards change in others; rather gently nudge them in right direction with the love that comes from a Deer totem.
A Deer totem shows you a new innocence and freshness in life. You will feel the gentle lure of new adventures. There will be an opportunity to express the gentle love that will open new doors for you.
Today I encountered a dozen darting dragonflies on my nature walk. I greeted them with much joy. They are what I consider one of “my” totems, and I instantly felt they signaled transformation is within reach now, in what seems a rather long healing journey with a wound I have been nursing.
Dragonfly is the power of light. The dragonfly inhabits two realms: air and water and the influence of both these elements will be felt by Dragonfly people. Dragonfly is the essence of the winds of change, the messages of wisdom and enlightenment; and the communication from the elemental world.
Dragonfly medicine beckons you to seek out the parts of your habits that need changing. Call on Dragonfly to guide you through the mists of illusion to the pathway of transformation. Dragonfly brings the light and color of transformation into your life.
Today on my walk I encountered a chipmunk. It seemed to want to play hide and seek, and I had fun telling it when I did spot it. That’s when it would jump and speed off to the next hiding spot, until it hid so well I said “you win!” and moved on..
Chipmunk is a wonderful totem because it gives you permission to play. To balance work with periods of just having fun. It is a curious totem and shares that innate curiosity with you. Check things out – investigate – and learn in a fun way. The appearance of Chipmunk is a sign that you are well protected and safe.
Chipmunk can teach you how to read the voices of others. To know truth and lies through the sound, inflection and pitch their voices. Trust what you hear in their voice rather than their actual words. Practice this until it becomes second nature with you – and always trust your feelings. If they sound wrong, investigate further before committing.
Chipmunk, like Squirrel, also shows you to store for a rainy day. Not to point of hoarding, but just so you have enough to fall back on. When you have a little extra cash, save it instead of spending it right away. If you don’t spend it on little stuff, you just might be able to save enough for something really great in the future.
Offers a look in between yourself and others (physically, mentally, spiritually)
Fox teaches gentleness, swiftness and persistence, courage, power of observation, good eating habits and taking care of health concerns, shifting awareness to feminine energies for balance.
Fox can teach you how to walk in both worlds and in between since he is the master of camouflage and shape-shifting and walking the spaces in between. Are you in harmony with your surroundings? Blending in with others? It is a time to be careful and discerning, aware of your communication abilities, and to be alert to your surroundings. Fox teaches how to be still and silent and all the qualities of patience.
Found this excellent, concise description of the animal totem and adapted it from here.
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