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i don't think my current appearance has been affected by my past lives, simply because i look basically exactly like my mother when she was my age. looking at old pictures of her is like looking in a mirror.

i actually have an odd reaction with mirrors that over the span of my life i've gotten used to but never gotten rid of. i used to assume there was something 'wrong' with me because of how i could never look in a mirror and say truthly that was me. anytime i look in a mirror, it's like looking at a familar friend's face, not like looking at me. my mind has never been able to agree that the face in my reflection is -mine- regardless of the fact it follows all my movements. matter of fact, if i'm standing in front of a mirror and i move my hand or something, i jump at the fact the mirror moved too, which is a reaction i've tried to control unsuccessfully. it's rather amusing really but i get some weird looks if i suddenly flip out in a bathroom because my reflection moved. lol.

i've also had some amusing reactions to noticing my hair in my reflection or as it falls in my face or something. sometimes it's "what's this?" or a thought of "why's my fur so long..?"

i'm not sure what my mind wants me to look like but what i look like currently isn't it. i do like my dark hair however, and i couldn't see myself with light hair.

i would love to look like i did in my last life...i was more muscular, and i wore a kilt, black kilt shirt, brown or black leather vest, had long hair, had a long black cloak with a big deep hood, and i had real nice boots.

soooo, no. my current appearance isnt very much influenced by my last life.

meh. i dont really like being human very much. i wish i at least had my scales and wings...then i'd at least be comfortable in my own body.

I'm not sure. I've got dark hair & dark eyes...maybe that's because I'm wolf on the inside? I don't know. Never really thought about it - thanks for bringing it up. Interesting topic.

I was attracted to silver fur for the longest time...but me hair is red. I was meditating, and I saw myself as a wolf. My fur was red. o.O; Now my fur color is a color that doesn't exist on real wolves. An almost fox-like red. o.O;

What's wrong with being human? You got something against opposable thumbs and developed frontal lobes?

Actually, the maned wolf isn't really a wolf sweatdrop . It's more closely related to foxes. I think I might've seen something about some european subspecies of wolf that was reddish o.0. But that was a long time ago, and I can't be sure.

I think you may be speaking about either what type of appearance your own soul has. That, or... well, it's my belief that a soul has at least SOME choice as to what body it enters. That's not to say that one will necessarily be able to find the perfect match for itself, but one might be able to choose based at least on the most important features for itself. I know that one of my former human bodies was a little taller, and slightly more willowy, with black hair and brown-black eyes. However, I think all my bodies have had a good ammount of natural muscle- and hand-strength (naturally a bit stronger than the average female), and none have been, well... top-heavy. ~shrugs~ I could explain why for both, but that would be too much tangent.

In short, maybe what you're calling "what you're supposed to look like" is either your soul's ideal body, or what your soul itself looks like.