Totem Animals

Ant: group mind, patience, action
Badger: aggressive, healer, energy conduit
Bat: 5 blessing of health, wealth, love of virtue, old age, and natural death. Rebirth, secrets, initiation
Bear: Healing, Inner knowing, Childbearing, powerfully protective mother instincts, hibernation, power, healing. Symbolizes introspection and self renewal.
Birds (General): Thought, imagination, intuition, freedom. (Water): Associated with abundance, fertility, and transformation.
Buffalo: sacredness, life
Butterfly: metamorphosis, Ancient symbol of the soul, exemplifies transformation.
Cheetah: swiftness, speed, making events occur quicker.
Cobra: spiritual wisdom from the Goddess, protecting yourself from religious persecution.

Cougar: savagery, fury, remorseless, cunning, hunting, and seeking of freedom, using power in leadership, balancing intention, power and strength.
Cow: Earth mother, nourishment, taking care of physical needs, the wealth of the Earth, fertility cycles of the Moon.
Coyote: Cleverness, guise of the trickster, surviving by ones wits, devilment
Crow: thief. trickery, boldness, skill, cunning, single-mindedness, a bringer of knowledge, swiftness, eloquence, shape-shifting, law, change
Deer: keen scent, grace, swiftness, gentleness, being alert for any danger, psychic powers, alternative paths to a goal, physical pacing, body awareness, Maternal affection, healing touch, grace and gentility, gentleness, caring, kindness
Dog: Companionship, fidelity, household guardian, noble, loyal, teaching
Dolphin: the sea, wisdom, eloquence, freedom, magick, change, discovery, truth, communication, trust, balance, harmony, Psychic abilities, initiators The connection between human sentience and that of the animal kingdom, kindness & play energy
Domestic Cats: strong protector, independent and self-assured, searching for hidden information, seeing spirits. Personal pride, self-assurance, love of beauty, and comfort. Black cats are especially lucky (associations with bad luck come from the Medieval Church, which reviled cats because they were the totem animals of the Love Goddess); embodying the Spirits of Place because of their attachment to their homes.
Dove: Peace, love and fertility.
Dragon: elemental magick, extra power to magick, protection and instruction in the spiritual. The raw, powerful, flowing, energies of the Life Force as it courses through landforms and the elements of Fire, Water, and Air, longevity, infinity, wisdom, movement thru space
Dragonfly: dreams, illusions, understanding dreams, seeing the truth in any situation or person, Ethereal, illusionary beauty, flighty, carefree
Eagle: swiftness, strength, courage, wisdom, keen sight, knowledge of magick, ability to see hidden spiritual truths. High ideals, spiritual philosophy Spiritual power, the ability to soar beyond all limitations, divine spirit, connection to creator
Falcon: magickal, astral travel, healing, releasing the soul of a dying person, sending energy and soul-healing to a dying person for an easy transition, Astral traveling, healing, soul healing, the release of a soul for a dying person and magick.
Fish: The Water element, fertility and richness.
Fox: cunning, slyness, the ability to make fool out of those who pursue you, stealth, wisdom, invisibility. Elusiveness, cleverness cunning, agility, quick witted
Frog: Transformation, evolution, small impulses that lead to meaningful things, also the herald of nourishing rain and the beginning of spring, water energy
Hawk: clear sightedness, being observant, far-memory, overcoming problems, courage, defense, wisdom, illumination, new life, creativity, recalling past lives, truth and experience, messenger, intuition, discernment, Alertness, awareness, ability to see the heart of the matter, Perception, Focus, protection
Horse: stamina, endurance, faithfulness, travel, journey, swiftness, friends, loyalty, astral traveling, checking a situation for possible danger. Stability, courage, Great power coupled with great gentility, personal power in both physical and spiritual domains, stamina, mobility
Hummingbird: Pure joy, ecstatic lightness of being, love charm.
Jaguar: developing the ability to walk without fear in other world realms, releasing fear, shaman wisdom, focused power, messenger, timelessness
Ladybug: Good luck coming from the gifts of the Love Goddess.
Lamb: Innocence, the playful vitality of youth.
Lion: learn to relax, strengthen family ties, strength, courage, energy, releasing stress and tension. The raw power of the fire elements.
Lizard: Basking habits show the lizards love of the sun, and the Sun returns that love; symbolized the solar powers that value and nourish even small things, conservation
Lynx:  keeper of secrets, guardian, guide
Moose: headstrong, longevity, steadfastness
Mountain Lion: Strength, elusiveness, courage, leadership, foresight
Mouse: Innocence, faith, trust, The importance of the small things in life, scrutiny, order, organizer
Opossum: diversion, strategist, deceiver
Otter: playful, prognostication, woman medicine
Owl: symbolic wisdom, shadow work, deception, clairvoyance, insight(the night eagle)
Porcupine: innocence, companionship, trust
Panther: swiftness, sunning, strength, perseverance, boldness, beauty, gaining confidence.
Pig: Their rounded shape suggests pregnancy, fertility, and abundance; their rooting around also associates them with the Earth mysteries.
Rabbit: faith, nurturance Fertility, sexuality, abundance, fear, timidity, nervousness
Raccoon: curiosity, and creativity with problems
Raven: help with divination, wisdom, eloquence, magick, magick of the Crone, Inner journeys, dreams, introspection, courage, self knowledge
Seahorse: confidence, grace
Seal: protection from malicious gossip or physical danger.
Serpent: Associated with the healing arts because of self-renewal and spiraling coils suggesting the flow of the Life Force; and going into the ground represents knowledge of the mysteries (also means union with the Goddess), shrewdness, rebirth
Shark: hunter, survival, adaptability
Spider: The web of life (ancient symbol relevant to modern ecology), personal skill, good luck for craft persons and witches, creatrix, web spinner
Swan: grace, balance, innocence
Toad: A spirit of place that confers well-being to a home; recognizing beauty in homely things.
Tiger: power, energy, finding strength and will power to tackle an unpleasant situation.
Turkey: generosity, life giver, sharer
Turtle: Longevity and protective, security, nurturer, protector, mother energy
 Whale: wisdom, provider.

Winged Insects: Harbingers of Spirit, Earth's fertility, social cooperation, industriousness.
Wolf: cunning, escaping hunters, ability to pass by dangers invisibly, outwitting those who wish you harm. An astral wolf could lead you to a spiritual teacher. Strong protection., spiritual guidance in dreams and meditations. Earth wisdom, protection, Finding new energy by making contact with the inner, wild, and primitive level of being, loyalty, perseverance, success

 

EGYPTIAN/MYTHICAL CREATURES

Phoenix: Rebirth, reincarnation, renewal of energy and strength, spiritual growth.

Scarab Beetle: Transformation, rebirth into eternal life.
Sphinx: initiation, end of a cycle, element magick, meeting the Dark Mother; instruction from her.
Unicorn: Purity, innocence, justice, the untouched state of Nature.