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Your Medicine Wheel Animal Spirits Oracle Reading

This reading explores the energies present in your life in each area of the Medicine Wheel. Choose this spread when you need a greater understanding of the inner forces at work in your life today.

Scroll down to learn the influence of each Animal Spirit. Click on the images to see larger versions.

 

 
Black Swan
North
 
Ant
West
Turtle
Center
Bear
South
 
Blue Jay
East
 

 

Center: The animal spirit that appears in the center of the Medicine Wheel reflects who you are at this point in time.

Turtle

Turtle

Turtle carries his home on his back, and his question to you today is whether your life is weighed down with "things" that serve no purpose. Everyone loves buying stuff, but do you use shopping, spending, and the acquisition of "things" as a substitute for passion, conviction, commitment? It's worth thinking about, isn't it?

North: The animal that appears in the North shows you how to walk your talk. Here lies your connection with your Higher Self.

Black Swan

Black Swan

Wherever the Black Swan appears in your reading you can expect unexpected and unpredictable events to majorly impact your life in that aspect. Beyond noting that the influences Black Swan indicates will be extraordinarily large in scope, it may be difficult to tell if the fortune it foretells will be good or bad. Black Swan affected events may begin so subtly that they are very difficult to identify. When trying to discover what the Black Swan portends for you, look for events that do not occur in your life regularly or at all.

East: This animal reveals the direction you need to take in order to gain clarity about your present situation.

Blue Jay

Blue Jay

Blue Jay encourages you to be a little sassy today! If there's something you've been wanting, ask for it. If there's an issue that needs confrontation, don't sweep it under the rug or Blue Jay will drag it back out into the open. One word of caution, though - Blue Jays will eat the young of other birds - so be direct, but not destructive.

South: This animal explores issues dealing with your inner child, and shows the energy needed to trust your own process.

Bear

Bear

Bear represents a time of reflection and stillness - a time of entering the inner cave of Self to contemplate life's challenges. Bear often appears during times of confusion and unrest - those unsettling moments when you turn to everyone you know for answers - everyone except yourself. Go within, ask the hard questions - then listen.

West: The animal that appears in the West holds the answer to your present challenge.

Ant

Ant

Ant is dutiful, patient, industrious and focused. If you ever put an obstacle in the middle of an ant trail, you'll notice that ant will go over it, around it, or even under it - but ant will NOT let the obstacle drive him backwards. Above all, ant is a team player, and knows that if each member of the team does his assigned task, the team will succeed. Do you have goals that are best met by team effort? If so, get the other players off the bench and let them into your game.