Spirit Animals
Encounters with animals, their messages and their place in folklore — from the dove at the window to the deer on the road.
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Turkey Symbolism: Spiritual Meaning, Real History and the Thanksgiving Bird
What the turkey symbolizes in modern spirit-animal practice, what history actually documents, from Pueblo feather blankets to Franklin's letter, and a simple Thanksgiving gratitude practice.
Daddy Longlegs Spiritual Meaning: What a Harvestman Means
A daddy longlegs, more precisely a harvestman, is read spiritually as a sign of lightness, sensitivity and letting go: it carries its body high on eight hair-thin legs,...
Stink Bug in Your House: Spiritual Meaning & What to Do
A stink bug in your house is read spiritually as a sign of protection, boundaries and retreat: the insect carries a shield on its back, defends itself with...
American Kestrel Symbolism and Spiritual Meaning
The American kestrel is the smallest and most widespread falcon in North America, jay-sized, with two vertical black stripes on a pale face, a rusty back and tail,...
Dolphin Symbolism and Spiritual Meaning
As a spirit animal the dolphin stands for joy, lightness, conscious breath, community and emotional healing, and the water it lives in stands for feeling. Most of those...
Polecat & Ferret Spirit Animal: Meaning and Symbolism
The masked hunter and its tame descendant: what a polecat or ferret encounter means as a sign, spirit animal and dream image, from the famous smell to the...
Spider Spirit Animal: Meaning, Symbolism and Totem
What the spider means as a spirit animal: creativity, patience and the web you weave yourself, from Anansi and Spider Grandmother to Arachne, with dreams, shadow side and...
Marten Symbolism: Spiritual Meaning & Spirit Animal
The neighbor almost nobody has seen properly: what a marten sighting means as a sign, spirit animal and dream image, from the Ojibwe marten clan to Croatia's marten...
Weasel Symbolism: Spiritual Meaning & Spirit Animal
The smallest carnivore on earth, and one people only dared to call by pet names: what a weasel means as a sign, spirit animal and dream image.
Wren Symbolism: Spiritual Meaning & Spirit Animal
A third of an ounce of bird with one of the loudest voices in the yard: what the wren means as a sign, spirit animal and dream image,...
Cuckoo Spiritual Meaning: Spirit Animal, Omens & Dreams
Heard far more often than seen: what the cuckoo means as a sign, spirit animal and dream image, why people shake their coins at its first call, and...
Rat Spiritual Meaning: Symbolism, Omens & Dreams
No animal in the Western world has a worse reputation than the rat, and few hold up so badly under examination. In China it is the first sign...
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