This article is part of the Spirit Animal hub, a single thread within the broader practice of inner work.
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Our spirit animals are powerful teachers on our inner work 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 often 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 inner work lessons and truths that we haven’t yet had the stomach to digest.
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Often, the presence of our spirit animal can give us the strength to enact changes, make brave decisions, and live our truth.
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 short-term spirit animal or long-term spirit animal. (However, if you want a more ‘accurate’ answer, see my Spirit Animal Reading for more guidance!)
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!
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)
This test determines your potential spirit animal.
Spirit animals are the guides that appear in your life because you need to learn something from them – rather than 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.
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Can Our Spirit Animals Change?
Yes, our spirit animals often change throughout the span of a lifetime. We can also have multiple spirit animals.
However, most of us tend to carry one central spirit animal with us throughout our lives that doesn’t change.
In other words, there are both short-term and long-term spirit animals.
While short-term spirit animals help to temporarily 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 her. As my own essence is very similar to that of a Wolf – and the lessons I’ve learned in this life closely match what Wolf teaches – I consider Wolf to be my long-term spirit animal.
Many other short-term/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).
What spirit animal did you get?
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a wolf….the animal i feel most like
I got a dragonfly !
I got an owl and it made me sad, I always felt a connection towards a wolf, can I retake the test apps I’m going through some mental and health issues
The Owl is wise tho. Maybe it’s an Owl at the moment because you are going thru some mental and health issues. The Wise Owl ask you to take a moment and learn that the wisdom you need is already inside you and by presenting itself you can focus on right now and see what wisdom you’ve forgotten you learned. I got a Bear the last time I took the quiz a couple years ago which made me upset because I am afraid of 2 things in this world. Heights and Bears (horrible dream once that forever changed my life about bears lol) I was also going thru severe depression and feeling I was a burden to the world. Now I’ve learned how to change the way I see things and I learned gratitude. This time I got the wolf but didn’t feel like it was something I connect with. So I guess I need to work on what the wolf is trying to teach me and what I can learn about myself even more. I really am a Raven or Crow lover and hoped for that but The Universe shows us what we need to see . Not always what we want. Look at 3 things next to you or around you daily and fall in love w it, even if it’s a lamp you don’t notice anymore. Appreciate that lamp and be grateful for it . After a month you’ll see how different things are and I would retake the quiz again.
Hope things get better mentally and physically … Sending you much love and good vibes.
i got an elephant and it took me back to when i was just a kid.
i used to have elephants on a lot of the things i owned and toys and makes me happy.
Beautiful, thank you for sharing 💜 🐘
I got an owl. 🤗
Love it 😁
Panther. I feel that.
So glad to hear this ❤️
I got a horse!
Awesome, Eugenie!
I got a spider, which is ironic since I used to be terrified of them before I started my spiritual journey.
I got the Wolf,which I think fits me very well. I’ve always had a connection with wild animals,wolves especially. I’ve always loved animals. This quiz is very accurate.
I got Dragonfly. I love watching them fly around and always feel so blessed to see one visit.