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Ted Andrews/Animal-Wise

Keynote: Heightened senses (especially touch). Luck in endeavors through our own efforts.

According to Pliny in his Natural History, the mole was the animal that magicians admired the most because its entrails always revealed the fates accurately. He also taught that if a person swallows the heart of a mole while it was still beating, the person would receive the gift of prophecy. The mole was used in magical rites to make a woman dance naked and to heal toothaches, epilepsy, and other diseases as well. To have a purse of moleskin would insure that you would always have money to put in it.

None of these old superstitions have anything to do with the reality of this animal's true meaning. There are around 20 species of moles, and they range throughout most of the world--North America, Europe, and Asia.

As a burrowing animal, the mole is well adapted to life underground; places beneath the earth were often considered mysterious, leading to th eland of the dead and to great treasures. The mole shows us how to dig our our own treasures in life through our own efforts. In shamanism, they can be guides into the Underworld.

The mole has a cylindrical body with front feet that are extremely broad and fucntion as diggers for its tunnels, where it spends most of its life. Often, for those to whom the mole is a messenger or totem, there is a natural ability to dig beneath the surface of things, to analyze and uncover the hidden.

The mole's skin has more organs for touch than any other animal. For those to whom the mole is a totem, the sense of touch is already or will soon become greatly heightened. To mole individuals, there will often occur two responses because of this sensitivity. The pleasure response from touch will increase, or the individual will try to be more standoffish because of the increased sensitivity. Psychic touch will be a major part of this and should be relied upon by those to whom this animal appears. Do not trust what you see or hear as much as what you feel.

Increasingly, those with the mole as a messenger will find that their own sense of touch will let them know what is true. Trusting in what is felt, no matter how strange the impression, may become important. Individuals with moles as guides often find that when they touch certain people, strange and sometimes disturbing images come to mind. Usually the initial response is "Now why would I ever think that of this person?" Learning to trust this sense of touch, regardless of the logic of the impression, will be important. Sooner or later, the truth will reveal itself.

Moles dig their own ventilation shafts so that they have fresh air. For those to whom the mole is a totem, it will be extremely important for their health to get plenty of fresh air.

Moles feed primarily upon earthworms, one of the great natural treasures of fertile soil. Because of this, the mole helps us to seek out treasures of fertile soil in areas of our life to nourish us. Remember tha the mole is a digger of tunnels, constantly searching for his treasures that he ultimately finds.

Do you trust what you feel?
Are you ignoring your feelings?
Are you becoming too sensitive?
Are you not working to make your own luck?
Are you sitting back, waiting for things to come to you?