I'm probably going to type a lot now.

Let's start with my totem animal. These were the most recent discovery. There are two Koi in a small clear stream. I always sit on the same rock that juts out into the stream when I go see them. There's a tree overhanging the rock with deep green leaves and red-brown bark. Sand lines the banks and yellow green grass stretches out from the sand on either side. There's a forest down stream. To get to this place I have to go through a large arch way and follow a path for a while. Once I'm seated, I wait until something catches my attention. The first time, it was a white and gold Koi. It didn't speak but swam over my hands as I placed them in the cool water, then swam off towards the forest. Then there was a lot of contemplation that ended up getting me through my last year of highschool. The second time, though I don't remember this as well, there was the first koi and a new white and black one. This one spoke, though for the life of me, I can't remember what it said. :/

So yes. Those are my guide animals. I believe them to be spirits of inner wisdom, or parts of me. They reside in a place that is the peaceful part of my mind.

As for Guardians, I have Ognd. He's a sort of wraith and aligned with the Air element. His aura is very yellow and when I first encountered him, I looked over my shoulder to see a very large mass of yellow energy. It baffled me for about a week, before my friends and I made contact with "Yellow Guy". At this time he gave us his name and I got a good look at what his form looked like (because he allowed it). He's very protective and sustains a nice sense of humor. I don't know if he can properly speak through me, though I'm probably going to go try to let him mess around with my journal, as he seems interested in it.

I had one guardian before Ognd, but we grew apart, despite a bond that was very difficult to sever. That one comes about on occasion, but it's rare and usually scares me, as it means something bad is going down.

As for past lives, I've not done anything formal, but I had a few vivid, recurring dreams when I was younger that I believe to be parts of past lives, and according to my friend, we were entangled together very long ago.

Firstly, the dream. Dream, as I only want to talk about one. Most of the others are kind of more unpleasant and give a bit more information about my former guardian than I'd like to give. Anyways. In this dream I was a very small girl on a wagon trail who went off with an older friend to pick berries. The next thing I know, I drop my basket and start running. I know my friend's dead. Though I never saw what did it, my little dream mind told me it was a dragon. My awake self has no clue what to believe. I'm also fairly certain the girl's name was Emma. I don't remember the conversations in the dream, but that was one thing that stuck out somehow. Something I should know, I suppose.