A spider may have appeared recently in your dream. Maybe it seems like spider are suddenly constantly appearing in your home. You may be sent signs that a spider is your spirit animal. Spiders appear when you need freshen up your creativity and purpose in life. Seeing spiders speaks to a transition happening in your life and a need to address your fears. They also represent your capacity for creation, and guidance towards working with our shadow self.
Spiders as harbingers of creativity
People marvel at the nuanced patterns that spiders create with their webs and the complex ability to engineer such structures. People with a spider spirit animal have keen creative talents, and a knack for implementing their proactive ideas to create lasting and meaningful solutions. Throughout history, the spider is emblematic of the Divine Mother, sacred feminine energy, and the creation of the natural world. Spider totems implore us to observe issues from all possible sides, much like a spider creates its impressive web. If one solution works, take a step back and build to formulate an alternative strategy that may be more successful. Learn from all your “mistakes,” to grow as a person both professionally and personally. Seeing spiders indicates a need to increase flexibility in your life and to bravely forge new paths or ways of addressing issues in your life, similar to how the spider creates and repairs its webs.
Spider symbolism
Spiders are teachers of patience, creativity, feminine energy, addressing one’s shadow self or fears, and embracing the web of life. Much like a spider waiting for prey to ensnare themselves in a web, so too does it compel you to patiently wait to an idea to fully form or a plan to materialize before you should take action. Begin to look at this idea or plan as a puzzle that is waiting to come together in a manner that best suits your needs. Live your life in a bold and innovative way that feeds your creative essence. Spiders can also be tied to the concept of infinity since it has eight appendages. In numerology, eight reflects the continuous cycle of beginnings and endings and renewal.
Harnessing the power of spider’s spirit
Call on the spider totem when you require a jolt of creativity or clarity on a path forward. If you feel lost, enlist the power of the spider to discover a new way to overcome any obstacle. Consider how a spider repairs its web whenever it becomes damaged, and use this change in circumstance to improve your situation. With every ending, a new beginning is around the corner. Every negative moment has a positive facet.
Spiders in dreams
If you dream about a spider notice how you felt during the dream. Did you feel curious, inspired, or fearful? Pay attention to any situations you might have experienced during the dream. Killing a spider could indicate a need to end a negative part of your life. If you felt positive then you may be about to fulfill an idea or plan that you have been delaying, or you may be about to embrace your feminine spirit. Feeling fear in a dream could warn you about possibly entering into a dark phrase and the spider is calling you to forge a new trail.
Knowing if a spider is your spirit animal
If you want to understand if a spider is your totem, consider how it appears in your life. Do spiders seem to follow you? Do they frequently appear in dream? Perhaps you recently bought one as a pet. Spirit guides enter (or depart) our lives for a purpose. They can be sent to provide a message or teach us valuable lessons. When we honor their insights and significance, another spirit animal may then enter our lives, or return when we need them again. Totems are symbols of your animal guide and remain with you throughout your life. If spiders have always been a part of your existence, then this is clear sign that a spider is your spirit animal.
Summation
If spirit animal guides resonate with you, then a spider can be a true blessing to your life. It doesn’t have to be your totem in order to improve your life. Call on the spider to visit you during mediations, dream, or in real life. They are helpful when you need to refresh your creativity, discover a new path forward, or address a hidden dark side in your life. With every ending, a new opportunity is soon to appear.