Life long power animals are usually wild not domesticated, animals.

*The animal chooses the person, not the other way around.

 Many believe that they can just choose an animal and start communicating with it. Usually ego gets in the way at these times. The individual chooses the animal he or she believes to be most glamorous and powerful, rather than what is harmonious to the individual.

The results are ineffective and often frustrating. No animal is worse than any other. Every animal's medicine is unique. You will find the greatest success in the animal that comes to you. You must develop a relationship with your totem. To communicate with them demands respect.

 *You must learn their point of view.

Animals won't just warm up to you immediately. They must learn to trust you and your limitations, and you must learn to trust them and their limitations.

*This takes time, patience and practice. 

 You must honor your totem for its medicine to be effective in your life. The more you honor them-the more significance you give them within your life-the more powerful and effective they become.

{your imagination is the real link to your totem} 

  Once you learn to work with the medicine of your power animal, it then becomes a doorway to connecting with others of the animal realm. You are not limited to just one totem.

Each can teach or add something to your life that that others can't. Working with your power animal will help teach you how to align with others. Through your power animal, you learn to align with and shapeshift to the energies of other animals and beings. Although there are one or even several totems that are the strongest in you life and remain with you through most of it, others do play a role.

You may have a totem for a day. You may have a totem that assists you through a particularly rough period in your life. You are likely to have different totems for different areas of your life. There's no limit to the totems you can work with.

 The key though is to connect strongly and fully with at least one. This expands the consciousness and opens the bridge to others more easily.

 Discover Your Animal Totems & Guides

Answer these questions to help you discover the Animal Totems in your life. For Journey and Message Animal Totems you will have to often ask yourself the same questions.

Remember that you may not currently have a Journey or Message totem. And finding out your Life animal totem is not always easy. When answering these questions you may have more than one answer per question, just don't start listing out all animals - only the ones that are really important to you. Follow your instincts when answering the question - when in doubt, don't.

Life Long Animal Totems

When you were a child, what animal did you collect or obsess over that you are still attracted to today?

Of all animals if you could have any animal as a pet or companion what would it be?

When going to the zoo, which animal do you spend the most time with or are drawn to?

If you could be any animal what animal would it be?

What animal is in your dreams that you have had since childhood?

What animal are you afraid of that you have no idea why you are afraid of it?

Of all animals what animals are you most attracted to?

When you are out in nature, do you often seem to run into the same animal?

What animal have you bumped into over and over throughout your life?

What animal have you watched for hours?

Does art work or jewelry with a certain animal always attract you?

You Life Long Animal Totem will be the animal that you answered at least three times out of the eleven questions. The more time the same animal is listed in your answered the more important and stronger it is in your life.

 Journey Animal Totems

What animal have you started to see occasionally that you never saw before?

What new animal are you attracted to?

Are you dreaming of an animal lately?

Are you thinking about an animal lately?

In the past two weeks what animals have you seen or dreamt of several times?

If you have a Journey Animal Totem you will have answered at least two of the questions with the same animal. Blessings on your new path.

 Message Animal Totems

What animal surprised or startled you today?

What animal that you don't usually see, have you seen a couple of times today?

What animal entranced you today?

If you only answered one question then this is a message you should consider. If you answered the same animal to two question then this animal is your Message Totem with a very important message. Heed it's word quickly for the message is for now and today.

Shadow Animal Totems

What animal attacks have you been in?

What scary or traumatic animal situations have you been in?

Does seeing a certain animal bring up feelings of fear?

What animal do you run from?

What animals do you have reoccurring nightmares about?

Does just watching TV with that animal appearing scare you?

Answering two questions with the same animal means you have a Shadow Totem you must address.

*Remember that the Shadow Totem will continually test you and work against you for you are it's prey.*

You must embrace the lesson of the animal totem and conquer your fear, accept the power of the Shadow totem, and bring it into the light as your spiritual totem.

There are as many animal totems, or spirit guides, as there are animals. Meditate with the intention of meeting your animal spirit guide, and it will come to you. It is eagerly waiting to meet you, teach you, and help you with your life. Don't worry if you don't have any success right away, it will come if you continue to search. Once you have a familiar, you can summon them for a spell or ritual whenever you need their energy or help.