Animals in Magick

The best way to use an animal as a spell correspondent is to place a picture, drawing, or statue of an animal the alter that corresponds with the spell you are casting. Below is a list of animals and their attributes.

Animal	Type	Attributes
Ant	Insect	Patience, stamina, planning. Working with a group. Energy and determination need to complete work. Building and storing energy for a later project.
Antelope	Mammal	Swiftness, gentleness, being in touch with the Earth. Strength, dangerousness. Caution when approaching something new. A strong survival instinct through understanding yourself and the cycle of life.
Badger	Mammal	Can teach you to fight for your rights and spiritual ideas. Revenge, wisdom, cunning, perseverance.When faced with a crisis, don't panic but act, even get angry, in a creative, productive way. Earth magick and wisdom.
Bat	Mammal	The knowledge to avoid obstacles, barriers, and troublesome people. Releasing habit and personality patterns that keep you from progressing. Helpful when facing the death of a loved one. Understanding the life and death cycle.
Bear	Mammal	Strength and stamina; can help you find balance and harmony in your life. Patience, defense, revenge, wisdom, dreams, intuition, listening, introspection, death and rebirth, transformation. A creature of dreams, astral travel, visionaries, mystics, and shamans.
Beaver	Mammal	Concentrating your energies into a job that needs doing. Being persistent. Using available resources to make your life more pleasant. Team work, sense of achievement. For harmony in a group. To get a job.
Bee	Insect	Concentration necessary to carry out a task. Planning and saving for the future. Prosperity. Talking to a deceased person. Helping an Earth-bound spirit move on to its proper place.
Bison	Mammal	Social life, fertility, courage, abundance, prosperity, knowledge, sharing, work, challenge, survival.
Butterfly	Insect	Reincarnation, magick, beauty, love, transformation. Knowing and understanding your current position in the cycle of life. Divination concerning future events.
Cat	Mammal	Protection, knowing when to fight, knowing when to retreat, indenpendance, self-assurance, searching for hidden information.
Centaur	Mythical	Healing, shape-shifting, music, the arts, divination, inspiration (for artistic talent).
Cheetah	Mammal	Swiftness, speed, self-esteem, making events occur more quickly.
Coyote	Mammal	Trickery, cunning, shape-shifting, stealth, opportunity, illumination, truth, creativity. new life, experience. Don't be foolish.
Crane	Bird	Intelligence, discipline, vigilance, magick, astral travel. Reaching deeper mysteries and truths. Learning new types of magick.
Crocodile	Reptile	Deciet, treachery. Lying in wait to get revenge. Patiently waiting for truths. Protection from decietful/manipulating people.
Deer	Mammal	Keen sense of smell, swiftness, gentleness, using other methods to achieve goals, alertness, hunting, seeking, abundance, dreams, intuition, introspection, listening, death and rebirth, transformation. Accepting people for who they are.
Dog	Mammal	Tracking skills; the ability to scent a "trail" through conflicting or confusing situations. Companionship, keen hearing, loyalty, willingness to follow through. Using intuition to find new ideas and solutions.
Dolphin	Mammal	The sea, wisdom, eloquence, freedom, magick, change, discovery, truth, communication, trust, balance, harmony. Create a rhythm in your life. Learn to release intense emotions through breathing.
Dove	Bird	Communicating with friends or loved ones who are in spirit. Spiritual messanger between worlds. Peace, gentleness, love.
Dragon	Mythical	Protection, instruction in the spiritual, element magick. Using the spiritual to transform life. Adding extra power to magick.
Eagle	Bird	Swiftness, strength, courage, wisdom, keen sight; knowledge of magick. The ability to see hidden spiritual truths. Seeing the overall pattern of life.
Eel	Reptile	Be electrifying; being able to slip out of a bad situation. When needing to get out of a sticky situation that could cause anger or upset.
Elephant	Mammal	Removal of obstacles and barriers. Always being willing to learn new things. Building confidence.
Falcon	Bird	Magick, astral travel, healing, releasing the soul of a dying person. Sending energy amd soul-healing to a dying person for an easy transition.
Fish	Reptile	Abundance, prosperity, childern. Harmony in your life. A loving companion. Divination and prophecy. Getting pregnant. Bringing a companion into your life.
Fox	Mammal	Cunning, slyness; the ability to make fools out of those who aggressively pursue you. Remaining unobserved while watching the actions and motives of others. Stealth, wisdom, invisibility.
Frog	Amphibian	A symbol of initiation and transformation. Cleaning out negativities and distractions and replacing them with positive energy. Joy in a new cycle of life.
Griffiin	Mythical	Understanding the relationship between psychic energy and cosmic force. Spiritual enlightenment.
Hawk	Bird	Clear sightedness, being observant. Far memory, or recalling pat lives. A message from spirit; omens and dreams. Overcoming problems. Taking advantage of an opportunity. Courage, defense, wisdom, illumination, new life, creativity, truth, experience.
Hedgehog	Mammal	Less defensiveness and seriousness in life. Appreciate life more. Building defenses and protective barriers that discourage negative people. Reconnecting yourself with the Crone aspect of the Goddess.
Horse	Mammal	Stamina, endurance, faithfulness. It symbolizes freedon when it runs free; when it works with humans, it represents friendship and cooperation. Travel, journey, swiftness, friends, loyalty. Astral travel.
Hummingbird	Bird	Happiness, love, relaxation. Don't be so judgmental. Happiness and love in your life.
Leopard	Mammal	Swiftness, cunning, strength, preserverance, boldness, beauty. Gaining confidence for astral travel and Otherworld journeys.
Lion	Mammal	Learn to relax; don't carry the stress of one situation to another. Strengthen family ties. Strength, courage, energy. Releasing stress and tension.
Lizard	Reptile	Dreams, mental creations. Stop running from your fears and face them. Asking for guidance in facing difficult situations that make you afraid. Understanding dreams.
Monkey	Mammal	Ingenuity when dealing with problems. Care and protection of family. Don't "monkey" around, but get on with what you have to do.
Mouse	Mammal	Secrets, cunning, slyness; ability to remain inconspicuous; invisibility. Often, its appearance signals the need to watch small details, the fine print, or the double meaning in words. Watching for deception. Stealth, initiative, trust, innocence, change, discovery, balance, harmony.
Nightingale	Bird	Inspiration, using your talents with joy. Moon magick.
Otter	Mammal	Finding inner treasures or talents; faithfulness; gaining wisdom; the ability to recover from a crisis. Be sensible, but not overlu suspicious, when something or someone new enters your life. Social life, friends, happiness.
Owl	Bird	Silent and swift movement; keen sight into obscure events; unmasking those who would deceive you. Wisdom, magick, darkness, freedom. Clairvoyance, astral projection, messanger. Moon magick.
Peacock	Bird	Dignity, warning, self-confidence. Use the symbol of the peacock "eye" to see the past, present, and future.
Pegasus	Mythical	Poetic inspiration; learning astral travel. Changing evil into good. Fame, eloquence.
Rabbit	Mammal	Transformation, receiving hidden teachings and intuitive messages. Quick thinking when necessary, don't push yourself on others. A fear of disaster or illness. Strengthening intuition.
Raccoon	Mammal	Creativeness when faced with new problems. Be curious about the world around you. Seeking guidance and confidence for a new job or schooling. To be presented with new ideas.
Raven	Bird	Help with divination. Often represents the upset in life necessary to create something new. Wisdom, eloquence, magick. A change in consciousness. Messages from the spirit, something unforeseen but special is about to occur. Magick of the Crone.
Seal	Mammal	Protection. When faced with changing the life completely. When facing a separation or divorce. Protection from malicious gossip or physical danger.
Skunk	Mammal	For courage and will-power to raise a "stink" if you are being harassed or threatened. Radiating self-respect and self-confidence. Become aware of the type of people attracted to you and repel the undesirable. Sifting out and getting rid of "friends" who do not want you to succeed.
Snake	Reptile	Psychic energy, creative power, immortality. Transmute you life into higher levels. Wisdom, understanding, connection with spirit. Facing you fears of spiritual initiations and life problems, moving on to higher goals.
Spider	Arachnid	Wisdom, creativity, new life. Being industrious. Be cautious: you are involved in a tempting but entangling situation. Bringing in divine inspiration and creativity. Beginning a new project or becoming pregnant.
Squirrel	Mammal	Preparing for the future by storing up time, resources, and energy. Resting during unproductive times. Moving to a higher level of consciousness to avoid harassment. Warning, wisdom, change, trust, discovery, truth, balance, harmony.
Swan	Bird	Aid with interpretation of dream symbols, transitions, spiritual evolution. Developing intuitive abilities, seeing into the future. Divination on a spiritual level.
Tiger	Mammal	Power, energy. If action is called for, don't analyze it to death... just do it! Unpleasant but necessary action only gets worse if you procrastinate. Finding strength and will-power ot tackle an unpleasant situation.
Turtle	Reptile	Patience, long life, preserverance. Slow down, enjoy life more, allow you ideas time to develop properly. Learning to relax and enjoy life.
Unicorn	Mythical	Good will, fame, prosperity, gentleness, purity, strength of mind. Individual power that is unlimited. For wisdom with success. Developing personal power.
Weasel	Mammal	Revenge, dark magick, cunning, stealth, ingenuity, suspicion. Revenge against evil.
Whale	Mammal	The sea, music, long life, family, friends, trust. Developing psychic abilities. Working with elemental magick.
Wolf	Mammal	Cunning, escape, ability to pass dangers, outwitting. Leader to a spiritual teacher. Wisdom, hunting and seeking, magick, dreams, introspection, intuition, listening, death and rebirth, transformation.
Wyvern	Mythical	Revenge, retribution, creating protection barriers of fear as a defense.