Bear appears in 2 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.
Animal totems
Bear
Bear is an earth animal totem of the north in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with strength, introspection and grounding. Its medicine is courage, healing and solitude, and its shadow aspect is aggression and isolation.
Correspondences
- Element
- Earth
- Direction
- North
- Chakra
- Root Chakra
Practice
- Magical Uses
- ProtectionGroundingCourageHealing
Nature and meaning
- Shadow Aspect
- AggressionIsolationStubbornness
Details
- Keywords
- StrengthIntrospectionGroundingProtection
- Medicine
- CourageHealingSolitudeMotherhood
- When Appears
- Need for strengthTime for introspectionProtection needed
Lenormand
Lenormand cards are read in pairs and lines rather than as archetypes; the playing-card inset is traditional and is not used in every school. This deck is the 36-card Petit Lenormand, not the 54-card Grand Jeu.
Correspondences
- Number
- 15
Practice
- Advice
Use strength to shield rather than to crush, and know who holds the power in the room.
- Magical Uses
- PowerDivinationCartomancy
Nature and meaning
- Meaning
Power, protection and authority; a boss, matriarch or strong older figure and the resources they command.
Details
- Playing Card
- 10 of Clubs
- Keywords
- PowerProtectionAuthorityResources
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- Hedgehog Hedgehog is an earth animal totem of the north in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with boundary, self protection and domestic luck. Its medicine is knowing when to curl, home protection and small courage, and its shadow aspect is defensiveness and fear of contact.
- Wolf Wolf is an air animal totem of the north in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with loyalty, instinct and pack. Its medicine is loyalty, intuition and freedom, and its shadow aspect is lone wolf syndrome and pack mentality.
- Parrot Parrot is an air animal totem of the east in the Hindu tradition. It is associated with speech, mimicry and social bond. Its medicine is learning by ear, good speech and company, and its shadow aspect is gossip and echoing without understanding.
- Eagle Eagle is an air animal totem of the east in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with vision, freedom and perspective. Its medicine is clarity, courage and wisdom, and its shadow aspect is arrogance and detachment.
- Bull Bull is an earth animal totem of the north in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with strength, fertility and stubbornness. Its medicine is endurance, fertility and steady power, and its shadow aspect is obstinacy and violence.
- Owl Owl is an air animal totem of the north in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with wisdom, intuition and mystery. Its medicine is seeing through deception, wisdom and transition, and its shadow aspect is fear of unknown and secrets.
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