What Is A Spirit Animal Guide?
What is a spirit animal?
Ancient Shamanism has taught us that we can connect not just to the physical world but also to a world beyond our everyday lives, the spiritual world. The spirit world comprises of angels, ascended masters, past loved ones, ancestors and spirit animal guides. We can connect to these to receive guidance, love and healing to support us on our path.
What is the difference between an animal spirit guide, totem and power animal?
Owl - spirit animal symbolises wisdom and intuitive insight.
Animal Spirit Guides
They hold characteristics that we feel a personal connection to as they can heal, support and guide us at different times in our lives. They can pop in and out depending on what kind of support we may need. You can have many animal spirit guides. They can provide guidance, lessons, healing, protection, love and wisdom.
Totem Spirit Animals
A totem animal is the spirit of the animal that you feel represents you, your family or community. It is an animal you feel drawn to and love to have it around as a totem in the physical world as something that provides joy, a sense of connection, protection and even courage.
Power Spirit Animal Guides
A power animal often stays with you for life or for many years of life. It is termed power as you and the source of its power become joined together. e.g. the connection isn’t just with a bear but with all bears. Bear as a universal source of Bear energy. The kind of power animal depends on your life purpose, the lessons you have and the healing you need along your life path. Your power animal is a gift from Gaia, Mother Earth. It is a connection of love, protection, wisdom and teachings.
How To Find Your Spirit Animal Guides
They can appear in the form of a physical interaction (crossing paths with them in the physical world), in your dreams, meditations, oracle cards or learning to journey shamanically. (see upcoming workshops to finding your animal spirit guides)
It is good to keep a journal of what animals you encounter. Look for unusual encounters, patterns or reoccurences of specific animals or animals.
Dragonfly is the energy of transformation and can show up during times of change and encourages us to move with a lightness of spirit when feeling heavy or burdened.
What Is My Power Animal?
Your power animal may not come to you straight away. It may take some time of meditation and journeying to meet your power animal. It is important to set the intention to meet your power animal yet release any preconceptions of your desired animal. You cannot choose it, it will choose you. Remember that all spirit animals have the most amazing gifts to support you whether they come from Ant or Lion!
Ant’s spiritual energy is one of diligence, cooperation, teamwork and a deep appreciation of working harmoniously towards a shared goal.
How Do I Interpret The Spirit Animal Guides Message?
When an animal appears to you repeatedly or in an unusual way either in the physical world or spiritual world there is a message of healing for you to interpret.
To interpret the healing:
research online the message from the particular spirit animal that has come forwards for you. There will be a wealth of information for you to discover.
go into meditation and ask the animal what the message is for you and write down what images, acts of healing, sights and sounds you receive.
Remember that the more you explore the spirit animal guides the easier the connection becomes and you often find surprisingly accurate guidance comes through for you just at the right time.
For more information, please go to upcoming workshops.
Best wishes,
Meg x
