R.I.P. #3

Keynote: Creativity and the Weaving of Fate
Spider teaches you to maintain a balance- between past and future, physical and spiritual, male and female. Spider teaches you that everything you now do is weaving what you will encounter in the future.

The spiral of the web, converging at a central point, is something to be meditated upon by those with this totem. Are you moving toward a centrol goal or scattered? Is everything staying focused? Are you becoming too involved or self-absorbed? Are you focusing on others' accomplishments and not on your own?

The spider has long been associated with death and rebirth. Part of this may have to do with the fact that some female spiders will kill and eat the male after mating. Because it is constantly building and weaving new webs, it has also been a lunar symbol. For those with this totem, this pattern is a reminder to maintain balance and polarity in all aspects of life. Through this polarity and balance creativity is stimulated.

Most spiders are actually very, very delicate. If you were holding a tarantula and dropped it, it would bread and die. Spiders are a combination of gentleness and strength, and they have learned to combine both for successful survival. This is an important lesson for those with this totem.

Most people have little or not contact with the bigger spiders, but they will often see a wide variety around the house and home. Most of their movement occurs in the dark, and they move into inaccessible areas. This reflects much about how to express the creative energies. Don't be afraid to employ it in seemingly inaccessible corners. Weave your creative threads in the dark and then when the sun hits them, they will glisten with intricate beauty.

If spider has come into your life, ask yourself some important questions. Are you not weaving your dreams and imaginings into reality? Are you not using your creative opportunities? Are you feeling closed in or stuck as if in a web? Do you need to pay attention to your balance and where you are walking in life? Are others out of balance around you? Do you need to write? Are you inspired to write or draw and not following through? Remember the spider is the keeper of knowledge of the primordial alphabet. Spider can teach how to use the written language with power and creativity so that your words weave a web around those who would read them.