Looking for A Spirit Animal?
Spirit Animal Meanings
Top 5 Spirit Animals
Wolf spirit animal
Owl spirit animal
Bear spirit animal
Hawk spirit animal
Fox spirit animal
How To Find Your Spirit Animal
When developing a meaningful relationship with your spirit animal, prepare yourself to explore a world where you can rely more on your imagination and intuition, rather than only using your intellectual abilities and rational mind.
There are many different ways to find your spirit animal:
- Meditation
- Going in nature and observing
- Calling the animal
- Process of self-inquiry
- Writing about it in your journal
- Imagination
- Journeying with sound
These are a few methods among many used to find the animal or animals you have a special connection with. >> Learn more on how to find your spirit animal.
Spirit Animal Symbolism
Animals are omnipresent in our lives whether they are pets or live in the wild, yet we often lack a clear understanding of their symbolic nature and what they could mean. When we relate to the spirit of animals, they may offer us powerful insight.
In the world of spirit animals, animals can symbolize:
- Aspects of your personality
- Skills or traits that we have cultivated successfully or have yet to develop
- A situation or emotions that have recently arisen
- Spirit animals can also offer guidance, an intuitive understanding
Search the list above for more information.
How to develop a meaningful connection with your spirit animal
When we bond with an animal spirit guide, we are encouraged to:
- Discover ourselves, get a felt sense of our strengths and weaknesses, the skills we have developed and our potential
- Loosen up our personality and habits and open up to transformation
- Open up to new perspectives on our relationship with nature and the earth as a whole
- Feel the power of the animal and be inspired by its qualities
- Call on the animal spirit to get support and guidance
Connecting with spirit animals brings new understanding about ourselves and our relationship with our world. When we cultivate our connection with animals and their spirit, we form powerful bonds with allies and guides that can help us in learning more about ourselves, engaging in life more fully and facing challenges.
Discover Your Spirit Animal
Is it the Owl or the Butterfly? Find out now with the new Spirit Animal Quiz. This free online quiz will help you find your spirit animal the easy way.
The Purpose of Spirit Animals
Spirit animals carry meaningful messages and lessons for those who are listening and know how to decode them. A function of your spirit animal to guide you and bring to your attention something that needs to be acknowledged, dealt with or a skill you could use or develop further.
Spirit animals can provide guidance on:
- An aspect of yourself that is already strongly developed or needs to be explored more
- A situation or environment in your everyday life that has a strong emotional impact
- A life direction you could consider or reflect on
Hello, yesterday I saw a hawk perched on a wire in a food garden I walk by for volunteering. It then flew and perched next to its mate, another hawk and they both looked at me. I went about my business volunteering and when I stepped outside I noticed one of the hawks perched on a small branch very close to me. IT was very observant and I took a picture of it and went about my business. When I left volunteering the hawk was perched on the wire where I first saw it and it flew away. Does this mean anything? I have recently been thinking about whether to break up with my boyfriend or not and asked for a sign or something.
I forgot to mention, I have seen one of the hawks before, but never both of them and while I was volunteering I heard their cry. They have never been so up close to me before. They usually kept their distance far.
Today, I heard the sound of a hawk on my way to class. And sure enough at the top of a tall oak tree there was red-shouldered hawk. The same type of hawk I saw yesterday. This time I decided to pay attention to it and I watched it for about 5 minutes and I noticed it was calling to something nearby. It flew to another branch on the tree and perched next to its mate and they were side by side on the same branch at the top of the tree. After a minute or so, one flew away and the other one followed.Any opinions?
Hello I would like to ask you a few questions about Spirit animals if you could email me that would be great
I have bluebirds coming to me daily. Whole tree full. Question meaning???
I have the same situation, but with Robins. No matter where I seem to be there are at least two there in my path as I walk and at home there are several. I can’t make sense of it.
Except for the ones at home of course.
I am a butterfly
i keep seein a phoenix and a griffin. i am wondering if someone can help me find out why?
Hi Kelly,
The phoenix is a bird born from the ashes of its parents internal combustion, the Egyptians/Persians saw them as a representation of our souls. When are souls leave one body and enters a new life so to speak.
(http://www.controverscial.com/Phoenix.htm)
as for the Griffin as a guide
A symbol of protector or guardian, a griffin (also spelled gryphon) symbolizes both air and earth elements. It is usually depicted as a lion’s body with the wings of an eagle . The head may be either of a lion or a bird. If you are visited by a griffin you may need to look to see if your human and spiritual bodies are in balance. You could either be too focused on earthly endeavors, forgetting that in essence you are spirit. Or, on the other hand you may be too entrenched in spiritual lessons, ignoring important lessons that the human form is offering to you. Griffins are interested in loyalty, justice, and fairness.
(http://healing.about.com/od/animaltotems/ss/mystical-creatures-and-mythological-figures_8.htm)
I found my animal spirit by a dream my dream was that I went hiking alone in the forest and I saw a shadow that was howling which made sense because in my dream I began howling I also had a great connection with huskys because I saw a husky after that dream because it reminded me of the wolf
I hate to bust the bubble but a spirit animal is not always who you are. You have to dream it see it hear it know your lesson. All spirits teach. Not every aNima yof see is yours some times they’re guids. My familyou has a long history of linx. Others I know be the elk. Others the spider. Tests do not tell you these things.
This is so cool!!! My sprit animal is a huming bird!! I’m Going to tell all my friends about this :) :) :)
My spirit animal is owl :p
Cool Quiz! I got a butterfly. Not what I was expecting, but after reading the description, I understood why I got that.
Cool! My spirit animal is a tiger, which is spot on! I’ve always felt a connection with tigers, and I think I know why now!
I just had to share this. So I never knew anything about spiritual animals, and I stumbled upon this website tonight, which is incredible by the way. Took the quiz, said mine was an owl, which makes perfect sense. The characteristics are spot on, and I’ve always been in awe over owls. So it says now that you’ve discovered this, pay attention for signs. Well I live next to a bar. I hear loud drunk people all of the time outside. I am standing in my kitchen tonight doing the dishes, and all of a sudden, someone is outside yelling “hooty-whooo…hooty-whooo”. This went on about three times. I was like omg! Hahaha…awesome! It totally made my night. And as silly as it was, I feel that was confirmation that the owl is my spiritual animal :)
I’m owl too:)