Years ago, a shaman identified my familiar, or spirit animal, as the wolf. It startled me at the time. There are wolf qualities that appeal to my Aries nature. The wolf is independent, crafty, fierce and capable. But the wolf is also wild, reckless and vicious. I had hoped that my totem animal would turn out to be a horse, a fox or a cow; a blue heron, perhaps, or an … [Read more...]