Horse appears in 2 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.
Animal totems
Horse
Horse is a fire animal totem of the south in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with freedom, power and journey. Its medicine is power, freedom and travel, and its shadow aspect is wildness and untamed.
Correspondences
Practice
- Magical Uses
- FreedomTravelPowerJourney work
Nature and meaning
- Shadow Aspect
- WildnessUntamedRestlessness
Details
- Keywords
- FreedomPowerJourneyStamina
- Medicine
- PowerFreedomTravelGrace
- When Appears
- Journey beginsClaim freedomPower rising
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
- South
Sacred timing
- Season
- Summer
Practice
- Magical Uses
- FreedomTravelSpeedVitality
Nature and meaning
Details
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More in Animal totems
The entries either side of this one in the same catalogue.
- Deer Deer is an earth animal totem of the east in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with gentleness, grace and sensitivity. Its medicine is gentleness, peace and compassion, and its shadow aspect is timidity and oversensitivity.
- Butterfly Butterfly is an air animal totem of the east in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with transformation, rebirth and joy. Its medicine is transformation, joy and color, and its shadow aspect is fragility and impermanence.
- Snake Snake is a fire animal totem of the south in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with transformation, rebirth and healing. Its medicine is transmutation, wisdom and patience, and its shadow aspect is venom and deception.
- Spider Spider is an earth animal totem of the center in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with creativity, weaving and fate. Its medicine is creativity, weaving fate and patience, and its shadow aspect is manipulation and entrapment.
- Raven Raven is an air animal totem of the west in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with magic, prophecy and transformation. Its medicine is magic, healing and creation, and its shadow aspect is trickery and theft.
- Dolphin Dolphin is a water animal totem of the west in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with joy, playfulness and harmony. Its medicine is breath, sound and rhythm, and its shadow aspect is escapism and avoidance.
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