"Animal Medicine triples with wolf and dog contrary flying out of the deck while I shuffled today."
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Wolf
Teacher
Wolf . . .
Teacher,
Pathfinder,
Moon-dog of my soul.
Howling,
Singing,
Teaching how to know.
Wolf is the pathfinder, the forerunner of new ideas who returns to the clan to teach and share medicine.
Wolf takes one mate for life and is loyal like Dog.
If you were to keep company with Wolves, you would find an enormous sense of family within
the pack, as well as a strong individualistic urge.
These qualities make Wolf very much like the human race.
As humans, we also have an ability to be a part of society and yet still embody our individual dreams and ideas.
In the Great Star Nation, Wolf is represented by the Dog Star, Sirius, which legend tells us was the original home of our teachers in ancient times.
Sirius was thought to be the home of the gods by the ancient Egyptians, and is still considered so by the Dogan tribe in Africa.
It stands to reason that Native American peoples would formulate this same connection and adopt Wolf people as the clan of teachers.
The senses of Wolf are very keen, and the moon is its power ally.
The moon is the symbol of psychic energy, or the unconscious that holds the secrets of knowledge and wisdom.
Baying at the moon may be an indication of Wolf's desire to connect with new ideas which are just below the surface of consciousness.
Wolf medicine empowers the teacher within us all to come forth and aid the children of Earth in understanding the Great Mystery and life.
If you have drawn Wolf's card, you may be able to share your personal medicine with others.
Your intuitive side may also have an answer or teaching for your personal use at this time.
As you feel Wolf coming alive within you, you may wish to share your knowledge by writing or lecturing on information that will help others better understand their uniqueness or path in life.
It is in the sharing of great truths that the consciousness of humanity will attain new heights.
Wolf could also be telling you to seek out lonely
places that will allow you to see your teacher within.
In the aloneness of a power place, devoid of other humans, you may find the true you.
Look for teachings no matter where you are.
Wolf would not come to you unless you requested the appearance of the tribe's greatest teacher.
Contrary:
If Wolf is reversed, you are being asked to expand you limited view of the present situation.
Doing this may entail a great deal of courage and willingness to look at new ideas.
It could also required that you delete some old ideas to make room for the expansiveness that always comes when you are willing to learn.
The gift of wisdom comes to you when you have walked enough pathways and found enough dead ends truly know the forest.
In the discovery and rediscovery of every inch of ground comes the knowledge that nothing ever remains the same.
Contrary Wolf may also be telling you that stagnation or fear of asserting your viewpoint has bogged down the flow of change in your life.
Wolf reversed is always urging you to seek the teachers of pathfinders that will show you the way to new life experiences.
Remember, the teacher or pathfinder may be the small still voice within, as well as a person, a leaf, a cloud, a stone, a tree, a book, or the Great Spirit.
To live is to grow, and growing comes through accepting all life forms as your teachers.
Become Wolf, and take up the sense of adventure. You may just stop howling and learn to become the moon.
Overview:
In American Indian cosmology, Wolf is not regarded as a lethal animal but as a teacher and pathfinder - one who leads the way.
The Wolf has highly developed senses: its nose, for instance, is a hundred times more sensitive than the human's.
It can sense the difference between real and imagined dangers.
The confrontation of Wolf as a power animal is an indication of being taken to meet your inner Teacher and to receive direct, personal teaching.
Wolf will reveal to you that anyone and anything can be a teacher.
You can learn from trees, plants, animals, birds, rocks, and stones, and even from the wind and the rain.
You just need to be alert and learn to listen.
Wolf thus indicates a coming forth of knowledge that is beneath the level of consciousness and within the unconscious.
Be teachable.
Find new paths and options.
Break through.
Be a role model.
Share your inner knowing.
Dog . . .
You are noble,
Until the bitter end,
Your medicine is the teaching,
Of true and loyal friends.
If Dog has been yelled at or paddled, it still returns love to the person who was the source of its bad treatment.
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Dog - Contrary
Loyalty
You are noble,
Until the bitter end,
Your medicine is the teaching,
Of true and loyal friends.
Contrary:
In the contrary position, Dog may be telling you that you have become critical or mean due to the company you are keeping.
The reversal of this medicine could also imply that it is time to stop cowering with fear, and time to begin to tackle the adversaries of your confidence.
The key is to realize that these are not external enemies, but thought-forms in your own mind which tell you that you are not worthy of loyalty -
either to yourself or to others.
You may want to examine the patterns of disloyalty in your life.
Do you, for example, pass on gossip, or not speak up when someone else is rumour-mongering?
Do you make jokes that belittle others?
Do you refuse to return kindness?
Do you refuse to return kindness?
These are characteristics of fear, and particularly of a fear that is common to the human, two-legged family: the fear of not belonging or of not being approved of.
Reclaim the power of loyalty to self and self truths.
Become like Dog - your own best friend.
These noble animals would often give warning signals of approaching danger.
They helped in the hunt and were a great source of warmth on long winter nights.
Since the canine tribe has many breeds, early Indian Dogs were usually half- wild.
This wildness, however, never divested the owners of their Dog's innate loyalty.
Dog has been considered the servant of humanity throughout history.
If a person carries Dog medicine, he or she is usually serving others or humanity in some way.
Here you will find the charity worker, the philanthropist, the nurse, the counsellor, the minister, and the soldier.
Dog was the servant-soldier that guarded the tribe's lodges from surprise attack.
Dog is a medicine that embodies the loving gentleness of best friend and the half-wild
protector energy of territorial imperative.
Like Anubis, the jackal dog protector of Egypt,
Dog is a guardian.
Throughout history, Dog has been the guardian of hell, as well as of ancient secrets, hidden treasures, and babies - while mothers were cooking or in the fields.
Dog honours its gifts and is loyal to the trust placed in its care.
In examining Dog medicine, you might find that you have fond personal memories of owning and loving Dog as a pet.
The message that Dogs are trying to give you is that you must delve deeply into your sense of service to others.
Canines are genuinely service-oriented animals, and are devoted to their owners with a sense of
loyalty that supersedes how they are treated.
If Dog has been yelled at or paddled, it still returns love to the person who was the source of its bad treatment.
This does not come from stupidity, but rather from a deep and compassionate understanding of human shortcomings.
It is as if a tolerant spirit dwells in the heart of every canine that asks only to be of service.
You can also see Dogs that have had the loyalty beaten out of them.
They cower and cry at the slightest look of disapproval, but this is not their normal nature.
Some varieties of Dogs have even been trained against their natures to be brutal and vicious.
Out of a sense of service, these breeds have adopted the attack-oriented desires of their
owners.
They carry an altered genetic memory of what service means if they are to be approved of by their masters.
Dog medicine asks you to look at how readily your sense of loyalty is countermanded by your need for approval.
If you have pulled the Dog card, there are several questions you need to consider, depending on the situation about which you are asking.
(1) Have I recently forgotten that I owe my allegiance to my personal truth in life?
(2) Is it possible that gossip or the opinions of others have jaded my loyalty to a certain friend or group?
(3) Have I denied or ignored someone who is trying to be my loyal friend?
(4) Have I been loyal and true to my goals?
Overview:
Be loyal to yourself. Be true to others. Bolster your integrity.
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Badger
Aggressiveness
Badger . . .
Badger . . .
Badger . . .
Until you reach your goal,
Know the inner power,
That lives in your soul.
Badger . . .
Until you reach your goal,
Know the inner power,
That lives in your soul.
Overview:
Badger is a quick and aggressive animal which will fight ferociously for what it wants.
It lives in burrows and feeds of the roots of plants. As a power animal, Badger teaches the need to fight for your rights and to defend your principles against any attack.
Badger emphasizes that you should take the initiative in any difficult situation, and not just accept it meekly.
If the problem is an emotional one, Badger encourages you not to keep your feelings bottled up inside but to let off steam.
Have a good cry.
Blow your top.
You will feel better afterwards.
Badger is helpful in healing and harmonizing, encouraging you to look for unconventional means if necessary to affect a cure or result.
Roots and herbs can help to restore your health.
If the problem lies in a work situation, or is one concerning human relationships, the solution can be found at the roots.
Take charge of your life.
Go for it.
Trust your abilities.
Badger is vicious, and attacks with powerful aggression. Badger is quick to anger and quicker to pounce.
The power of Badger's medicine is aggressiveness and the willingness to fight for what it wants.
The very thought of facing Badger makes other animals run for cover.
Like Skunk, Badger's reputation precedes it.
Its hissing fangs will tear less aggressive opponents to shreds.
Badger is the medicine of many powerful medicine women, for Badger is also the keeper of the medicine roots.
Badger sees all the roots of Mother Earth's healing herbs hanging in its burrow home.
These roots are a key to aggressive healing.
Roots can ground negative energy into the Earth by allowing illness to pass through a body into the ground as neutral energy.
Badger medicine people are quick to act in a crisis, and they do not panic.
If Badger medicine is part of your medicine, you are quick to express your feelings, and you do not care what the consequences are.
Badger people oftentimes insist on carrying the ball for the touchdown.
This attitude, however, does not endear them to
their teammates.
Badger medicine may also point to the aggressive healer who will have the courage to use unconventional means to exact a cure.
Like the mother who sits for days nursing a child with high fever, Badge is willing to persist.
Badger people can be vicious gossips, or may exhibit a chip on the should, if they are out of balance.
You can be sure that people with Badger medicine will be aggressive enough to make it to the tops of their chosen fields, because they do not give up.
They are also the finest healers, because they will use any and all methods to ensure healing, and will not give up on the critically ill.
A Badger person is often the boss, and the one what everyone fears.
That same boss will surely keep any company afloat.
Badger gets the job accomplished.
Badger is certainty is a source of strength.
If Badger has pushed its way into your cards today, it may be telling you that you have been too meek in trying to reach some goal.
Badger asks you how long are you willing to sit and wait for the world to deliver your silver spoon.
In this medicine, the key is to become aggressive enough to do something about your present state of affairs.
Badger is teaching you to get angry in a creative way and say,
"I won't take it any more."
You must follow-up by keeping your eye on the goal.
Honour the healing process as you express those inner feelings.
Be aggressive, but do not cut others to ribbons on the way-that is too much aggression.
Use your anger to stop your lolling around, so that your doldrums of apathy are a thing of the past.
Badger is powerful medicine when properly used for self improvement.
Remember that Badger may be signalling a time when you can use your healing abilities to push ahead in life.
Heal yourself by aggressively removing the barriers that do not grow corn.
Cut away the dead wood and use Badger's aggression to seek new levels of expression.
Use Badger's medicine roots to keep grounded and centred in the process.
Contrary;
Oops! Here comes Badger upside-down and fuming!
This could mean that you are being chewed out by someone else, or that you have expressed your anger in an unhealthy way.
If this applies to you, remember that all anger stems from anger towards the self.
It is an anger of helplessness that is misdirected towards others.
If you are angry at a co-worker for telling the boss that you were looking for another job, you are really angry at yourself for not keeping your own secret.
If you are angry at your children for disobeying, it is usually anger that stems from fear for the
children's well-being.
This self-anger condition is usually present when you have "silly accidents," falls, cuts and scrapes, or when you find yourself bumping into furniture.
Badger in the contrary position can issue in a time of reflection on what you feel helpless about.
Is it your lack of aggressiveness or initiative? Is it your fear of being blasted or belittled if you present a new idea?
Maybe it is a time when you need to get in
touch with your own jealousy or envy of others who are willing to put themselves on top
through hard work.
In the reverse, Badger teaches you the pitfalls of shyness and insecurity as well as of misused or vicious aggression.
Go to your feelings - maybe you just need to let off
steam.
If so, scream into a pillow and then punch it a few times. It will surely put Badger back into balance.
Badger can be difficult medicine, and learning to use it properly is a rare gift.
In another context, contrary Badger could be calling you to use herbs and roots to heal
your body.
Badger reversed may also be putting you on notice to be aware of those areas of your life that need the input of someone else's aggressive creativity to spark your own.
In any case, contrary Badger speaks of a need for more aggressive action in life.
No more inactivity can prevail without creating pain of some kind.
Overview:
Badger is a quick and aggressive animal which will fight ferociously for what it wants.
It lives in burrows and feeds of the roots of plants. As a power animal, Badger teaches the need to fight for your rights and to defend your principles against any attack.
Badger emphasizes that you should take the initiative in any difficult situation, and not just accept it meekly.
If the problem is an emotional one, Badger encourages you not to keep your feelings bottled up inside but to let off steam.
Have a good cry.
Blow your top.
You will feel better afterwards.
Badger is helpful in healing and harmonizing, encouraging you to look for unconventional means if necessary to affect a cure or result.
Roots and herbs can help to restore your health.
If the problem lies in a work situation, or is one concerning human relationships, the solution can be found at the roots.
Take charge of your life.
Go for it.
Trust your abilities.
Source:
Sams, Jamie and Carson, David.
Medicine Cards
Santa Fe: Bear and Company, 1988
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