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The Goose – Goose is part of a large group, is noisy, likes to congregate near water, and has a long neck with short legs. They are ancient symbols of love as well as purification and renewal. Arctic snow goose migrates up to 5,000 miles each year to and from its nesting areas. Goose has keen vision and can spot things below the surface. Goose People are down to earth, loving, determined, practical, ambitious and materialistic. They are imaginative, goal oriented, perfectionists, nitpickers, enthusiastic, and energized. Don’t interrupt them when they are hard at work or you’ll feel their intensity. Goose People don’t respond to emotional appeals or insincerity. When obstructed, Goose People become moody, melancholy, gloomy and despondent. These totem people are good teachers but need to exercise more patience. They are inspired to do everything well and declare clear intentions. They enjoy seeking out new worlds, dimensions and adventures. Follow your spiritual quest to look in inside yourself and bring out your best. See new opportunities and possibilities, seek adventure and challenges for growth and maturity. Goose People keep to themselves but are still concerned about their loved ones, are wary of strangers, have deep inner reservoir of strength, work untiringly and unflinchingly to attain their heart’s desire. They can be shrewd, idealistic, love nature, and are sometimes more concerned about nature’s creatures than humans! Goose People can be too serious, high strung and tense, and fight bouts of gloominess and pessimism when misunderstood or mistreated. They are sometimes destructive without meaning to be, tough but with a tender and gentle heart. When young, this totem child is sweet, good-tempered, timid, bashful, neat, tidy, have no confidence in themselves and appear to be an old soul. As they mature into adulthood, they become independent, follow routines, have good manners and behave properly. They want lasting relationships and the security that it brings and are in no hurry to make a commitment. They enjoy long lasting friendships that often develop into commitments – no love at first sight for this totem. They are private individuals but can be sensual and passionate lovers once they have established a safe and secure relationship. They are dependable, faithful and have great stamina. Positive traits: Ambitious, determined, reliable, prudent, patience, perseverance Negative traits: Rigid, pessimistic, mean, conventional, demanding, selfish Vocations: Agriculture, arts, banking, economics, commerce, collections, dancing, law, politics, military, finances, mortician, entertainment. Aims, desires and challenges. Your major challenge is to become more organized, conservative and purified – to become self-reliant, self-sufficient, self-confident and find your self-identity. You need to learn to complete things you’ve started. Learn to be more flexible, adaptable, give yourself the freedom to be yourself and drop the pretenses. Attain understanding and enlightenment. Learn to be persistent, work hard, provide security for yourself and others. Look at difficulties as a challenge not an obstacle. Remove the self-doubt and pessimism and learn to bend. Season of the Goose – Winter. Winter is the season of rebirth and new beginnings and renewal. It is a time of love, healing, sharing, and creativity. It is a time to take charge, to fulfill obligations, take responsibility and take care of family. It is the season of goodwill, of belonging, the time to make changes. Winter is time for a purification of the self and to concentrate and focus your intentions to manifest all you want. Direction of the Goose – North. North is the direction of purity and renewal. It encourages patience and inward growth – to focus on internal activities. It is a time of renewal of mind and body, purity of intent and purpose as well as the renewal of energy after the sleep that brings wisdom and knowledge. It is a time of new thought, ideas, plans and life. Animal Totem of the North – Buffalo. Buffalo gives of itself completely as it offers its sacred life to provide for others and their abundance. Buffalo teaches sustenance with sharing, to share gifts of energy with others, and that true happiness comes with sharing what one is and has. Buffalo asks you to use your heart as well as your head and that through the diligence of effort and prayer we can manifest anything. You need to allow things to happen in their own time and way, use effort but not force, follow the natural rhythm. Polarity Totem Animal – Woodpecker. Woodpeckers have a secure, harmonious base and need to learn to share with others. Goose looks for spiritual direction and perfection but need to be more balanced like Woodpecker and not thrown by life’s challenges. Woodpecker teaches us to be more flexible and loving. Clan Totem – Turtle. Turtle is the symbol of Mother Earth. Ground yourself – develop ideas before presenting them. Honor the creative source within you. See the beauty and gentleness that exists in everyone and everything. Stability, persistence and tenaciousness are yours though progress is slow and careful. Guard against stubbornness and inflexibility. Be aware of new opportunities, awaken your primal senses. Element of the Goose – Earth. Earth represents the physical. It is associated with productivity, fertility, growth and regeneration. A person born under the influence of Earth is someone who is instinctively driven by a need to plan and strategize and who will not change their decision on a course of action. Often misunderstood and underestimated by others but who is resourceful even when they are most afraid, and compelled to take action. They are the warriors and hunters, challengers to injustice. Earth signs require participation and need to interact with others, otherwise their planning and strategizing natures are unfulfilled. Mineral Totem – Peridot. Peridot is good for aura protection, cleansing, detoxification, helps clear burdens, guilt and obsessions, aids in detachments or negative patterns, releases jealousy, resentment, spite, anger and stress. It aids in changes and forgiveness, helps sharpen the mind. In healing it cures and regenerates tissue, strengthens the metabolism, skin, heart, thymus, lungs, gallbladder, spleen, intestinal tract, eyes and reduces ulcers. Helps balance bi-polar disorders and overcome hypochondria. Plant Totem – Bramble (blackberry or dewberry). Bramble is a perennial, it comes back year after year. It has sharp prickles. It denotes protection, suffering, and entanglements before bearing fruit, inspiration, courage and persistence. It symbolizes healing, money and protection. Affinity Color of the Goose – White.Path to self-realization is through integration or wholeness. Primary spiritual goal is initiation and foundation. Positive traits: spontaneity, potential, clarity, receptivity, directness. Negative traits: oppression of self, idle curiosity, coldness, emptiness, bankruptcy. If you’ve enjoyed this nature’s wisdom profile about you and your life we recommend you read Kenneth Meadow’s “Earth Medicine” and Ted Andrew’s “Animal-Speak” and his other Nature series books to get an even more thorough review of yourself, your totem or spirit animals, and those totems of people around you.
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