Scarab appears in 2 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.
Animal totems
Scarab
Scarab is an earth animal totem of the east in the Egyptian tradition. It is associated with rebirth, sun and transformation. Its medicine is rolling the sun, patient repetition and self renewal, and its shadow aspect is stagnation and obsessive repetition.
Correspondences
Practice
- Magical Uses
- RebirthProtectionSun magicPerseverance
Nature and meaning
- Shadow Aspect
- StagnationObsessive repetitionDenial of decay
Details
- Keywords
- RebirthSunTransformationPerseverance
- Medicine
- Rolling the sunPatient repetitionSelf renewalProtection
- When Appears
- A cycle is turningThe small work mattersRenewal is close
Symbols
The Egyptian scarab is encoded as U+131A3, EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH L001.
Correspondences
Practice
- Magical Uses
- RebirthProtectionSun magicTransformation
Nature and meaning
- Meaning
The dung beetle rolling the ball of the sun: Khepri, the rising sun, and the self-renewing soul.
Details
- Keywords
- RebirthSunTransformationProtection
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- Cobra Cobra is a fire animal totem of the south in the Egyptian tradition. It is associated with kundalini, sovereignty and venom. Its medicine is rising power, royal protection and precise strike, and its shadow aspect is vengeance and seduction.
- 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.
- Ibis Ibis is an air animal totem of the east in the Egyptian tradition. It is associated with writing, wisdom and judgment. Its medicine is clear writing, discernment and record keeping, and its shadow aspect is pedantry and cold judgment.
- 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.
- Heron Heron is a water animal totem of the west in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with patience, stillness and self reliance. Its medicine is waiting well, precision and emotional stillness, and its shadow aspect is coldness and over caution.
- 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.
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