maxomai wrote:
Bear
Noted for its strength and stamina
Can help find balance and harmony in life & strength to do what's necessary
Dog
Loyalty, friendship, nobility
Turtle
Nurturer, protector, mother energy
Associated with the feminine
Self-reliance
Developing new ideas
Non-violent defense
Shyness, protection, healing knowledge, grounded
Monkey
Ability to change environment
Health
Success
Elements? There would be four in a typical Western occult system, Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. There may be a correspondence.[/quote]
As far as I can see (being a Liber 777 junkie), there is no direct coorespondence to the animals as elements. I'll reference, though, see what I can come up with:
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Ape (closest thing to P. Monkey) = Beth, Mercury, no elemental coorespondence, Atu I, the magician, aka Tahuti, Mercury, and Hermes. An interesting side note. Oddly enough, the queen scale is purple. There may be something to that. path#12 if you wanna see the rest. You can call this the path of knowledge? It's simple, but it'll work.
Dog - Gimel, High Priestess, Queen scale is silver. We've never seen the dog, but it's unlikely to be silver (or Blue, which fits in the other scales). The egyptian god is Chomse, and she also cooresponds to Hekate and Diana. I kinda see the dog as grasping, it was only mentioned in passing, and may not be important. Path 13, maybe you can call it a path of divination? I dunno, Hekate and diana were seen as goddesses of magick und wychcraft in ye old pagan thymes.
Bear - Path 27, peh, represents the tower card, which is generally seen as ruin or destruction. Red is the color, and cooresponds to Horus and Mentu, and the planet (and god) mars. For simplicity's sake, call it the path of War.
Turtle - This is path 18, chet, and represents kephra (hail unto thee who art...), the scarab, cancer, and the chariot. it is obviously a water path, and the queen scale is maroon. I dunno what you'd call this path, other than the path of me (I'm a cancer LOL). maybe enchantment? imbuing of an object with magickal power?
There ya go, the full coorespondences are on thelemapedia, the lists are huge. Just remember, it may be helpful if you find things in the same category or column that match rather than pulling willy nilly.