Snake appears in 3 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.
Animal totems
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.
Correspondences
- Element
- Fire
- Direction
- South
- Chakra
- Root ChakraSacral Chakra
Practice
- Magical Uses
- TransformationHealingKundaliniShedding old self
Nature and meaning
- Shadow Aspect
- VenomDeceptionDanger
- Deities
- AsclepiusQuetzalcoatlShiva
Details
- Keywords
- TransformationRebirthHealingKundalini
- Medicine
- TransmutationWisdomPatienceHealing
- When Appears
- Transformation neededHealing crisisRebirth
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
- Southeast
Sacred timing
- Season
- Summer
Practice
- Magical Uses
- WisdomTransformationHealingKundalini
Nature and meaning
- Deities
- AsclepiusQuetzalcoatl
Details
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
- 7
Practice
- Advice
Look for the motive beneath the charm and take the long way round if it is honest.
- Magical Uses
- TemptationDivinationCartomancy
Nature and meaning
- Meaning
A detour, a rival or a cunning woman; temptation, complication and knowledge that costs.
Details
- Playing Card
- Queen of Clubs
- Keywords
- TemptationDetourCunningWisdom
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More in Animal totems
The entries either side of this one in the same catalogue.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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