Any guardian animal when awakened and activated in a person has the ability and desire to manifest in his material world. Since the two main totems - personal and family - are activated most often with birth, they are manifested somewhere near a child.
Remember your favorite toys up to 3-5 years old. Observe your children. These can be soft toys with which a child plays, sleeps, collects, pays attention to them, asks questions. Dolls, clowns, modern monsters do not count. Only images of animals and birds are important. There may have been pets that you interacted with constantly as a child. Dive back into your childhood memories. Think back to what was your favorite animal? Maybe in cartoons, fairy tales? The one that left an indelible mark, it could both fascinate you and frighten you with its power. Children have more intuition, so the totem can come to them in dreams.
If it turned out through memories to determine a personal totem, it will definitely be manifested now. At home it can be figurines, soft toys, images, screensavers on the phone, desktop, covers, etc.. Explore your surroundings, this will help you find other guardians as well. If you can't remember anything or are in doubt, then send a request to your totem. In the morning, when you have just woken up, but have not yet completely recovered from sleep, say: “Totem animal, please introduce yourself to me”. During the day, observe. This may not work right away because you are just beginning your attunement with your guardian. Keep your focus on your request and wait. This does not mean that a hippopotamus will appear at your door, but let's say that you start to see advertisements with the same animal, you saw the animal on TV, heard a song about it, someone talks about it, etc.. This means that the attunement has begun and the totem is manifesting for you.
The most interesting way of determining a totem is meditative. It is very difficult to forget this experience, as totems cause a response of sensations in the body and a storm of feelings with their appearance
Totems are most often from the fauna and the area where a person lives and lived his family. That is, it is unlikely that the Slavic main totem will be a monkey, hippo or lion. There are general totems that are common to most, and there are totems of individual races and peoples.
The totem may surprise you a lot and may be different from your expectations. For example, it may be the Donkey, not the Lion, the king of beasts, as you would like, but the Donkey has come to help you through important life lessons related to hard work, perseverance and patience. And that's a beautiful thing, isn't it?
Finding your totem will help you resolve conflict, understand your true nature and answer the question “Who am I really?”. Once you've identified your guardian, use its power to enhance your quality of life, protect and inspire.