Each direction has its own qualities and meanings. When an animal comes from a particular direction or moves in a particular direction, the depth of understanding can become greater. This is another way to learn the intuitive language of power animals/spirit animals.
**North **Teaches you to make use of your potential. Magical aspect: Manifestation. Element: Mother Earth, associated with the ability to manifest your inner wishes. Earth is symbolic of wisdom, patience and endurance. What you learn now you will be able to use later. What seems impossible will appear in a new light. Listen to your intuition and trust that things will work out for your best. The lessons of the north are connected with: Balance, learning, wisdom, sacred wisdom, empathic intuition, inner wisdom, gratitude, progress, tenderness and alchemy.
**East **Teaches you about relationships. Magical aspect: Visions and prophecies. Element: Air. Opens the way for spiritual visions, creativity, inspiration, intuition and self-control through the use of will. Air is the connection between earth and sky that gives us the ability to wander between the spiritual and physical worlds through dreams and visions. Be open to your visions, for they will give you guidance. It is a time for spiritual renewal, sometimes easy and sometimes painful. They are always welcome, for we need to develop both on the inside and the outside. The lessons of the east are connected with: Tests, visions, dreams, imagination, inner renewal, purification, compassion, journeys, emotions and goals.
**South **Teaches you about life, death and rebirth. Magical aspect: Creation. Element: Fire. The possibility of changing or manifesting a new thought, idea or action. Fire is the element of the heart, passion and love. It is what helps us renew life. Changes must be met with strength and endurance, with the knowledge that you will get through it and on the other side feel new, cleansed and well. All of life is a cycle; it consists of periods of change. In these periods we learn, we grow and we expand our horizons. The lessons of the south are connected with: Strength, change, playfulness, development of the inner child, overcoming obstacles, purification, protection and faith.
**West Teaches you about adaptation. Magical aspect: Transformation (Shapeshifting). Element: Water. Physical and active changes to the environment in order to survive. Water will always choose the path of least resistance. Using all your energy for what life demands is what it takes to be a transformer. Being able to change as needed in all of life's phases and areas. A shift in your consciousness is required in order to flow like water through events. Animals have no resistance to change; they do it without hesitation. The lessons of the west are connected with: Healing, intuition, creativity, willpower, communication and new learning.
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