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From the lens What is your birth totem?.

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  • Marsha May 24, 2012 @ 11:18 pm | delete
    We were driving over a mountain pass going down the other side and I said o look how strange to see an otter here.Cindy got real excited and asked if I knew anything about animal totems . I addmitted not much.She called her friend and told me the same as your site. ...I had just come out to my town Im mtf transgendered and have started my transition to womanhood. I believe the world is taking care of me for a purpose. thankyou for your site and insight.
  • HollyHomemaker May 24, 2012 @ 6:41 pm | delete
    I'm a woodpecker :)
  • stef May 23, 2012 @ 3:48 am | delete
    my first visit..but not my last- fasinating
  • Vikki_w May 19, 2012 @ 10:43 pm | delete
    i never know about birth totems before, very interesting
  • spiked Apr 23, 2012 @ 8:45 pm | delete
    heard of the english zodiac and the chinese zodiac.
    But never a birth totem. And this actually gives me better insight than both.
  • SnakeWoman Apr 20, 2012 @ 10:29 pm | delete
    Funny during one of the scariest times of my life a bear visited me in a dream, I like to think it was a grizzly. This bear walked me through the process of that time and my life changed in some respects for the better.
  • Nightcat Apr 20, 2012 @ 8:37 pm | delete
    Simply lovely! I've read some of the books you have listed. I suppose being a deer is as good as anything else, but did I have to be born as a game animal? Aty least there is Deer Woman not that she is a good example, but she does kick butt. :)

    I like my butterfly clan but didn'rt know about the connection to Golden Eagle. Thank you!
  • Ninche Apr 14, 2012 @ 6:37 am | delete
    Well...I'm not sure if I'm an owl or a snake, but your lens is really interesting!
  • Ula Apr 5, 2012 @ 4:06 pm | delete
    i was deeply moved by the film brother bear. so i decided that of all the religons i heard of, the religon from brother bear was the one for me. Just found out that i am a red hawk or falcon. And what a coinsidence, my favorite colour is yellow. I turned eleven in march. Thank you.
  • chinsey Mar 25, 2012 @ 5:36 am | delete
    Nice lens...I use the Medicine Cards and I love the Sun Bear books as well. Thanks for sharing.
  • Cynthia Mar 24, 2012 @ 12:52 pm | delete
    I wish I could afford to have a consultation. I have checked totems, and have found me to be listed as Crow, Horse, Owl.
    I love them all......... and love the descriptions.........
  • BevsPaper Mar 24, 2012 @ 5:10 pm | delete
    Your totem of birth is determined from the moon that you were born under and it never changes. You also have power totems that stay as constants...there are a total of 9. Then there are totems that work as messengers and they will come and go as the need arises. You are welcome to use the contact button on my profile page and I will see if I can help you figure a few things out.
  • siobhanryan Mar 13, 2012 @ 6:08 pm | delete
    This is a really interesting lens
  • Ladyeaglefeather Mar 8, 2012 @ 7:05 am | delete
    Wow, I love this lens. Thank-you for making it.
  • Steve_Kaye Mar 4, 2012 @ 9:45 am | delete
    I'm a bear. And I suppose that's true because I've spent my life being like the bear. Thank you for making this lens.
  • she Mar 3, 2012 @ 7:40 pm | delete
    I wanted to be an owllll but i am a snake
  • SynchronicityHouse Mar 2, 2012 @ 3:18 am | delete
    Wow, synchronicity - I am busy doing a book Lens on a story about geese, came across your Lens to find out I am a .........goose! Lovely Lens, thanks.
  • mihgasper Feb 29, 2012 @ 3:08 am | delete
    Looks i am a deer. But I don't feel like a deer...
  • bubbly Feb 27, 2012 @ 7:41 pm | delete
    I am an owl.
  • bubbly Feb 27, 2012 @ 7:40 pm | delete
    I'm an owl! Awesome!
  • 7thStone Feb 27, 2012 @ 11:54 am | delete
    Nice lens, I'm a wolf and my husband's an owl; both descriptions suit us :) Thanks for posting.
  • Skeeter13 Feb 19, 2012 @ 1:57 am | delete
    A woodpecker, huh. Answers the question of why there are so many of them everywhere I go, and at home, too. So much of what it said is so accurate. Not that I'm all that surprised. It also explains why I'm so attracted to certain animal spirits, the ones that represent my children, especially my oldest child. We've always had a very strong psychic bond. Thanks, this brings things into a clearer perspective, and validates a lot of my intuitive feelings.
  • themothership Feb 15, 2012 @ 7:52 pm | delete
    every interesting.
  • Steph_Tietjen Feb 6, 2012 @ 5:30 pm | delete
    This was very interesting--never figured the Brown Bear for my totem animal. Coyote spirit, yes and earth element, yes...enjoyed reading. Thank you.
  • GabrielaFargasch Feb 3, 2012 @ 3:37 pm | delete
    I guess mine is brown bear! Very cool! :)
  • printabledolls Feb 2, 2012 @ 10:24 am | delete
    december for me, I am reading and I love this lens, very good!
  • ---Chazz Jan 24, 2012 @ 10:56 am | delete
    Very interesting and nicely presented too. Blessed by a Wolf Squidangel and featured on "Wing-ing it on Squidoo."
  • Tipi Jan 23, 2012 @ 12:47 pm | delete
    Returning with some fresh angel dust to sprinkle over the birth totems!
  • Candi Robertson Dec 26, 2011 @ 11:44 pm | delete
    I was visited by many woodpeckers at different residences I have lived in thru the last few years. I now know why. This has become a positive influence and each morning when I go outside I acknowledge my birth totem who sits in one f many trees around me. I always hear them and respect the bond.i
  • VioleTanteIffa Dec 11, 2011 @ 10:07 am | delete
    Wow,I'm a Wolf!..but why a 'Frog Clan'?(just curious) anyway thanks I learn a lot,this is new to me :)
  • bubbly Feb 27, 2012 @ 7:38 pm | delete
    I'm an owl
  • karmicchristian Dec 6, 2011 @ 11:40 am | delete
    Very interesting learning! Something new and nice to 'Woodpeck' about! :)
  • Nov 26, 2011 @ 1:18 pm | delete
    Never heard of these before. Discovered I am an Otter. The description is SO spot on! Great, informative lens.
  • lakeerieartists Nov 18, 2011 @ 1:52 pm | delete
    Looks like I am a falcon. I guess that is not too suprising. ;)
  • aquarian_insight Oct 30, 2011 @ 6:43 pm | delete
    I'm an Otter - this was a great lens for me as I didn't even know about totems! Great to learn something new. Thank you.
  • Carol Oct 25, 2011 @ 9:56 am | delete
    I appreciate all your good work and sharing this knowledge. I realize I am a Wolf with two Owl children - we are good together. This site gives more details and easier to comprehend than others. Thank you!
  • fionamckay9 Oct 25, 2011 @ 2:25 am | delete
    Never heard of animal totems before so this was really interesting. Blessed
  • astaramay Oct 21, 2011 @ 4:50 pm | delete
    Love your lens, it gives a lot of good information! Most people don't know they have a moon totem animal on under their sun totem. Thanks for sharing! Love, peace and happiness to you!
  • elyria Oct 18, 2011 @ 3:28 pm | delete
    Wow, I just learned something entirely new to me and discovered that my birth totem is red hawk or falcon. And my little puppy's totem is geese. I was born in the year is snake and always thought that was my guardian animal, but now I know about moon signs as well, how fascinating!
  • tami Oct 8, 2011 @ 6:50 pm | delete
    hi. bear wife to owl, mother to woodpecker and crow. wonderful, thank you. any insights into what gives each person shape and depth is ever so helpful...peace.
  • JebbieBlue Sep 22, 2011 @ 1:21 pm | delete
    Very interesting lens. I discovered that I am woodpecker and that my husband is beaver.
  • Photahsiamirabel Sep 14, 2011 @ 9:31 am | delete
    Blessing from a Deer in search of Ravens... :D
  • pangaloon Sep 12, 2011 @ 1:45 am | delete
    I am so pleased that I found this page, and I have learn something new today, I am happy to have found out that my birth Totempole is The Crow.
  • whoisbid Sep 11, 2011 @ 10:30 am | delete
    I guess I am a Beaver. How lucky I am!
  • scarlettohairy Sep 10, 2011 @ 8:07 pm | delete
    I'm a Wolf Totem. Interesting. I'd never heard of this before. Nice lens!
  • AnnaleeBlysse Sep 8, 2011 @ 4:16 am | delete
    Owl here. Years ago when I first bought Animal Speak I was reading about how shaman identified their animal totem sometimes by surviving attack by that animal. The next day I was bitten by a macaw. Lucky he didn't get a better grip on my pinky because he wasn't fooling around.
  • ellagis Sep 5, 2011 @ 3:08 am | delete
    A "hello peck" from a crow :)
    Really an interesting lens, a new argument for me!
  • MiddleSister Sep 2, 2011 @ 5:23 pm | delete
    I can relate to the deer. That's my totem. Thanks.
  • MaxReily Sep 1, 2011 @ 8:09 pm | delete
    Mine is the Deer Totem. I need to learn more about this! Thanks for a fascinating lens.
  • DavidDove Aug 27, 2011 @ 2:56 am | delete
    Thank you
  • Derek Aug 14, 2011 @ 9:51 pm | delete
    This was very interesting, this tells me that I am have the Owl as my birth totem! This makes sense to me, although I wish it were the Raven, you have made me realize that Raven is really my Messenger Animal Spirit. I have been listening to Raven since the day she brought me a very important message over 20 years ago!
  • Zoe Aug 11, 2011 @ 4:24 am | delete
    Thanks for the info. According to the list, I am Wolf totem, which I do relate to. However, I have been told I am persistent, which falls under Snow Goose. In one shamanic journey, I saw Snake. Wondering if the totem changes over time? Or perhaps, we have a birth totem, like a sun chart, and the other animals may represent something else.
  • Michael Aug 30, 2011 @ 12:43 am | delete
    There is never just one totem. You have a birth totem that will relate to your birthday and most information I have collected says that this will stay with you, but there will be many other totems that you learn and grow from. Some may come only once and you won't realize it until it's already happened, or some may blatantly guide you for long periods of time; However, it will be different for everyone and everyone will experience it differently. Hopefully this helps you because it really helps me.
  • libra83 Aug 10, 2011 @ 3:19 am | delete
    my birth totem is the raven or crow. I saved a crow's life once; it had a broken wing and was laying in the street, in the pouring rain. it's cool to find out why I 'Needed' to help it that day. thanks!
  • Anonym4ever Aug 8, 2011 @ 9:20 am | delete
    My totem is a deer ^.^
    I like it! =D
  • AnthonyAltorenna Aug 5, 2011 @ 9:09 am | delete
    My birth totem is the wolf! Very cool !!
  • SandyPeaks Aug 2, 2011 @ 7:31 am | delete
    Found out about my totem many years ago - I'm a Beaver. It also appears you published this lens on my birthday! Blessed by a SquidAngel.
  • Tolovaj Aug 1, 2011 @ 11:14 pm | delete
    This is what I love at Squidoo. When you think you know something or maybe you are even expert in something, you discover completely new information and totally new doors open up. All the best from Deer:)
  • cbessa Jul 27, 2011 @ 10:34 pm | delete
    Wow, just discovered i am Salmon!
  • doors4home Jul 19, 2011 @ 10:07 am | delete
    I love this lense! I have studied other zodiacs before and have never come across this one. I also like the books in between, it made me want to go out and find them.
  • MoiraCrochetsPlarn Jul 18, 2011 @ 3:46 am | delete
    So I'm a Keeper of Unconscious Knowledge? Cool!
  • Jewelsofawe Jul 16, 2011 @ 1:15 pm | delete
    I have Animal Speak and I did have animal cards! Blessing this lens! I am wolf...
  • dirkthedog Jun 30, 2011 @ 1:01 am | delete
    I'm not sure I like being born a fish--but I've always felt a special attraction to the coyote, so I guess it all works out!!
  • SusanBlackburn Jun 26, 2011 @ 8:52 pm | delete
    Fantastic lens... I know a fair bit about animal medicine and totems but I'd never heard about birth totems. Thank you, very beautifully put together!
  • BSieracki Jun 19, 2011 @ 12:24 pm | delete
    fantastic discovery
  • reejpn Jun 12, 2011 @ 12:01 pm | delete
    Very interesting lens.
    I'm the Otter!
  • jesse baxter Jun 10, 2011 @ 9:45 pm | delete
    im cherokee indian and i beleive in my totom . i live the indian way.im so tired of people disrespting our ways.but i will never give up what i believe in
  • AltogetherLeather May 26, 2011 @ 12:20 am | delete
    Yay, I'm the deer! One of my favorite animals. :)
  • gypsyman27 May 25, 2011 @ 6:22 pm | delete
    I really enjoyed this lens, as I looked up myself and my children as well. Great work, very good lens. See you around the galaxy...
  • momsfunny May 20, 2011 @ 8:46 pm | delete
    I enjoyed reading your lens. Great job. It is very interesting and informative.
  • Margo_Arrowsmith May 6, 2011 @ 5:55 pm | delete
    I am the wolf! I love it
  • jesse Jun 10, 2011 @ 9:47 pm | delete
    i my self am a wolf
  • bossypants May 4, 2011 @ 7:03 am | delete
    I enjoyed this lens. I am reading Ted Andrews Animal Speak and refer to it when different animals appear in my life. There are so many ways to learn more about ourselves and others!
  • newbizmau Apr 30, 2011 @ 11:28 pm | delete
    My birth totem is the Crow! Interesting! I've been seeing a lot of them lately. Is there a message for me?
  • HelenHoliday Apr 28, 2011 @ 8:15 pm | delete
    Fascinating lens! My totem is the otter, and the description fits me to a tee. My Zodiac sign is Aquarius, so I am doubly blessed!
  • Vladi Apr 27, 2011 @ 12:16 am | delete
    Goodness gracious, my totem is the brown bear! They're very BIG aren't they?
  • MamaRuth Apr 25, 2011 @ 8:28 pm | delete
    I found this lens very interesting. (I found my totem is the goose). I'm consistently amazed by the interesting things people write about on Squidoo. Good job!
  • Helenee Apr 18, 2011 @ 12:43 am | delete
    I'm a beaver too - a builder. We must create, or we'll languish - is it a gift, or can it be a burden sometimes? And that thing about multiple routes in and out of our home/creation, is so true!
  • ACreativeDream Apr 13, 2011 @ 4:21 am | delete
    I'm an owl. Cute :)
  • grandmamarilyn Apr 10, 2011 @ 10:34 pm | delete
    I, too, was born under the beaver birth totem. Thank you for this lens.
  • MindPowerProofs Mar 24, 2011 @ 7:17 am | delete
    I'm not sure which one is my totem but I guess it can be the tiger. I'm deeply insired and motivated when I look inside the eye of the tiger. It gives me the power to go on. Thanks for the great lens.
  • ClassyGals Mar 21, 2011 @ 11:26 am | delete
    Fascinating facts about birth animamal totems. I'm the woodpecker and it's totally true!
    Blessed by a Squid Angel**
  • sharon Mar 20, 2011 @ 5:21 pm | delete
    I am a bear!!
  • CruiseReady Mar 20, 2011 @ 4:34 pm | delete
    This is my first encounter with birth totems - always happy to learn something new. I skipped right to the dear and read about that one.
  • Sylvestermouse Mar 17, 2011 @ 9:20 am | delete
    Adding a kiss for luck on this St. Patrick's Day!
  • AddaptAbilities Mar 8, 2011 @ 5:40 pm | delete
    According to Sams, I'm a Deer, but I've always identified much more with Eagle and Bear. Thanks!
  • LissaKlar Mar 6, 2011 @ 12:06 pm | delete
    I am the wolf totem. Very interesting. I love this lens and had no idea about any of this.
  • JoshK47 Mar 4, 2011 @ 8:19 am | delete
    An otter totem - very interesting. Thank you for sharing this!
  • aj2008 Feb 28, 2011 @ 5:16 pm | delete
    A deer who is mother to another deer, two woodpeckers and a brown bear, married to an Owl, grandmother to a Snow Goose. Boy do I just love this lens :)
  • KokoTravel Feb 25, 2011 @ 5:01 pm | delete
    Interesting... born under the totem of the otter. Cool!
  • hesika Feb 23, 2011 @ 2:05 am | delete
    I'm a Goose - and yes, the short discription shows a part of my personality... Interesting. Thank you!
  • jillian22 Feb 14, 2011 @ 9:01 pm | delete
    I learned something new today- thank you!
  • Jessica Feb 7, 2011 @ 5:12 pm | delete
    doing a project brought me here, brown bear all the way
  • Daughter of AJ Feb 2, 2011 @ 3:47 pm | delete
    Thank you! I now know that I am a brown bear totem!
  • BevsPaper Feb 2, 2011 @ 5:06 pm | delete
    Thank you so much for visiting! Having Brown Bear as your birth totem is a very wonderful thing! Always remember, the answer is always within you...Mitakuye Oyasin (We are all related)
  • terryp2654@hotmail.com Jan 29, 2011 @ 11:28 pm | delete
    i have a lot of guestions the first one do you send out newsletters and how canI start
    getting them and can you point me in the right directiom to find someone who can help me make some of items like the mediicine wheel
  • BevsPaper Jan 30, 2011 @ 6:48 am | delete
    Thank you for visiting Terry P. You could sign up to receive my Native American Totems blog by e-mail that will help you with many of your questions. The link is located above this comment section.
  • bejeezers Jan 29, 2011 @ 8:26 am | delete
    What an interesting lens....
  • javrsmith Jan 27, 2011 @ 1:48 pm | delete
    An interesting topic that I knew nothing about. My birth totem is the Wolf. It fits.
  • capriliz Jan 21, 2011 @ 11:21 am | delete
    Now I know that I am a snow goose. Funny, I always use the word "persevering" when asked to describe myself.
  • KDimmick Jan 18, 2011 @ 11:38 am | delete
    I am stunned with how accurate that was, for me and my husband! I'd never ever heard of birth animal totems before!
  • Jhangora Jan 18, 2011 @ 1:50 am | delete
    I am a Woodpecker :) Some of the things written are true. Thanx a lot for sharing wonderful info.
  • CCGAL Jan 16, 2011 @ 11:53 pm | delete
    I promised myself I'd come back and bless this lens the next time I had wings, so here I am, leaving a little angel dust. ***BLESSED***
  • wordstock Jan 15, 2011 @ 11:55 am | delete
    Really interesting topic. I am a Brown Bear and it's pretty correct. Thanks
  • scar4 Jan 12, 2011 @ 1:46 am | delete
    My birth totem is brown bear and I personally fancy it and purple color very much. Accurate for me.
  • hankasawat Jan 11, 2011 @ 9:40 am | delete
    Thanks, found out I was a goose and it was dead on. Interesting concept altogether. Thanks for brining this to us.
  • ChrisDay Jan 9, 2011 @ 2:30 am | delete
    Remarkable - I was in a court case and was exonerated (as was right and proper) but I was uplifted during the closing stages of the very traumatic case by geese flying over the court house - I've just discovered the goose is my birth totem animal!
  • genglo Dec 31, 2010 @ 1:25 pm | delete
    Very interesting! This is all new to me. Thanks for the info, Happy New Year!
  • sukkran Dec 30, 2010 @ 8:03 am | delete
    an interesting new subject for me. thanks for the info. an unique lens
  • RinchenChodron Dec 16, 2010 @ 10:04 pm | delete
    I'm a cancer and they say This symbolizes to us, to gain emotional perspective, to learn detachment, and to use our head instead of recklessly following our heart. - now that's wisdom. Nice job here.
  • monarch13 Dec 12, 2010 @ 12:59 am | delete
    Butterfly Blessings!
  • Michey Dec 11, 2010 @ 1:16 pm | delete
    This is a unique lens, and not only that... I like to learn from heritage...
    An angel is sprinkling dust Blessing your lens
    Regards
  • Michey Dec 11, 2010 @ 1:09 pm | delete
    This is a unique lens, but not only that... I love the idea of learning from heritage, the wisdom of any type of heritage is so precious.
    Thank you Bev, an Angel sprinkled dust Blessing your lens
    Regards
  • Nightowl_John Dec 8, 2010 @ 6:06 pm | delete
    I liked this lens a lot, so I thought I'd bring a Squid Angel blessing!
  • amy1980 Dec 8, 2010 @ 10:20 am | delete
    I'd never heard of this either! I'm a red hawk :)
  • SudokuNut Dec 6, 2010 @ 10:50 pm | delete
    Never heard of this before, mine is a wolf :) Really nicely presented lens too.
  • CCGAL Dec 2, 2010 @ 11:33 am | delete
    I'm very late following up, but this lens is now being featured on and is lensrolled to Sacred Path Divination. Thank you so much for visiting and for including me in this lens.

    I was surprised to see how accurate the two birth totems I have are. I'm on the cusp, within the hour of midnight, so I find I have traits from both Cancer & Leo, and now from Woodpecker and Salmon. Very interesting, this.
  • Spook Nov 30, 2010 @ 3:42 pm | delete
    Always loved this. Merry Xmas. Blessed by an Angel.
  • WeirdStuff Nov 27, 2010 @ 1:11 pm | delete
    The best lens i found this month! I am snake :)
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Nov 20, 2010 @ 8:43 am | delete
    I never knew about this, but wow I get a wolf! wonderful.

    But in the other I am on the cusp between Aquarius and Pisces. So would this make me on the cusp between otter and wolf? Which would be great also!
  • termit_bronx Nov 17, 2010 @ 5:21 am | delete
    I'm Raven or Crow! Very informative and interesting. They are right about my fav. color! :)
  • Tempus Nov 15, 2010 @ 3:20 am | delete
    I'm an Owl. Suppose I should be a lot wiser than I am. Great Lens - Thanks
  • sharpturn Nov 9, 2010 @ 3:44 am | delete
    Great Stuff!
    I had no idea there was such a thing as Birth Totems.

    I am a Wolf!!!! Yes! I love those animals.

    Thanks!

    Andy
  • Nightowl_John Nov 8, 2010 @ 9:54 pm | delete
    This is very interesting. My totem is the Crow/Raven. Now I understand why I so often think all this stuff is just so much...hmm..."hooey" is the only word I can find. Your description uses the word "illusion." That is correct. I often feel that this is all just an illusion and ponder the thoughts related to that concept. Great lens. Thanks. Lensrolled.
  • MarkUpshaw Oct 26, 2010 @ 2:52 am | delete
    Very interesting. I had not heard of these before. I am a snow goose.
  • tembrooke Oct 19, 2010 @ 4:04 pm | delete
    Interesting! The beaver doesn't sound like a very exciting totem, but I can see how the explanation fits me. :-)
  • BevsPaper Oct 19, 2010 @ 4:20 pm | delete
    I share your totem of Beaver...pushing 60 now I can tell you that this totem is always full of surprises...remember we are the "builder" of things.
  • TapIn2U Oct 7, 2010 @ 11:15 pm | delete
    I'm always interested in native art and wisdom - so really enjoyed this Lens - and turned quickly to my totem - and it seems to fit! Thanks so much for stopping by my new Lens - you are an inspiration! Sundae ;-)
  • awakeningwellness Sep 30, 2010 @ 6:00 pm | delete
    A few weeks ago I attended a Medicine Wheel Ceremony and that was the first time I learned about my Native American Totem, although I have to say I don't feel much like a goose. (o:
    Wonderful lens!
  • lemonsqueezy Sep 29, 2010 @ 8:14 pm | delete
    Red Hawk here. The title was so interesting that I had to stop by. Thumbs up!!!!
  • monarch13 Sep 24, 2010 @ 12:50 pm | delete
    great research and info. rolled to birth signs & symbols.
  • terrapin719 Sep 19, 2010 @ 9:27 am | delete
    I get to be a Goose ~ definitely interesting information here.
  • spunkyduckling Sep 17, 2010 @ 1:55 am | delete
    Interesting..so I am a snake? Well at least I strive for equality..yay!! Was checking out the crow too since it might be my boyfriend..hmm
  • TheWhistler Sep 14, 2010 @ 5:02 pm | delete
    I am the OWL, how can it be anything else, I'm wise, truly a NIGHT OWL, I love the dark. Now if I could just see in the dark I wouldn't keep walking into things.
  • RebeccaE Sep 12, 2010 @ 4:28 pm | delete
    I am a wolf, in a way that explains a lot. Great lens.
  • Not-Pop Sep 11, 2010 @ 6:57 pm | delete
    Hunh, so I'm a deer. As a Gemini, does that make me twin deer? :D I didn't know these existed. Thanks for the educational lens.
  • WeddingZazzle Sep 10, 2010 @ 9:55 pm | delete
    I'm a crow :) Interesting lens.
  • TheGreenerMe Sep 9, 2010 @ 1:54 pm | delete
    I'm a deer, which is appropriate because that's my avatar on SquidU! I like how you've customized this lens, great work!
  • KarateKatGraphics Sep 8, 2010 @ 10:26 am | delete
    wow, I kind of got goosebumps reading about my totem animal. pretty cool!
  • kajohu Sep 7, 2010 @ 7:27 pm | delete
    This is an enjoyable read :) My birth totem is the woodpecker. "Completely devoted at expense to self" -- that sounds familiar for when I was raising our boys. It's been hard to back off and let them have their own lives!
  • missbat Sep 7, 2010 @ 1:09 pm | delete
    Never knew that I was a Beaver. Figures, being that I live in the Beaver State! Great lens!
  • Tipi Sep 6, 2010 @ 10:58 am | delete
    I am an Otter according to the cards. Interesting and different.
  • MiaBellezza Sep 3, 2010 @ 6:12 am | delete
    I am a Beaver ~ it figures ~ I'm a Canuck LOL! Thanks for your blessing.
  • Pukeko Jul 18, 2010 @ 9:17 am | delete
    I am a snake birth totem. Fun lens.
  • resabi Jul 17, 2010 @ 2:29 am | delete
    Fun and interesting lens. I found out my totem is a crow or raven. Hmmm... Still trying to figure out if it fits. My daughter's doesn't fit at all, but if she'd been born when she was supposed to be then that one would have fit her perfectly!
  • LeanneChesser Jul 16, 2010 @ 2:52 am | delete
    Oh, I love this lens. It's fascinating to read about the different birth animal totems. Pretty accurate, too!!
  • WeddingZazzle Jun 25, 2010 @ 2:03 am | delete
    Well done. Blessed by a SquidAngel :)
  • aj2008 Jun 23, 2010 @ 3:56 am | delete
    Can't believe I am only just visiting this lens for the first time Bev :) It is fascinating.

    I am a deer married to a very wise owl, who is mother to a deer, two woodpeckers and a brown bear!
  • spiritartist May 31, 2010 @ 9:14 am | delete
    LOVE this lens! 5*'s, favorited and lensrolled on my animal spirits and Native American Lenses.
    Best Wishes from an Otter friend!
  • Pastiche May 15, 2010 @ 12:36 pm | delete
    Fascinating to learn about birth totems. My self-view says I'm a bear, but my birth date says Wolf ... interesting.
  • HorseAndPony May 7, 2010 @ 7:55 pm | delete
    I'm back for a visit. I love reading about the Birth Animal Totems. Blessed! http://www.squidoo.com/horseandpony-squidangel
  • LoKackl Apr 23, 2010 @ 9:27 am | delete
    What a fascinating, entertaining and beautiful lens! I am hooked on astrology - but never knew totems. Also, love the Native American education. SquidAngel blessed!
  • kimmanleyort Apr 22, 2010 @ 8:34 am | delete
    I love this lens. It is so beautifully laid out. My birth totem is deer and it explains a lot! Oh, and happy birthday, Bev.
  • skiesgreen Apr 18, 2010 @ 3:10 am | delete
    Blessed and featured on Sprinkled with Stardust
  • KathyMcGraw Mar 27, 2010 @ 10:23 am | delete
    I came back to Bless this lens and add it to my Facebook page on Dreamcatchers. There are so many interesting things to learn and I feel you did a great job of explaing about Totems, in fact most of your Native American lenses are great.
  • BevsPaper Mar 28, 2010 @ 8:52 am | delete
    Oh thank you so much, Kathy! I really appreciate your interest and kindness.
  • ShirlW Mar 9, 2010 @ 6:56 pm | delete
    This is entirely new to me also. I am a woodpecker.....hmmm. Sounds so annoying, but the qualities did describe me very well!
  • poutine Feb 26, 2010 @ 9:35 am | delete
    The Birth Totem is entirely new to me.

    I just found out that I was a Snake.....not crazy about that idea.
  • enslavedbyfaeries Feb 20, 2010 @ 9:34 am | delete
    This is so interesting! I have honestly never heard of a birth totem before and enjoyed learning about my moon signs which actually seemed very accurate to my personality. I love that my spirit keeper is a white buffalo too, very cool!
  • WildFacesGallery Feb 1, 2010 @ 2:01 pm | delete
    I'm currently working on a lens about my totem animal art series and am going to include other lenses about the subject. Which is how I came across yours. Great find! 5*

    I also just posted about totems on my blog and included a link to your lens.
  • Earthenshine Jan 31, 2010 @ 10:55 am | delete
    Wow! I'm a Crow totem! My bf is a wolf totem! I bet he'll be happy to hear that! Great lens!!
  • Jan 28, 2010 @ 9:32 pm | delete
    Fab lens 5 stars and added to my favourites.
  • newbizmau Jan 23, 2010 @ 6:46 pm | delete
    I've read about totems before but never related to birth signs. I emailed this to a friend. Such a great lens. Thanks!
  • nyfamily5 Jan 6, 2010 @ 9:43 am | delete
    Great Lens! Absolutely luv it!
  • 24websurf Dec 31, 2009 @ 10:01 am | delete
    The first time I came through, I didn't have the dust with me. I do now ;) Thank you for a wonderfully informative lens!
  • Kimsworld Dec 29, 2009 @ 10:57 pm | delete
    This is great lens. Fun and interesting.
  • MiaBellezza Dec 22, 2009 @ 8:04 am | delete
    Well I'm Taurus the Bull under the Greek Zodiac and a Beaver Birth Animal Totem .... dam, neither sound too glamorous but probably sum me up pretty good. Got to go and create another escape route!
  • oztoo Dec 9, 2009 @ 2:26 pm | delete
    Love this lens. My finding it seems timely somehow.5*
  • Jewelsofawe Nov 22, 2009 @ 1:21 pm | delete
    I love this lens! Blessed! If I have not already lensrolled it to my animal medicine lens I am going to now.
  • sittonbull Nov 21, 2009 @ 8:28 pm | delete
    Always interesting to visit our Native American customs and philosophy. I am Tawadi- Cherokee for Hawk. My keen eyesight??? Speed of flight??? and precision movements??? are a distant memory... but at least I do have some memory of them! ;-)
  • Spook Nov 21, 2009 @ 3:44 am | delete
    The owl has come silently back, albeit during the day. He has a message in his beak, which he has dropped here. Blessed by an Angel.
  • AddaptAbilities Nov 10, 2009 @ 9:52 pm | delete
    Well, I'm not much of a Deer, but I've never been much of a Gemini either. This was a really enjoyable read and a new way of looking at the Zodiac.
  • HERBMASTER Nov 8, 2009 @ 6:56 pm | delete
    There are 5 stars and then there are 5 stars. This deserves a 6. I enjoyed the spirit of this site. Blessings of the 4 winds.
  • skiesgreen Nov 2, 2009 @ 5:26 pm | delete
    I am a snow goose and the description fits me to a tea. My ambition and drive makes me plenty of enemies but my strong sense of spirituality balances things out. 5* fave and lens rolled.
  • annmackiemiller Oct 27, 2009 @ 1:06 pm | delete
    I'm a beaver! I loved this lens Bev - thanks so much - 5* and favoured - hugs x
  • midnightdreamer Oct 24, 2009 @ 7:49 am | delete
    Wow this was an awesome read! % stars for sure and faved ;)
    Thanks for the info, your layout is just awesome!
    Peace Always,
    Leah
    The Otter ;)
  • MarisaAngelis Oct 20, 2009 @ 9:14 am | delete
    Excellent! 5Stars
  • MarisaAngelis Oct 20, 2009 @ 9:14 am | delete
    Excellent! 5Stars
  • Oct 3, 2009 @ 12:29 am | delete
    Love this! What a neat topic and you presented it perfectly. Love, darcie
  • KathyMcGraw Sep 22, 2009 @ 4:28 pm | delete
    I am so glad I came here....when you said your Interest was in Native Americans I had to come :) I thoroughly enjoyed this....my Totem is a the Goose...at first I thought "A goose, I don't want to be a goose" but when it said I get things done and have a dominating personality, well how could I complain :)
  • grannysage Sep 19, 2009 @ 10:47 pm | delete
    Lovely, lovely, lovely, and more lovely. My daughter is going to be so jealous that I am a wolf and she isn't, since she absolutely adores wolves. I'm going to lensroll this to Woman Who Hobbles After Wolves
  • Spook Sep 19, 2009 @ 2:27 pm | delete
    Lovely lens, thoroughly enjoyed it, and as it turns out was very pleased to see I'm an Owl. The irony is I cannot hear a sound.
  • Laniann Sep 10, 2009 @ 6:49 pm | delete
    Beautiful lens! Congratulations on your new post as Giant Greeter. You will make a wonderful Giant Greeter. 5*s
  • Sylvestermouse Sep 9, 2009 @ 11:51 am | delete
    Cool! I can hardly wait to tell my children I am a Raven. Of course, my daughter is a deer and my son is a snake. He will love that! And it is true, he is very wise. The one I am laughing over the most is my husband is a woodpecker. Empathy, yes but listening? Really?
  • HorseAndPony Sep 8, 2009 @ 10:17 am | delete
    Loved this lens. I am a Salmon or Sturgeon Totem.
  • Jewelsofawe Aug 10, 2009 @ 12:10 pm | delete
    This is cool.I am wolf totem. I have had Jamie Sams animal cards for years. I did not know about the birth totems. Great lens!
  • GrowWear Aug 4, 2009 @ 3:29 am | delete
    Amazing! I AM a woodpecker. :D
  • LaraineRose Aug 4, 2009 @ 1:10 am | delete
    Thank you for recommending my new lens /www.squidoo.com/the-almanac-that-fixes-time/">The Almanac That Fixes Time on your fine lens. Looks like I am a deer. I've always loved deer, maybe that is why.
    A look at your lenses show me that I have still a lot to learn. Thank you for your support at Senior Squids.
  • AlishaV Aug 3, 2009 @ 11:39 am | delete
    I knew there were such things as birth totems, but had never seen information on them. I never would have guessed that I'd be a brown bear, but people would tell you, it does fit. Very interesting lens!
  • GypsyOwl Jul 25, 2009 @ 1:24 pm | delete
    I am the deer. I can relate. :) Thank you for this amazing lens.
  • NanLT Jul 25, 2009 @ 4:35 am | delete
    I'm an otter.No one who knows me will be surprised there.
  • YODELMAN Jul 24, 2009 @ 10:26 pm | delete
    Uncanny how accurate this was. Also how it relates so much to the Chinese years.
    It would be great if you could add some more history about how all of this came about.
  • jptanabe Jul 24, 2009 @ 2:01 pm | delete
    This is so cool! I seem to be a salmon - never thought much was good about the salmon (except the taste) but now I see a lot of value. Thanks!
  • kimmanleyort Jul 22, 2009 @ 2:07 pm | delete
    Awesome lens! This is information that is not very well known.
  • drifter0658 Jul 22, 2009 @ 1:17 pm | delete
    A deer??!!?? Me??!!??...wish I could move like on sometimes. Fantastic learning experience friend.
  • flipflopnana Jul 20, 2009 @ 8:45 pm | delete
    Such a fun and interesting lens, discovered my totem animal is a deer. Hmmm
  • jaye3000 Jul 20, 2009 @ 8:21 pm | delete
    I'm a wolf! I didn't know that, and the descriptions are dead on. Very interesting & fun 5*
  • 24websurf Jul 6, 2009 @ 7:43 pm | delete
    I'm a woodpecker on the deer cusp. And my son is a brown bear / raven. Fantastic lens! I really enjoyed this!
  • RinchenChodron Jul 2, 2009 @ 2:11 pm | delete
    Nice job - please let us know the book you got this information in and make an Amazon module for it. Great illustrations.
  • hlkljgk Jun 29, 2009 @ 8:17 pm | delete
    cool, i had never heard about birth totems before.
  • kab Jun 22, 2009 @ 8:30 pm | delete
    "Keeper of Unconscious Knowledge" sounds about right.
  • kab Jun 22, 2009 @ 8:30 pm | delete
    "Keeper of Unconscious Knowledge" sounds about right.
  • vbright105 Jun 22, 2009 @ 5:46 am | delete
    How very fascinating. Spot on too!
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Jun 19, 2009 @ 5:03 am | delete
    Very nice!
    Thanks for sharing
    Lizzy
  • CCGAL Jun 18, 2009 @ 8:32 pm | delete
    Nice job. I've lensrolled this to Sacred Path Divination. I am a Salmon, I see. Interesting.
  • 0ctavias0fferings Jun 18, 2009 @ 7:00 am | delete
    Very nicely done lens 5*
  • Janiece Jun 16, 2009 @ 8:33 am | delete
    Enjoyed your lens! I discovered that I'm a raven. 5's.
  • mukunda22 Jun 5, 2009 @ 9:26 am | delete
    You know I love this--lensrolled with several lenses of my own!!

    Thank you!!

    *****5 and faved.
  • papawu May 18, 2009 @ 12:22 pm | delete
    Incredibly interesting and enlightening lens. I never even heard of having a totem animal or a moon sign. It turns out I am of the wolf totem and frog clan. I agree with much of the characetristics except for the appreciation of rain. Then that's not altogether true. I guess I do appreciate the need for rain, but being from Southern California, I really don't like it.
  • TheWhistler May 18, 2009 @ 11:25 am | delete
    Great idea for a lens, very informative I'm an Owl. Wonderful!
  • NanLT May 18, 2009 @ 1:41 am | delete
    cool-- I'm Otter, hubby is owl. One of my kids is brown bear, one is on the cusp between brown bear and raven, and one is snake.
  • JeffRiveraAuthor May 18, 2009 @ 1:06 am | delete
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