What does the wild horse symbolize for you? What types of emotions and body sensations does the horse invoke in you? The medicine of the horse is in it's representation of physical power and unearthly power. Perhaps more than any other animal, the horse has been humanity's closest partner in the animal kingdom. In ordinary reality, it has carried its rider over distances and made communication possible. It has helped to shift heavy loads, and in the tilling of the soil. In non-ordinary reality, the horse has carried the shamanic journeyer to communicate at other realms of existence, to shifts of consciousness, and to till the soil of deeper levels of the mind. American Indians honored the horse as a sacred animal. In Britain and Northern Europe, magical fraternities once practiced both the natural and supernatural powers associated with the cult of the horse. As a power animal, Horse, is primarily a message carrier and is often concerned with traversing "gateways." It is associated with the power and responsibility that comes from exercising authority, and the wisdom required to use it in a balanced way. On an emotional level, Horse is connected with the need for compassionate understanding. Horse is related especially with the power of knowledge and wisdom and with communication and sharing. Communicate.

Honor your medicine. Stand tall. Use your talents. Own who you are becoming.

Source: Sams, Jamie and Carson, David. Medicine Cards (Santa Fe: Bear and Company, 1988).