Dragon appears in 2 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.
Animal totems
Dragon
Dragon is a fire animal totem of the center in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with power, magic and treasure. Its medicine is elemental power, ancient wisdom and protection, and its shadow aspect is hoarding and destruction.
Correspondences
Practice
- Magical Uses
- PowerElemental magicProtectionTreasure guardian
Nature and meaning
- Shadow Aspect
- HoardingDestructionGreed
- Deities
- TiamatQuetzalcoatl
Details
- Keywords
- PowerMagicTreasureTransformation
- Medicine
- Elemental powerAncient wisdomProtectionTreasure
- When Appears
- Claim powerAncient wisdomTreasure within
Chinese zodiac
The compass direction is the modern 8-point scheme; the Feng Shui 24-mountain system places several animals differently (Dragon SE, Monkey SW). The deities listed are a modern Western correspondence overlay on this Chinese system, not part of the tradition.
Correspondences
- Direction
- East
Sacred timing
- Season
- Spring
Practice
- Magical Uses
- PowerSuccessTransformationProsperity
Nature and meaning
- Deities
- TiamatQuetzalcoatl
Details
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More in Animal totems
The entries either side of this one in the same catalogue.
- Hawk Hawk is an air animal totem of the east in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with vision, perspective and focus. Its medicine is perspective, clarity and messages, and its shadow aspect is narrow focus and missing details.
- Bee Bee is an air animal totem of the east in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with community, productivity and sweetness. Its medicine is community, fertility and productivity, and its shadow aspect is overwork and hive mind.
- Frog Frog is a water animal totem of the west in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with cleansing, transformation and fertility. Its medicine is cleansing, emotional healing and tears, and its shadow aspect is stagnation and toxicity.
- Bat Bat is an earth animal totem of the west in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with rebirth, transition and darkness. Its medicine is rebirth, facing fear and intuition, and its shadow aspect is fear and darkness.
- Hummingbird Hummingbird is an air animal totem of the south in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with joy, lightness and sweetness. Its medicine is joy, healing and energy, and its shadow aspect is hyperactivity and inability to rest.
- Elephant Elephant is an earth animal totem of the north in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with wisdom, memory and strength. Its medicine is ancient wisdom, memory and loyalty, and its shadow aspect is never forget and stubbornness.
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