Wolf is the pathfinder, the forerunner of new ideas who returns to the
clan to teach and share medicine. Wolf takes one mate for life and is
loyal like Dog. If you were to keep company with Wolves, you would find
an enormous sense of family within the pack, as well as a strong
individualistic urge. These qualities make Wolf very much like the human
race. As humans, we also have an ability to be a part of society and yet
still embody our individual dreams and ideas.
In the Great Star Nation, Wolf is represented by the Dog Star, Sirius,
which legend tells us was the original home of our teachers in ancient
times. Sirius was thought to be the home of the gods by the ancient
Egyptians, and is still considered so by the Dogan tribe in Africa. It
stands to reason that Native American peoples would formulate this same
connection and adopt Wolf people as the clan of teachers.
The senses of Wolf are very keen, and the moon is its power ally. The
moon is the symbol for psychic energy, or the unconscious that holds the
secrets of knowledge and wisdom. Baying at the moon may be an indication
of Wolf's desires to connect with new ideas which are just below the
surface of consciousness. Wolf medicine empowers the teacher within us
all to come forth and aid the children of Earth in understanding the
Great Mystery and life.
If you have Wolf in your life, you may be able to share your personal
medicine with others. Your intuitive side may also have an answer or
teaching for your personal use at this time. As you feel Wolf coming
alive within you, you may wish to share your knowledge by writing or
lecturing on information that will help others better understand their
uniqueness or path in life. It is in the sharing of great truths that
the consciousness of humanity will attain new heights. Wolf could also
be telling you to seek out lonely places that will allow you to see your
teacher within. In the aloneness of a power place, devoid of other
humans, you may find the true you. Look for teachings no matter where
you are. Wolf would not come to you unless you requested the appearance
of the tribe's greatest teacher.
CONTRARY:
If Wolf is reversed, you are being asked to expand you limited view of
the present situation. Doing this may entail a great deal of courage and
a willingness to look at new ideas. It could also require that you
delete some old ideas to make room for the expansiveness that always
comes when you are willing to learn. The gift of wisdom comes to you
when you have walked enough pathways and found enough dead ends to truly
know the forest. In the discovery and rediscovery of every inch of
ground comes the knowledge that nothing ever remains the same.
Contrary Wolf may also be telling you that stagnation or fear of
asserting your viewpoint has bogged down the flow of change in your
life. Wolf reversed is *always* urging you to seek the teachers or
pathfinders that will show you the way to new life experiences.
Remember, the teacher or pathfinder may be the small still voice within,
as well as a person, a leaf, a cloud, a stone, a tree, a brook, or the
Great Spirit.
To live is to grow, and growing comes through accepting all life forms
as your teachers. Become Wolf, and take up the sense of adventure. You
may just stop howling and learn to *become* the moon.