Hi RD,
Namaste :)
Thanks for your reply.
My intuition and instinct are leading me to believe that the spider was a visual representation of the malignant tumour that i was working on. It had a distinctly 'uneasy' feel to it and if it makes any sense quite an 'agressive look to it'
From this perspective i don't think it was a totem animal. I often see a wolf wandering around when I am working with this person and I see this animal as a totem. It feels completely natural for it to be there :) The spider however did not.
Thanks again for your input :)
Gentle Blessings
Helen