Our spirit animals are powerful teachers on our spiritual awakening journeys. They help to guide, inspire, and lead us toward our true purpose while helping us to reconnect with our Souls.
When we come in contact with our spirit animal, we immediately feel a sense of resonance, reverence, awe, and sometimes fear. On a deep level, we know that this aspect of Nature is here to reveal lessons and truths that we haven’t yet had the stomach to digest.
However, simply the presence of our spirit animal can help give us the strength to enact changes, make brave decisions, and live our truth. There is so much to learn from these sacred manifestations of Nature.
3 Different Types of Animal Allies
As I elaborate in my spirit animal article, there are three types of animal allies:
- Spirit Animals (guides that call on you)
- Power Animals (guides you call on)
- Totem Animals (guides you inherit)
We’ll only be exploring what your potential spirit animal is in this spirit animal quiz. In other words, these are the guides that appear in your life because you need to learn something from them (rather than you actively calling on them or inheriting them from a lineage/clan). These are usually the easiest animal allies to connect with.
You can learn more about the other two types by reading the spirit animal article.
Can Our Spirit Animals Change?
Yes, our spirit animals often change throughout the span of a lifetime.
However, most of us also carry one central spirit animal with us throughout our lives that doesn’t change.
In other words, there are both transitional and long-term spirit animals.
While transitional spirit animals help to guide us through tricky periods of growth, change, and rebirth, long-term spirit animals are there with us through thick and thin. Many believe that our long-term spirit animals are an aspect of our Soul manifested in animal form.
I believe Wolf, for example, has been by my side since birth as I have always carried a deep resonance with him/her. As my own essence is very similar to that of a Wolf – and the lessons I’ve needed to learn match that of what Wolf teaches – I consider Wolf to be my long-term spirit animal.
Many other transitional spirit animal guides have popped up on my path through the years, some including Dove, Spider, Cricket, Moth, Panther, Deer, Raven (and the list goes on).
Free Spirit Animal Quiz
Take this free spirit animal quiz with a light and receptive heart.
The answer you receive will either pick up on your transitional spirit animal or long-term spirit animal. Whatever the case, pay close attention to the teachings and lessons available to you. There’s a reason why you were led to take this test. Enjoy!
Amazing, I got Wolf, and it fits now, considering that I am doing quite good Shadow-self exploring.
I thought I was an air spirit btw.
wat just happend i did a spirit animal test last week and i got panther but now i just got wolf as my spirit animal how i thought theye couldn’t change
Hey korbham,
The results will change based on the answers to the questions. Some believe there are long-term (life long) spirit animals, while you can also have temporary animals for specific periods.
I hope that helps.
Thank you for the offering of identifying my spirit animal. I’m certain that spirit animals change within our lifetimes depending on where we are on the path.
Um, my spirit animal has always been a dolphin, since I was little, but for some reason it’s saying I’m a bat. I respect that and understand it, but I am deeply confused.
My element is not air and no way is my animal spiders that is the only creature I am deathly afraid of.
Sometimes when we get a result we strongly dislike (or don’t resonate with), it points to a shadow quality we need to explore and integrate. Perhaps some food for thought, Val. :)
hi do you know why my result changed from being a panther to being a wolf
I also got spider as my spirit animal and I’m deathly afraid of them. But if one goes beyond the the external and watch this creature , it’s quietly creative. I’m also thinking of The character of the spider in ‘Charlottes Web’ …..very likeable .
I love Aletheia’s response about looking at the dark side. Similarly,
Sometime when I’m partnered with a person that I don’t like , I need to look at my dark side.
I eat what I kill. I have always been a Wolf that explains my love for animals nature and life I am on rhis cite because I chose to be on this site and give my email address . I can say a lot ; However at this time I will say less
I once medicated in the backyard of my aunts house. It was my first time doing it so I didn’t know what to expect. During the meditation a wolf appeared and led me towards one of my spirit guides. It was unexpected but very interesting.
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