Animal symbolism
Deer
What the tradition holds
Read as gentleness with alertness: the ability to be soft and watchful at the same time.
Where that reading came from
Deer freeze, watch, and run. They are prey animals whose whole posture is attention, which is what the symbol is actually describing.
Deer come out at dawn and dusk and into gardens in dry weather. If they have appeared, check the weather before checking yourself.
inCommon reads your astrology, Human Design and numerology together, with tarot, the Book of Changes, a dream journal and a private record of your own. Free to begin.
Open the deer in inCommon