I don't know what the turning point was, but I was recently strongly overtaken by the desire for a tattoo. Not sure if it was the object requiring a canvas, or the canvas desiring an object, but either way it was a no-brainer. I needed a moose.
My moose has the
Alaska state flag and the
Alaska state flower incorporated into the design.
After the fact, it came across my mind to look into totems; the more I read, the more I realized I never chose to be drawn to moose; it just kept happening. I was gifted with two stuffed moose for my fourth birthday - Barnaby and Melissa (who once upon a time had eyelashes).
These two toys sparked an obsession with all things
alces alces for the next 33 years (and counting). I have acquired moose pajamas, socks, shirts, toys, chimes, bells, candles, gag toys, toe ring, hair clip...you name it, I probably have one with a moose! My mom used to tell me stories about a little girl and her moose friend...many a night I fell asleep to tales of their escapades.
Yet for all that time I obsessed about moose, I never looked into the Native and traditional meaning of a moose or a totem. Turns out the moose IS my
totem...
(from: http://www.linsdomain.com/totems/pages/moose.htm)
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MOOSE
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Giant dweller of forest and marsh-land,
I face a time of uncertainty.
Fill me with your confidence, your wisdom.
Teach me when to speak and when to be silent.
Help me find a point of balance and harmony
That success may be mine in honor.
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Self-Esteem, Primal Feminine Energies
Moose is one of the most ancient of the power totems. A Moose totem gives you sacred and unique energy. With a Moose totem you will be full of contradictions. Awkward yet graceful. Large yet able to move swiftly and silently. Moose people usually have excellent depth perception.
Moose is also associated with the maternal forces of the world,
the primal feminine energies. This can be awaken through water or the sea, the womb of life. Mediate using the sounds of water or ocean.
Autumn is the power time of the Moose.
People with a Moose totem instinctively know balance:
when to use gentleness, when to use strength.
They know what to say, when to say it and to whom. Moose people are usually wise beyond their years.
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