Animal Totem is a special Animal Spirit that has chosen you to guide, and protect, for your whole life. It also represents your best, and worst qualities, who you are at your core. You can find who your Animal Totem is through meditation with the intent to know, and meet, your Animal Totem. You can also consult a psychic on this matter.
However, if you have meditated on it, but still have doubts, and you don’t want to consult a psychic, this article will shine light upon the qualities of the Dove Animal Totem. If you feel it resonates with you, and you share a lot of qualities with the Dove, there is a high possibility that Dove is your Animal Totem.
If Dove is your Animal Totem, it reveals your inner world, and your stamina. It guides, and protects you, but at the same time it reminds you the importance of flying on your own. You must be able to tell when to spread your wings and when to let the wind carry you to new heights. Moreover, this spirit animal teaches that you can never move if you sat on a branch gazing up at the stars, hoping the wind might pick you up. Get up and going so you can feel the rush of soaring up even higher.
Other character traits of the Dove Totem are:
- Purity
- Peace
- Devotion
- Gentleness
- Faith
- Beauty
- Divinity
- Grace
In general, if you were born under the Zodiac Sign of Scorpio, Dove would be your spirit animal. Dove is associated with the water element.
How to know if a Dove is your Animal Totem?
Your Animal Totem represents qualities, abilities, characteristics, that you currently have, or that you are in the process of developing. Therefore, you can realize that Dove is your Animal Totem because:
- You resonate with almost all qualities of the Dove like being brave, and handling challenges well, being a good friend, guiding, and healing others.
- You see Dove all the time, like photos, documentaries, videos, but not on your choice.
- You just love Dove very much, they inspire you, and you can’t explain why.
If you are still confused, you can confirm if Dove is your Animal Totem through:
- Meditation.
You will have to start your meditation with the intention that you will meet your Animal Totem. It may happen that during your meditation, you see the animal, or you smell something, or you hear something. If none of this happens, do not get discouraged, sometimes it takes a couple of tries.
- Your dreams, as well as by pure synchronicities.
For example, you may start seeing more Dove pictures. You may also feel curiosity peak up for Dove out of the blue. You should follow your intuition.
- If you feel you have not received any answer, or you can’t figure out your Animal Totem, you can always ask a psychic.
- Online quizzes that tell you which is your Animal Totem. Online quizzes will depict your character, and personality traits, therefore they are accurate at some degree.
Dove Animal Totem Symbolism
Various traditions, and religions, believe that each Animal Totem has the qualities of the animal it represents. This means that it feeds the same way (although in an energetic way), it moves the same way, it fights the same, and it behaves the same, as a dove would do in the physical world. Therefore, the best way to know what qualities your Animal Totem has, or why it is present beside you, it is to look at how the animal behaves in this physical plane.
However, these traditions also believe that your Animal Totem can foretell your destiny, or share insight into your life mission.
Spirit Animal
As a Spirit Animal, Dove indicates that you must let go of the chaos that is currently engulfing you and devote yourself to finding inner peace. As a result, what you’re seeing right now is your world changing in ways you never imagined possible, indicating that you’ve found what you’re looking for. In this case, the dove symbol represents the chaos that occurs right before your dreams come true.
Native American Traditions
Native Americans value doves’ monogamous nature. As a result, they are associated with monogamy and long-term love. This is why the Native Americans used these birds in fertility rituals. Doves are also associated with the Goddess of Love. They may also be used to send messages. The dove has been delivering messages from God to humans since the beginning of time.
Eastern Traditions
Doves are almost universally regarded as symbols of fertility and devotion in Eastern Traditions. Dove images are used by Feng Shui practitioners to increase the flow of Chi for peace, longevity, and love.
If a Dove flies nearby, it is said that you are being asked to go inside and release emotional negativity. The Dove assists us in releasing pain that has been placed in our emotional system for a long time.
Celtic Mythology
Doves are thought to have healing properties among the Celts. One of the three high priests of Ireland, St. Columa, is known as the Church Dove. There is a Christian presence here, which is why Celts believe doves are representative of the Holy Spirit. Peace and caring for all living beings are both symbols of the Celtic dove. It is also the divine oracle. Dove is also tied closely to the Great Massacre, in which CuChulainn was slaughtered.
Christian Religion
The biblical sense of the dove is purity and harmony. Noah sends out a dove, that comes back to the ark with an olive branch from God, indicating that the flooding had receded and God had spared man, as per the legend of Noah’s Ark.
The Holy Spirit dove was considered extremely pure in Moses’ Law, and was thus used as a purifying offering after the birth of a baby.
What your Animal Totem indicates about:
Your personality
Dove Animal Totem demonstrates that you have a nice, warm personality that makes people want to be around you. You have a good sense of self-expression, but you are also compassionate toward others. When you’re lonely, you want to keep yourself entertained. You’re one of the lucky few who knows what to do on a Sunday evening. You don’t need someone to lift you up or maintain a high vibration.
Strong and genuine relationships are important to you. You try to surround yourself with people who understand how to value you and who you can trust. You’re all about forming a group around yourself, but in the end, you just keep close to you the ones who love you for who you are and won’t change you to suit their picture.
If you’ve found your people, the ones you can trust, you tell them all. You’re still very protective of them, and you make sure that they’ll be able to develop alongside you. You’ve made it your life’s work to bring harmony and tranquility to those around you. People are filled with hope, happiness, and serenity when they are in your presence. You are spiritually advanced, but you are still very grounded and down-to-earth.
Your life at the current moment
An Animal Totem is the Spirit Animal that accompanies you since the day you were born, until the end. Therefore, if Dove is your Animal Totem, it doesn’t indicate much about life at your current moment, unless it starts showing up in your dreams.
The Spirit Animal that guides you through certain events in your life, is usually an Animal Guide that chooses to walk with you for a limited period of time, until you learn your lesson, or you overcome the problem. It may also choose you, to help you amplify certain qualities that you need for the next phase in your life.
If Dove is the Spiritual Animal that chooses to accompany you, it is reminding you to be more open to new possibilities. You may be struggling to cope with life, particularly if you need a safety net. You have the potential to draw all types of people to you, but that doesn’t mean they’re trustworthy. You should not, however, withdraw into solitude because you do not thrive in such a setting. You’re not allowing yourself to be exposed to new opportunities, individuals, or experiences. Your life and decisions are being dictated by your pessimistic outlook. You are the one who confines yourself.
What does dreaming about your Animal Totem mean?
If you have a dream where a Dove is looking at you, it indicates the need to flee or flee from all things mundane and ordinary. Peace, devotion, femininity, and hope are all associated with the white dove.
A pair of doves in a dream, represents the need for a lover or a girlfriend. It denotes a desire for love and business.
A mourning dove can symbolize a loss, and it is usually a bad omen.
How do you handle your life based on your Animal Totem?
Relationships
In you have the Dove Animal Totem, it represents your desire to form a close bond with your partner, and your sense of family. You’re looking for someone who can give you protection, comfort, and a family. You don’t like squandering your time, love, or resources on various lovers. You’re still on the lookout for the one that can light a fire in your soul and give you a sense of commitment. For you, family is a strong pillar, and you want someone who understands its importance and is willing to go above and beyond for their family.
You are reliable and trustworthy in relationships. Your partner has faith in you, and you are committed to each other for the rest of your lives. You enjoy sitting at home and participating in various domestic activities. If you are a man or a woman, you have deep maternal instincts.
You may be someone who has dreamt your whole life, since you are little, about your wedding, or your partner, your children, your home, and how the wedded life would unfold for you.
The perfect partner for you would be someone who places a high emphasis on family and wishes to preserve certain values. They have access to your armor, shoulder to cry on, good protection, and lover. They must, above all, be the ideal mother or father for your future kids.
Career
Dove Totem demonstrates that you are somebody who prefers to settle for a career that pays well and offers financial stability. You feel that you selected the profession of your dreams and that you should be pursuing it. You may find it difficult to find a good job at first, but you do not turn down any chance. You are aware of your household’s obligations and responsibilities, and you are able to work hard to fulfill your needs and desires.
You thrive in a workplace that recognizes and respects you for who you are. You share a lot of your personality with your peers, which can also lead to workplace backlash. You must realize that your colleagues are not your friends, particularly if you work in an environment where many people have the same degree as you. The competition can cause you harm; as a result, the business world can prove challenging for you, and at worst, a failure.
Regarding finances, Dove Totem indicates that you will be in a good financial position. It’s rare to gain wealth when you’re afraid of competing or hurting other people’s feelings. However, it is possible that you will marry into wealth or inherit an amount of money that will allow you to achieve your financial goals. You still struggle to manage your spending habits and save money, making it more difficult for you to achieve financial stability. Start by learning how to save money and invest appropriately if you want to be wealthy one day.
Relationship with yourself
Dove Animal Totem reveals your inner struggles, as well as your true self, which you may hide from others. You enjoy pampering yourself with high-end products, and if you can’t afford it, you make sure to participate in various events, book a spa day, and keep yourself entertained. You certainly want to share your thoughts with others, but you don’t mind being alone much of the time. This will is a pattern that will catch up with you over time, and while you can learn to be on your own, you will want to be accompanied by good friends once in a while. You won’t have any company if you’re always on your own. This is one of your initial challenges. If you are open to invitations or simply show a willingness to meet new people, you will discover that you are not so alone.
You have a tendency to be very open with others, and it hurts you when they don’t understand you. You are open and truthful, and you say exactly what you think, without any filters or attempts to manipulate others. Not everybody shares your ideals, which can put you in a tough situation at times. You can sometimes feel as if you come off as immature or naive to others, which hurts your feelings because you are intelligent and only want to have fun. This is the second time you’ve had to deal with a problem. You must realize that people are not against you, and that most of the time, they are not doing anything to intentionally harm you. Everyone is out for themselves.
How to honour or connect with your Animal Totem?
If you want to connect with your Dove Animal Totem, you can take a page from the book of the Native American Traditions. You don’t have to wear the skin of the Dove on you, but you can keep nice Dove sculptures at your work desk. You can have a beautiful artwork of the Dove printed at your blouse, or a paint of the Dove on your wall. You can also buy jewelry that has a dove’s signature in it, like the head, or footprints.
You can use these objects to focus on during your meditation, in order to connect with Dove Animal Totem. During your meditation, you may want to call upon your Dove Animal Totem, and ask to be blessed with the qualities that you need at the moment.
Try to feel the specific quality amplifying in you. Act as being a dove is your second nature. This is also how you honor your Spirit Guide, Dove Totem.
If you feel that you can’t visualize the Dove well, which is important for your meditation process to work, you can think about the qualities you want to embody, and try to feel those qualities growing in you. You have to embrace the Dove energy in all aspects of it: physically, energetically, spiritually, and emotionally. It may also help to watch a movie with Dove.
Conclusion
You may find that during the course of your life, other Spirit Animals will choose to walk with you for a while, to guide you in different areas of your life. It is possible, that while you have Dove Animal Totem, you can also be guided by other Spirit Animals. However, you will notice that your core values, the same qualities you share with the Dove, won’t change. You will still be graceful, peaceful, joyful, and a good friend.
Different Spirit Animals help you see other paths, that only those can help, and guide through. They also help you develop other qualities, because the purpose is for you to grow.
For example, if you will be accompanied by Turtle Totem, which is there to help you develop your grounding skills, and encourage you to have faith in your dreams. Dove Totem will always be there, even if you won’t always have other Spirit Animals.