Roly Poly, Pillbug

 

image by Cindy Bingham Keiser

Roly Poly/Pillbug's Wisdom Includes: *

    ∞ Cleansing the Earth

    ∞ Ancestral roots in the ocean.

    ∞ Gentleness

    ∞ Wisdom in being slow to trust

    ∞ Curling into one's self for protection

    ∞ Knowing when to open up and when to be on the move

    ∞ Survival

    ∞ Lending a helping hand

    ∞ Stewardship

    ∞ Honor in the "dirty" jobs

Note: The opening up curling up wisdom feels more like roly poly than pillbig. Not all of these terrestrial crustaceans (Armadillidiidae) roll up into a little ball for protection when feeling threatened, kinda like an armadillo. In my mind, roly polys are the ones that roll up, and pill bugs are the ones that don't. But, for whatever reason, they wanted to be presented together instead of separately. So, who am I to argue?

I love rollie pollies. (An alternate spelling for the search engine.)

*added by Ruth-Renate

Tuco-tuco

 

image by Lee E Harding

Tuco-tuco's Wisdom Includes:*

    

    ∞ Safety in the Earth

    ∞ Creating a path to obtain what's needed

    ∞ Diversity

    ∞ Diurnal living

    ∞ Finding value in homebody life

    ∞ Sacred Solitude

    ∞ Sacred Community

Story note from Ruth-Renate: The Tuco-tuco was the first spirit animal guide that I made contact with that I did not recognize. All I knew it was some kind of burrow animal that I was seeing. It took me a couple hours or so looking at all sorts of images of different burrow animals to try to find what I was seeing in my mind. I had no idea that tuco-tuco's existed, let alone so many varieties of them! Amazing. <3

*added by Ruth-Renate

Tazmanian Tiger, Thylacine

 

Extinct
image taken in 1903, obtained from wikipedia

Tazmanian Tiger/Thylacine's Wisdom Includes:*

    ∞ Protecting the young

    ∞ Cunning

    ∞ Ferocity and tenacity 

    ∞ Self-defense

    ∞ Communication

    ∞ Bravery

*added by Ruth-Renate

Note: This animal became extinct in the late 1930s. 

Cowbird

a brown-headed cowbird
image from wikipedia

Cowbird's Wisdom Includes:*

    ∞ Finding opportunities

    ∞ Following environmental signals (they got their name because they followed cattle herds)

    ∞ Deception

*added by Ruth-Renate

Jumping Spider

image from Wikipedia

Jumping Spider's Wisdom includes:*

    ∞ Ability to shed the outer skin (masks) and transform

    ∞ Creativity
    ∞ Spinning a web to entrap enemies

    ∞ Defense of territory
    ∞ Intimidation by jumping, (not size because they say they be little yo)
    ∞ Use of environment to conceal oneself

    ∞ Wisdom in who to trust, and to stay safe
    ∞ Healing of that which terrifies you.

Note: I (Ruth-Renate) had a jumping spider, black and white, and really big and beautiful, visit me in my kitchen which was interesting since the night before I asked for the angelic spiders to help in healing my fears. The Spirit told me that jumping spiders are more like tarantulas and that I should look up the Wisdom of Tarantulas from animalspirits.com to find the wisdom the two types of spiders share.

*added by Ruth-Renate

Jerboa

 

image from Wikipedia

Jerboa's Wisdom includes:*

    ∞ Being quick on your feet

    ∞ Ability to change direction quickly

    ∞ Understanding the relationship between permanence and impermanence; especially with home and family

    ∞ Delighting in the sun and the cozy earth.

*added by Ruth-Renate

Golden Snub-nosed Monkey

 

image by Giovanni Mari

Golden Snub-nosed Monkey:*

    ∞ Parental protection

    ∞ Understanding the gifts of uncertainty

    ∞ Community protection

    ∞ Family

    ∞ Embracing complementary attributes

    ∞ Sharing and choice

*added by Ruth-Renate