What is a Spirit Animal? How do they guide you in life?


What is a Spirit Animal? How do they guide you in life?
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As per the Native American traditions, every person has nine spirit animals or totems out of which one of them is their main totem animal. These totem animals guide people throughout their lives. Your main spirit animal remains with you all the time while the others come to your rescue when you need them in life. A totem animal is your guide and protector. Your main totem animal is your spirit animal. It’s the one animal that you strongly connect with. You may share similar traits and characteristics with your spirit animal. You share strength and weaknesses with this animal and your deal with life and its challenges the same way this animal does. This animal also guides you in life and teaches you important lessons and provides you with wisdom.
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It is believed that this animal chooses you and not the other way around. This animal is your ally and can show you the correct path when you stray. You don’t necessarily have to have a physical interaction with this animal. You can simply connect with an animal and realize that you share traits with it without even meeting it. You can simply feel connected after reading about the animal and its traits. It’s common to dream of your spirit animal. Sometimes your spirit animal provides you with guidance through a dream. If you have physically interacted with this animal then you will feel a strong connection with it and also share personality traits.
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You will feel protective about this animal and sometimes people also keep their spirit animal as pets. Your spirit animal also connects with you immediately when you meet them. This spirit animal may get you gifts or show its affection towards you in different ways. For example, if your spirit animal is a bird you may see it flying near your house often. It may leave you small gifts like a feather or make a nest close to your home. If your spirit animal is a pet like a cat, you may feel a strong connection with them and they may reciprocate by being more loving and caring towards you. It could be an animal like a wolf and you may feel the need to have a pack or in other words a group of your own with one person being the alpha. In short, your spirit animal is like your alter ego and stays with you throughout your life. You will feel a strong spiritual connection with this spirit animal of yours. It’s important you appreciate and respect it.

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