Your guide to animal symbolism and meanings, please note this list is growing weekly. Discover for example, what it means when a butterfly lands on you, a robin visits or a black cat crosses your path.

Animal, Birds and Insects Symbolism

When an insect, bird or animal acts unusual around you – for example, lands on you or visits more than 3 times – it means that they have a message for you. These creatures are messengers of the spirit world, delivering guidance and news from deceased loved ones, angels and spirit guides.

Spirits can also come in animal form to help us heal and pass on guidance. When this happens, they are called animal spirit guides or spirit animals. In shamanic cultures they are known as totem animals or power animals.

Here you will find the symbolic meaning of bats, butterflies, cats, crows, dragonflies, moles, moths, pigeons, rabbits, robins, snakes and more.

Dreams and Tattoos

These in-depth animal meanings provide a key spiritual message, as well as what it means when an animal appears in your dreams, or you are attracted to one as a tattoo.