Animal Guidance Series: Fox Medicine

The Art of Camouflage is a natural gift of fox medicine. Similar to the chameleon. Its rich white winter coat allows the fox to blend into the snow. And during the other seasons, its coat vanishes amidst the lush undergrowth of the forest. Fox medicine involves adaptability, cunning, keen observation, integration, swiftness of thought and action, quick decisiveness and physical sure footedness. Fox is able to observe undetected, concerned about the safety of family members. With Fox medicine, there is a strong feeling of oneness through observation. You might also gain confidence in your ability to predict what will happen next. Well, overall a fox symbolizes mischief, opportunity, playfulness, agility, cleverness, wisdom, beauty, luck, curiosity, charm, physical and mental quickness, deception and cunningness. 

So call on the Fox for wisdom, cleverness, luck, mental quickness, playfulness, opportunities, and cunning! Call on Fox medicine. “Call IT in With Dar!”

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The Art of Camouflage is a natural gift of fox medicine. Similar to the chameleon. Its rich white winter coat allows the fox to blend into the snow. And during the other seasons, its coat vanishes amidst the lush undergrowth of the forest. Fox medicine involves adaptability, cunning, keen observation, integration, swiftness of thought and action, quick decisiveness and physical sure footedness. Fox is able to observe undetected, concerned about the safety of family members. With Fox medicine, there is a strong feeling of oneness through observation. You might also gain confidence in your ability to predict what will happen next. Well, overall, a fox symbolizes mischief, opportunity, playfulness, agility, cleverness, wisdom, beauty, luck, curiosity, charm, physical and mental quickness, deception and cunningness. If a fox is your spirit animal, you are blessed with the power of analytical thinking, deduction, detailed observation. And always being mentally alert and adaptable. You solve problems with creativity, wit and high energy, taking a strong active interest in those around you loving and loyal. In ancient Native American lore, foxes have different attributes in the northern tribes, where they see them as wise messengers, while those in the southern tribes or plains regions, regard them as mischievous tricksters. Among the Hopi, and Cherokee tribes, foxes are associated with great healing abilities. In a Apache folklore, the fox was the bringer of fire to the human race. The Celts looked upon foxes as their guides, and respected their wisdom. The fox is said to be traveling in both the spirit world and the earthly world, in Celtic culture. In the Bible and Christianity, the fox is crafty and prowling with qualities of Satan. In ancient Chinese stories, the fox is a shapeshifter, and believed to signal the spirits of the afterlife, sometimes draining human energy. In Japanese myth, the fox is associated with Shinto, the goddess of rice, a wise and magical being. It is also believed to represent a Rain Spirit. According to shamanic beliefs, Fox symbolizes the releasing of the old traditions and replacing them with new beliefs. In African mythology, the fox is the trickster god of the desert who embodies chaos. He is also seen as a messenger of the gods. Kuma Lisa is a female trickster Fox in Bulgarian and Russian folklore. Western European foxes are based on a masculine grammatical term, and Russians on a female grammatical gender. In Scotland and Finland, the fox is depicted as a trickster, but seldom an evil one. In northern Finland, the fox is said to run through the snowy hills, creating the Aurora Borealis. When the foxes fur touches the snow, it creates magical sparks to set the sky ablaze. Still today, the Finnish word for Aurora literally translates to “Fox Fires”. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance foxes were seen as undesirable…. cunning and fraudulent behavior, and sometimes burned as a symbol of the devil. In ancient Peru, they worshiped animals, and often depicted the fox as a cunning warrior in their art. So all over the world, fox has been a literary subject, with attributes of cunning and trickery, playing both positive and negative roles in literature and art. We can call on Fox medicine, when faced with a seemingly insurmountable problem. It's important to be flexible, adapting to the resources that we have readily available... tact, diplomacy, quick thinking and wisdom are called for. When we don't want to get into a fight head on, we can apply the cunning camouflage and innate intelligence of the fox. If Fox is your power animal, you are a complete, keen observer, noticing even the smallest details and perhaps predicting what might happen next. You are nurturing, protective and conscientious with great parenting skills. You are capable of blending in and adapting to a variety of situations. Sometimes you surprise others by coming up with creative solutions to various problems. So call on the Fox for wisdom, cleverness, luck, mental quickness, playfulness, opportunities, and cunning! Call on Fox medicine. “Call IT in With Dar!”

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