Animals can be used in magick in many different ways. They can be used as spell correspondences (e.g. placing a statue or picture of an animal on the alter that corresponds with the purpose of the spell), in rituals, guides in meditation, and as familiars. I'll get to the last three uses in another section (still under construction). For now, here is a list of animals as they correspond to spells.
Ant: Patience, stamina, planning. Working with a group. Energy and determination need to complete work. Building and storing energy for a later project.
Antelope: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Social life, fertility, courage, abundance, prosperity, knowledge, sharing, work, challenge, survival.
Butterfly: Reincarnation, magick, beauty, love, transformation. Knowing and understanding your current position in the cycle of life. Divination concerning future events.
Cat: Protection, knowing when to fight, knowing when to retreat, indenpendance, self-assurance, searching for hidden information.
Centaur: Healing, shape-shifting, music, the arts, divination, inspiration (for artistic talent).
Cheetah: Swiftness, speed, self-esteem, making events occur more quickly.
Coyote: Trickery, cunning, shape-shifting, stealth, opportunity, illumination, truth, creativity. new life, experience. Don't be foolish.
Crane: Intelligence, discipline, vigilance, magick, astral travel. Reaching deeper mysteries and truths. Learning new types of magick.
Crocodile: Deciet, treachery. Lying in wait to get revenge. Patiently waiting for truths. Protection from decietful/manipulating people.
Deer: 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: 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: 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 Communicating with friends or loved ones who are in spirit. Spiritual messanger between worlds. Peace, gentleness, love.
Dragon: Protection, instruction in the spiritual, element magick. Using the spiritual to transform life. Adding extra power to magick.
Eagle: Swiftness, strength, courage, wisdom, keen sight; knowledge of magick. The ability to see hidden spiritual truths. Seeing the overall pattern of life.
Eel: 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: Removal of obstacles and barriers. Always being willing to learn new things. Building confidence.
Falcon: 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: Abundance, prosperity, childern. Harmony in your life. A loving companion. Divination and prophecy. Getting pregnant. Bringing a companion into your life.
Fox 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: 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: Understanding the relationship between psychic energy and cosmic force. Spiritual enlightenment.
Hawk: 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: 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: 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: Happiness, love, relaxation. Don't be so judgmental. Happiness and love in your life.
Leopard: Swiftness, cunning, strength, preserverance, boldness, beauty. Gaining confidence for astral travel and Otherworld journeys.
Lion: Learn to relax; don't carry the stress of one situation to another. Strengthen family ties. Strength, courage, energy. Releasing stress and tension.
Lizard: 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: Ingenuity when dealing with problems. Care and protection of family. Don't "monkey" around, but get on with what you have to do.
Mouse: 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: Inspiration, using your talents with joy. Moon magick.
Otter: 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: 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: Dignity, warning, self-confidence. Use the symbol of the peacock "eye" to see the past, present, and future.
Pegasus: Poetic inspiration; learning astral travel. Changing evil into good. Fame, eloquence.
Rabbit: 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: 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: 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: Protection. When faced with changing the life completely. When facing a separation or divorce. Protection from malicious gossip or physical danger.
Skunk: 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: 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: 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: 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: Aid with interpretation of dream symbols, transitions, spiritual evolution. Developing intuitive abilities, seeing into the future. Divination on a spiritual level.
Tiger: 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: Patience, long life, preserverance. Slow down, enjoy life more, allow you ideas time to develop properly. Learning to relax and enjoy life.
Unicorn: Good will, fame, prosperity, gentleness, purity, strength of mind. Individual power that is unlimited. For wisdom with success. Developing personal power.
Weasel: Revenge, dark magick, cunning, stealth, ingenuity, suspicion. Revenge against evil.
Whale: The sea, music, long life, family, friends, trust. Developing psychic abilities. Working with elemental magick.
Wolf: 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: Revenge, retribution, creating protection barriers of fear as a defense.
~ Resource: "Animal Magick" by D.J. Conway
