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Animal Guides & Their Wisdom

Alligator/Crocodile – Maternal, revenge, ferocity & fury, stealth, protection, guardianship and highly tuned senses

Ant – Patience, perseverance, order, discipline, industry, action & forethought

Antelope – Speed, agility, adaptability, watchfulness, guile, action & sacrifice, vision

Armadillo – Armour, protection, safety, self-containment, boundaries, ability to dig & empathy

Badger – Courage, strength, perseverance, tenacity, fearless, aggressive & a healer

Bat – Long life, rebirth, secrets, initiation, pollination, transition & sensitive hearing

Bear – Strength, power, industrious, instinctive, physical health, healing, introspection & prosperity

Beaver – Determined, strong-willed, creative, ingenuity, a home builder, industrious, protector, fidelity, community & flexibility

Bee – Community, organization, teamwork, productive, industry, creativity, prosperity & wisdom

Bilby – Solitude; strength & courage, faces & conquers fear

Bluebird – Confident & modest, not aggressive but will defend itself

Boar – Strength, bravery, fertility, power, justice, pride & wealth

Buffalo/Bison – Strength, power, endurance, determination, stubbornness, abundance, prosperity, vigour, generosity, sacredness, life and prayer

Bull – Protective, strength, courage and endurance, fertility (also see Cattle)

Butterfly – Metamorphosis, transformation, regeneration, flight, aerial dance, colour, beauty, sensitivity & love

Camel – Endurance & conservation

Cassowary – Respect, pride, master apprentice & ET communication.

Cat – Independent, playful, healing, ferocity & mystery

Cattle –    Bull – Virility & Strength          Cow – Maternity, fertility & prosperity (see also Bull)

Cheetah – Swiftness, insight, focus

Cougar/Puma/Mountain Lion – Strength, stealth, grace, assertiveness, leadership, balance, maternal energy & power

Coyote – Loyalty, sociability, adaptability, a trickster, joker, clown, intelligence & stealth

Crane – Solitude, justice, balance, longevity, independence, intelligence, vigilance, circumspection & happiness

Crocodile – see Alligator

Crow – Intelligent, insight, foresight, sacred law, shape shifting, change, creativity, spiritual strength & luck (also see Raven)

Deer – Swift, cunning, grace, beauty, intellectual, gentleness, caring, kindness, purity & prudence

Dingo – Calculating, truth, group work, shadows, deception & Intention.

Dog – Friendship, intelligence, noble, faithfulness, loyal, love, protection, guardian, teaching & integrity

Dolphin – Speed, kindness, friendship, harmony, community, communication, guidance, salvation & breath of life

Dove – Peace, fidelity, calm, love & spirituality

Dragon – Longevity, infinity, wisdom, power, movement through space

Dragonfly – Flighty, carefree, hovering, colour, illusion breaker & deception and the protection it brings

Duck – Femininity, fertility, warmth, plenty, abundance & water energy

Dugong/Manatee – Sacred gifts, provider, peace, gentle, slow down

Eagle – Courage, bravery, vision, speed, fearless, purity, wisdom, divine Spirit, sacrifice & connection to creator,.

Elephant – Strength, power, wisdom

Elk – Strength, stamina, agility, endurance, speed & courage (see also Moose)

Emu – Completion, fire, commitment, action & attentiveness

Falcon – New beginnings, adventure, passionate, leadership

Ferret – see Weasel

Fish – see Shark

Flamingo – Endurance, stamina, perseverance, single-mindedness, especially on long journeys, beautiful & elegant

Fox – Agility, quick-witted, speed, dexterity, invisibility, camouflage, subtlety, wisdom, protection, healing, cunning, trickery & guile

Frog – Happiness, transformation, water energy, cleansing, rebirth, emotional healing, tears, window of the soul, well-being, regeneration, fertility, productivity, & new growth

Gazelle – The soul, aggressive

Goat – Agility, sure-footed, independent, ambitious & abundance

Goose – Fertility, femininity, fidelity, self-demanding, reliable, prudent, rigid, rebirth & protection

Gorilla – Peaceful, tranquillity, quiet strength & family

Grouse – Independent, fertility, the sacred spiral & cycles

Gull – Graceful, raucous & a scavenger

Hare – Speed, haste, agility, cunning, craftiness, luck, fertility & immorality

Hawk – Speed, endurance, ability to hover, messenger, intuition, victory, healing, perception, foresight & regeneration

Hippopotamus – Flexible, relaxed, calm & family groups

Horse – Stamina, endurance, speed, mobility, power, sociable, strength, loyalty, energy & freedom of spirit

Hummingbird – Messenger, timelessness, healing, joy, music, love, vibration & colour

Jaguar – Bravery, sacrifice, chaos, shape-shifter, teacher, prediction, steadfast & flexible (see also Panther & Leopard)

Kangaroo – Abundance, family, never-ending, fire, Universal Love and Universal Law.

Kestrel – Creative, intuitive, agile & patience

Kingfisher – Communicative, fearless & a teacher

Koala – Support, nurture, safe havens, calm, holding on & selectiveness

Kookaburra – Lighten up, sparkle, treat yourself, laughter

Ladybird – Family, self healing, spiritual idealist & instinctive

Lark – Sweet song, melody, happiness, good cheer & fidelity

Leopard – Observant, power of invisibility, intuitive

Lion – Family, strength, energy, courage, fearless, leadership, gentle & patience

Lizard – Conservation, swiftness, dreaming, visions, letting go, past issues, awareness, adaptability & re-growth.

Llama – Comforting others

Lynx/Bobcat – Silence, hearing & vision, keeper of secrets, guardian, guide, adaptability, independence, invisibility, stealth, discretion & inner vision

Magpie – Intelligent, adaptable & resourceful

Meercat – Alert, watchful, protective, order, sharing & working in harmony

Mole – Sensory perception, herbal healing, self reliance & cheer

Monkey – Observant, insight, unpredictable, power & grace

Moose – Isolation, strength, agility, headstrong, longevity, steadfastness, wisdom, speed & stamina

Moth – Healing abilities, protection, invisibility, love & perceptive

Mouse – Highly developed senses, scrutiny, order, organizer & charming

Numbat – Preparedness & gathering

Opossum – Dexterity, diversion, strategist, deceiver & protection

Otter – Suppleness, persistence, gentleness, playful, friendly, dynamic, female energy, courage, constancy, joy & laughter

Owl – Vision, stealth, silence, intuition, deception, honesty, insight, messenger, wisdom & teacher

Ox – Sacrifice, self-denial, chastity

Panda – Willpower, insight, student, clarity of vision.

Panther – Self empowerment, movement in darkness without fear, death and rebirth, strength, shape shifter, invisibility, power of silence

Peacock – Immortality, dignity, self-confidence

Penguin – Steadfastness, sharing, courage, faithfulness, love & family

Porcupine – Curiosity, easy-going, innocence, companionship, sensitivity, tenderness, trust, playful, protection & cunning

Rabbit – Vigilance, quickness, abundance, love, cowardice, fear, timidity, nervousness, humility & fertility

Raccoon – Dexterity, guile, adaptability, curiosity, cleanliness, cleverness & trickery

Rat – Adaptability, self assurance & sensitive to the environment

Raven – Introspection, magic, healing, shape-shifter, destroyer & rebuild, explorer of the unknown & mysterious

Rhino – Solitude, discrimination, spiritual idealism, clairaudient, guardian of ancient wisdom.

Robin – Bringer of love and joy

Salamander – Guardian of dreams, teacher, inner child, sensitivity, transformation & metamorphosis

Salmon – Endurance, strength, proud, intense, confident, determination, knowledge, rebirth, focused, perseverance, plenty & bounty

Scorpion – Self defence, always prepared, vigilant, teacher

Seahorse – Confidence, courage to be different, resourceful & grace

Seal – Adaptation & contentment, agility, intuition, play, joy, grace, plenty & wealth

Shark – Hunter, survival, adaptability, knowledge, wisdom, emotions, fertility, femininity, cleanliness & plenty

Sheep/Ram – Lack of forethought, strength, creativity, vigour, youthful & zeal

Skunk – Courage, defence, reputation, presence, strength, respect, playfulness & nonchalance

Snake – New you, wisdom, growth, awakening, creativity, intuitive, invisibility, impulsive, shrewdness, rebirth, transmutation of energy, busy & life force

Spider – Creative, web spinner, illusion, communication, creation, relationships, entrapment, fear, phobias, weaving & interconnectedness

Squirrel – Guardian, prepared, forthrightness, planner, gatherer, courage & cowardice

Swallow – Speed, agility, protection, rebirth & warmth

Swan – Strength, elegance, refinement. grace, balance, peace, serenity, purity, loyalty and innocence

Tiger – Strength, valour, power, energy, focus, patience, inner sight, healer, vitality and regeneration, courage, will-power & tactics.

Toad – Metamorphosis, transformation, death & birth

Tortoise – Self reliant, self determination, focus & inner wisdom

Turkey – Speed, fertility, generosity, life-giver & sharer

Turtle – Stability, toughness, fertility, nurturer, protector, grounding, Mother Earth energy, inner knowledge, plenty, health & healing (see also Tortoise)

Vulture – Protection, adaptability, versatility, scavenger, ingenuity, resourceful & innovative

Weasel – Strength, energy, ingenuity, speed, agility, guile, stealth & cunning

Whale – Communication, wisdom, intelligence, intuition, keeper of ancient knowledge, power, strength & provider

White Tigger – Devotion, strength and passion, slow & silently

Wolf – Loyalty, co-operation, perseverance, freedom, teacher, independent, camaraderie, courage, rebirth & pathfinder

Wolverine – Cunning, inner vision, able to see and face challenges with clarity & invisibility, shy, ferocious, strength, endurance, persistence & prudence

Woodpecker – Sensitive, protective, devotion, art of discrimination, increased analysis, rhythm, drumming, inner strength, mentally strong & invisibility

Zebra – Protector, enjoyment of challenges, can use energy of light and dark to shift realities, hidden knowledge.