What is your totem?

[Kagen4o4]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

You don't know yours? It's so obvious.....I just assumed that you already knew. It's the Sperm Whale.

are you just saying that because my head is full of an oil that resembles semen?

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by Kagen4o4

are you just saying that because my head is full of an oil that resembles semen?

not so much.....mainly, it's your blowhole

[Kagen4o4]

touche LJ

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Kitsune

No, I was certain you were a beast of burden.

That he may be, but LJ's totem is the chinchilla.

[Ibby]

NO.

My girlfriend = chinchilla.

yes. good. all is well. carry on. nothing to see here.

stop staring at me!

[richlevy]

Mine would be an owl. I see that Dar512 has already taken that as well.

[wolf]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I like Clydesdale, I'll take that as a compliment. BUT, from the time I was about 14, all though school and even to this day, to a lesser extent, my close friends call me Bear.

I'm pretty sure Wolf's totem, despite her name, is the moose.

Bruce is indeed about the beariest bear out there ... anyone who has met him can certainly confirm that.

Moose is one of my totems ... you can have more than one, you know, especially if you're a magick-worker or shaman. You end up with a whole peanut gallery of helpers, some of which are more closely associated with you than others. I have also learned from crow and fox and coyote. (Moose is about patience and balance, the kind of balance necessary to understand and appreciate your enemies).

Sometimes you stay with a single primary totem throughout your life, other times, they can switch on you ... which has happened to me. I spent a very long time with wolf as my primary guardian (thus my handle). A few years or so ago, somebody else stepped up to the front, and I am now a member of the hawk family, in a manner of speaking ... Black Storm Hawk is what I am now called.

Any creature can be a totem animal or guardian, they don't have to just be the large, cool popular ones. Each particular animal has it's own teachings and lessons to impart to us. One of my friend's totem animal is the cricket ... they aren't all celestial tigers and jaguars. You also, incidentally end up with both the good and the bad qualities of the creature that walks with you ... so folks with rabbit, for example, can be fertile (of body or imagination), very strong sense of community and home, but also can be timid to the point of immobility. Eagles fly highest and closest to Great Spirit, carry the messages of the Gods to Earth, see clearly and far, however, have such a huge damn ego that sometimes it's difficult for them to get over themselves and off the ground.

How the animal presents itself in vision also can tell you about your guardian ... walking, flying, swimming, smiling, hunting? What color variations/phase is your guardian ... White Bear, Ice Bear, Brown Bear, Smoking Bear, etc.

For a while the native circle I pray with was a little heavy on wolves ... Shadow, Silver, White, Flying, and Snow ... while it's more customary to refer to someone by the "animal" part of their name, in this case, we went with their "first" names, for obvious reasons.

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by wolf

Moose is one of my totems

Aw, shucks. Thanks.

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by wolf

How the animal presents itself in vision also can tell you about your guardian ... walking, flying, swimming, smiling, hunting? What color variations/phase is your guardian ... White Bear, Ice Bear, Brown Bear, Smoking Bear, etc.

Your whole post was very cool to read. I am intrigued and you answered my question. I did dream of BEING a wolf running in a forest. I don't feel any close affiliation though except for the running part.

I lean toward birds and cats and I dearly love horses. Is it hard to keep your love for animals seeping into the 'what I WANT' as a totum instead of what is drawn to me.

Having Native American blood in me I am drawn to these ways. I believe in visions but I have an analytical mind. ( spare the crappy spelling)

I found a test. It came up with the wolf as my totum. It could have been salmon if I had chosen the other toss up question the test threw at me.

haha @ salmon. Wonder what that means ? oh and oddy enough I have dreamed of swimming under water and being able to breath water which of course neither can I do :p

You scored as Wolf.

You are the Wolf. When you are with someone, your allegience never falters. Your family is very important to you and you will protect that family with all you have, no matter what.
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Wolf

100% Salmon

100% Bull

92% Dog

83% Deer

83% Stag

75% Eagle

67% Fox

67% Horse

67% Dragon

58% Snake

50% Ram

50% Bear

42% Crow

42%


actually those scores are wrong. Wolf 100% and Salmon 100% It is bull at 92% and adjusted in sequence like that all the way down.
I don't know why it messed up when I posted it. I don't know how to fix it either. ( simple sort here)

http://quizfarm.com/results.php

[wolf]

Salmon is a fish of great wisdom to the Celts, and great tastiness to just about everyone ...

Salmon medicine is about persistence and stick-to-it-ive-ness, and having a very strong sense of home (that whole swimming upstream thing, see). The downside is that salmon people can have a kind of tunnel vision about their goals and desires, such that they can miss on other opportunities.

[wolf]

I was unable to locate the animal totem test, however, I learned that I was of the geek/nerd clique in high school from that site.

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by wolf

Salmon is a fish of great wisdom to the Celts, and great tastiness to just about everyone ...

Salmon medicine is about persistence and stick-to-it-ive-ness, and having a very strong sense of home (that whole swimming upstream thing, see). The downside is that salmon people can have a kind of tunnel vision about their goals and desires, such that they can miss on other opportunities.

ahh, spot on. Thanks

You answered my other question. I didn't have any idea of how that related but now I see it does. So true on the downside as well.

My son said sometimes people reminded him of animals. He is not mystical at all just a normal kid so I didn't understand what he meant when he said he thought we both looked like fish to him. I do have big eyes and lips.

lol


anyway, thanks again wolf. I learned so much from you this morning

Totem link - The cells didn't line up quite right on that last post. This link should work.
http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=13435&first=yes

[limey]

I found the totem test, it's on the fourth or fifth page of tests, near the top. Apparently my totem is the fox - comments, please, Wolf (or anyone!)?

[wolf]

Take as a given that the test may not be accurate ...

But fox is about invisibility, secrets, and the ability to hide in plain sight. Like many canids, she also tells us about maintaining a safe and stable home and relationship.

[Rock Steady]

I thought my totem was the Pack Rat.

You scored as Bear.
You are the bear. You have a great strength in your limbs as well as in your heart. You enjoy being playful more than anything and love life.

Wolf
83%
Horse
83%
Deer
83%
Bear
83%
Eagle
75%
Dragon
75%
Bull
75%
Dog
67%
Fox
67%
Salmon
67%
Crow
50%
Ram
50%
Stag
42%
Snake
8%