Native American Totems

Discovering the medicine and lessons learned from the spirits of animals and all living things.

Rabbit Totem

Rabbit Totem

In Native American tribal traditions animal spirits play a huge role in spiritual teachings. Creature teachers such as the rabbit totem share medicine or life lessons with us to help us become better humans as we walk on our Earth Journey. We are all born with a birth...

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Animal Spirit Medicine From Elk

Animal Spirit Medicine From Elk

Native American peoples believe strongly in the medicine that we get from the animal spirits. The totem of an animal teaches us lessons about life that we need to learn. The animal spirit of Elk is one of strength, nobility, pride, survival, and stamina. The Elk totem...

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Wise Council From The Owl

Wise Council From The Owl

I felt sad, disconnected from the life around me. One day, I was especially upset. I was home alone, and my frustration and impatience suddenly became too much to bear. I had put so much time and energy into healing myself and I still wasn’t cured, not even close. I...

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Deer Totem Meanings

Deer Totem Meanings

Are you looking for the Deer Totem meaning? Are you wondering what medicine or lesson can be given to you by the animal spirit of Deer? Let me share some of my own knowledge on this subject with you in the next few paragraphs to perhaps shed some light for you. In the...

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Fox Animal Totem And What It Teaches

Fox Animal Totem And What It Teaches

We have been blessed of late to be visited nightly by a beautiful red fox. Is it possible that these visits are because the fox is acting as an animal totem and bringing us a message or life lesson? Often times when an animal that you don't normally see crosses your...

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Can A Domesticated Cat Be A Totem?

Can A Domesticated Cat Be A Totem?

I wonder how many of you have thought about the possibility that the pets that you choose to share your life with may be an indication of a totem working with you. Take the domesticated cat for instance, there is a possibility that in some way your pet cat is a...

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Discovering The Importance Of Bird Totems

Discovering The Importance Of Bird Totems

As we are beginning a new year, I recently spent some time reflecting on the animal, plant and mineral totems that worked with me over the last year. I find that extremely helpful at the beginning of each year and you might also. What I discovered as I reflected was...

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What Is The Moose Animal Totem?

What Is The Moose Animal Totem?

The Meaning Of The Moose Totem In Native American traditions, totems play a large part of the spiritual teachings of an individual. Have you been wondering about the animal totem of Moose? If you feel that this spirit animal is working with you currently, perhaps I...

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Vulture Totem Meaning

Vulture Totem Meaning

I'll just start out with saying that never in my wildest dreams did I think that I would write a post about the meaning of the vulture totem. I honestly had not given much thought that there would even be a totem for what most would consider a disgusting bird. What I...

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Red Kite Totem Messages

Red Kite Totem Messages

Except for pictures, I have never seen a red kite; I have heard of them but have never had the pleasure of seeing one in nature. The other day, I was talking to my good friend AJ Ashley who lives in the UK. AJ has been visiting an area on a regular basis with her...

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