Anyone have any idea as to the meaning of a Puma in one's animal totem?

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Hi Bends,

Puma.....

Some call puma the mountain lion or female lion, some call them a cougar or mountain panther, it all depends where you are, but they all have the same powers to show us and lessons to teach us. Stealth, the silent effortless movement through the undergrowth, lying silent in a tree,  incredible balance and patience with no movement, stillness of mind and body, and then the pounce and catch and ultimately the kill. They all denote power and a time to learn how to use that power, how to master it and to use it for good for necessity and not to waste effort or resources.

If your totem is puma rather than 'a' special puma as a guide, you are being asked to explore the animals life, how they live, how they breed, the lessons that they need to learn to survive. Young pumas learn by trial and error, they have a go and see what the result is. They try to be assertive and then find out what works and what gets slapped down by the elder pumas.  Then the young puma retreats to heal before trying again and finding out what works, sometimes their antics make them outcasts from the pack and they have to defend themselves continuously trying to find a pack that will accept them and that they understand and can live with. Pumas are loners and many tend to hunt alone and to live alone until the necessity and instinct of breeding drives them to seek company once again.

Do you know which area this totem is for or from?

I have no idea. Someone I was speaking with said they saw a puma standing next to someone who was around me, so I thought I would ask.

So a guides guide? Or a friends guide? not by your side? and which side?