Tiger appears in 2 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.
Animal totems
Tiger
Tiger is a fire animal totem of the south in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with power, passion and solitude. Its medicine is power, passion and will, and its shadow aspect is cruelty and isolation.
Correspondences
Practice
- Magical Uses
- StrengthPassionProtectionWill
Nature and meaning
- Shadow Aspect
- CrueltyIsolationRage
Details
- Keywords
- PowerPassionSolitudeWill
- Medicine
- PowerPassionWillStealth
- When Appears
- Power surfacingThe solitary hunt
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
- Northeast
Sacred timing
- Season
- Spring
Practice
- Magical Uses
- CourageProtectionStrengthLeadership
Nature and meaning
Details
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More in Animal totems
The entries either side of this one in the same catalogue.
- Seal Seal is a water animal totem of the west in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with soul skin, return and trust. Its medicine is trust, return and shapeshifting, and its shadow aspect is losing the skin and betrayal.
- Panther Panther is an earth animal totem of the north in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with shadow, stealth and reclaiming. Its medicine is shadow work, stealth and reclaiming power, and its shadow aspect is repressed anger and hidden agenda.
- Whale Whale is a water animal totem of the west in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with memory, song and depth. Its medicine is memory, song and depth, and its shadow aspect is isolation and drowning in the past.
- Jaguar Jaguar is a fire animal totem of the south in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with shamanic power, night sun and seeing. Its medicine is shamanic journey, night sight and fearlessness, and its shadow aspect is predatory control and ruthlessness.
- Otter Otter is a water animal totem of the west in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with play, joy and flow. Its medicine is play, joy and flow, and its shadow aspect is distraction and idleness.
- Boar Boar is an earth animal totem of the north in the Folk Western tradition. It is associated with confrontation, provision and courage. Its medicine is courage, provision and confrontation, and its shadow aspect is aggression and pigheadedness.
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