Animal

Symbolic Value or Use in Magick

Ant

industry, community, craftsmanship

Bear

power, cycles, guardian energy, sacred to Odin and Artemis

Bees

messages, communication, luck, sacred to Venus

Blue Jay

communication, magickal mimicry, guardian energy

Butterfly

transformation, enlightenment, reincarnation

Cat

playfulness, equilibrium, grace, sacred to Bast

Chicken

divination, fertility, health

Cow

The Goddess Aspect, prosperity, sacred to Hathor

Cricket

luck, happiness, abundance, blessings

Deer

spiritual education, security, gentility, sacred to Artemis, Aphrodite and Diana

Dog

service, trust, devotion

Dolphin

oracles, divine messages, the breath of life, sacred to Apollo

Fish

fertility, perseverance, providence

Fox

invisibility, half-truths, quick action, shape-shifting, sacred to Bacchus

Frog

fertility, health, honesty

Hare

The Moon, fecundity, sacred to Aphrodite and Eros

Horse

movement, fertility, divination, sacred to Mars

Lark

cheerfulness, solar magick

Mole

revealing secret matters

Mouse

economy, getting around barriers, sacred to Apollo

Nightingale

love, lightening burdens, sacred to Adonis and Attis

Owl

self-truth, wisdom, vision, sacred to Athena

Pig

renewal

Raven

prophesy, sacred to Hellios

Robin

harbinger of spring, the fire element, sacred to Thor

Snail

birth, luck, divination

Snake

transformation, health, sacred to Hermes and Ra

Spider

fate, destiny, networks, sacred to the Fates

Squirrel

in-gathering, storage

Turkey

charity, self sacrifice

Turtle

the earth, creativity, regeneration

Whale

the water element, rejuvenation, initiation