Totem of the day is Emu! Let yourself explore your interests with a fresh eye. If there is something new speaking to your curiosity, then let yourself follow it and learn new things. The coming time will include increased activity, so don't worry if you find yourself meandering on walks or wandering to places. You may have been longing for adventure recently so let Emu show you how to make a plan and take some action on exploring. Whether this is physical or a spiritual movement. Keep your mind open without preconceived notions or judgement in order to let the balanced, strong, and nurturing masculine energy rise within you in stronger waves. Don't be too serious, though, for it will be important to stay lighthearted and full of playful behaviors. The Emu spirit guide is known for it's connection to movement, spiritual achievement, fatherhood, masculine energies, and journeying. While many other spirit guides teach us to move slow and methodical, Emu reminds us that rapid movement can also be nourishing. Emu comes as a sign to work harder and faster while retaining quality of your work. Undertaking physical activities such as jogging can be of great help to you right now. If you are undertaking a spiritual journey, Emu is an excellent guide. Although Emu is known for being a stern guide who does not allow laziness. This guide works to promote respect, diligence, hard work, and humility in order to achieve spiritual and mundane excellence. When working in spiritual realms, Emu can help us by teaching us to move swiftly with soul-flight, traveling on the backs of other animals, or shapeshifting ourselves. In mundane settings, Emu shows as a sign that there may be some form of infidelity occurring. Emu tells us to stand up for ourselves, pay attention to our surroundings, learn crystal magic, and to embrace our masculine aspects in a positive and healthy way. In Australian Aboriginal astronomy, they also name consistent dark patches of the sky along with naming constellations. A dark patch called the Coalsack Nebula is named by Australian aboriginals as the Emu in the Sky. It is said that during April to May that it is in a running pose that symbolized the female Emu during the mating season while in June and July, it has moved in the sky to hide it's legs and becomes the masculine form of the Emu incubating eggs. People who connect with Emu are not generally the type to settle down, preferring instead to live a nomadic style of life traveling from place to place. These individuals are curious and willing to try nearly anything. Always active and moving about, they can sometimes become restless in relationships even though they love being faithful and enjoy the stability of a partner. When making a spiritual journey, they greatly enjoy joining others of like-minded beliefs.

Emu, Domaius Novaehollandiae, are omnivorous birds that can live up to 20 years in the wild. They are the largest birds in Australia, coming in as the second largest bird in the world after their relative the Ostrich. An adult Emu grows to approximately 132 lbs with a height of over 6 feet tall. Emus can only be found in Australia with a preference for shrub or woodlands while avoiding denser forests and largely populated areas. These animals prefer to be in areas where they know exactly what is around them with room to move. By being nomadic creatures, emus are able to find the most food available to them. Their long, flexible legs enable them to run up to 25 mphs and travel long distances for food or water. In short bursts, they can reach up to 30 mphs. Due to their massive size, Emus are too heavy to fly. Being flightless, this ability to travel long distances or quickly away from predators are important traits. The diet of an Emu consists of primarily seeds, grasses, and fruits while also partaking in eating insects such as spiders, millipedes, moth larvae, beetles, and grasshoppers to supplement protein into their diet. Emus are a large part of helping to disperse seeds as they travel large distances. Like with other birds, emus will ingest stones to aid in grinding up and digesting plant material. They will often only drink water once a day after carefully inspecting their water source before kneeling to drink. At times, they may need to go several days without water. If undisturbed by threats, an emu will drink water continuously for up to ten minutes. When breeding season occurs between December and January, emus will form breeding pairs that will stay together for approximately five months. Both male and female will remain in a certain territory while gaining weight. The male Emu will build a flat nest from bark, sticks, leaves, and grass in a hollow on the ground. It is actually the female Emu that will court the male as her plumage darkens and the featherless skin below the eyes and near the beak turn a blueish color. The male's skin will also turn blue, however, his feathers remain the same. Females will stride around, pulling their neck back and puffing up their feathers as they emit low, monosyllable calls that can travel over 160 ft away to distant males. After breeding, the female will lay from five to fifteen large eggs that can way over a pound each. These eggs begin as pale green before darkening to a deep green. After laying eggs, the male will start to incubate them without eating, drinking, or even relieving himself. He only stands to turn the eggs around ten times a day. When the male begins to incubate, the female emu will actually leave him to find a new mate to begin the process again. Although occasionally a female will stay until the chicks are hatched. After hatching, the chicks are around 5 inches tall with distinctive brown and cream stripes to aid in camouflage. After a few days, they are able to leave the nest and the markings will fade around three months of age. The father will guard them and teach them how to find food for about seven months. He will even protect them against their own mother and keeps others away with sharp grunts, feather ruffling, and kicking. At night, he will cover them with his feathers to keep them warm. These chicks will remain with their fakmily group for around six more months before wandering off on their own to breed.