Spirit Guide of the day is Sea Horse! This means that this is a time to sacrifice your own needs for another person or cause. Volunteer to an organization or help out friends and family in need. This is a good time to switch gender roles and try out some things that are normally attributed to another gender. It is a time of perspective and care, possibly taking time to go on a quest or spiritual pilgrimage so be open to taking that chance when it shows up. The Seahorse Spirit Guide is seen as a sign of good fortune originating from the sea. A symbol of strength and the ability to find resource such as food in tough times. Take a good look around and consider if your armor is aiding you or holding you back. Do not be afraid to be strong of who you are and what has made you strong. However, the Seahorse also reminds us to take strength from our delicacy. Remember that empathy for others and sensitivity to emotions or causes is a strength, not a weakness. It is a sign of a generous heart and should encourage you to give consideration to other's perspectives and feelings. People connected with the Sea Horse are great at blending in and not being seen, hiding in their environment. With a gentle strength and serenity, these individuals have a balance between female and male energies. Unusual or distinctive features often mark these gracious and polite people.

Sea Horses, Hippocampus, are a unique and special type of fish, living between 1 and 5 years old and only growing from under and inch to 14 inches long. They belong in the same family, Syngnathidae, as sea dragons and pipefish. These carnivorous fish possess long snouts that enable them to probe into nook and crannies for their favorite foods such as small crustaceans. These snouts have the ability to expand in order to swallow prey bigger than their snout. Without the ability to chew, they disintegrate the food as it is taken in. Baby sea horses, called Fry, can eat 3,000 pieces of food in a single day. These fish have excellent eye sight, and like chameleons, can move their eyes independently of each other. They prefer shallow, weedy areas of water to live in, particularly eel grass beds. In the winter, they swim into deeper waters to flee the rough weather. There are about 54 species of sea horse with a wide variety of shapes and colors, with as many, or more, subspecies. Because of these great range of color and shape, it is hard for scientists to exactly measure how many species and subspecies exist. Being poor swimmers, sea horses can die of exhaustion when caught in rough waters. Moving by using the small dorsal fin on their backs, beating it at 3-70 times a second, they use their pectoral fins on either side of their head to steer. Using a prehensile tail, they can anchor themselves to bits of grass or weeds to hide and to keep themselves from being swept away by the currents. Yet another unique feature would be the exo-skeleton made up of hard plates that fuse together with a fleshy covering, not seen in other fish. The male sea horse is the breeder of the species, having a large brood pouch on their front-facing side in which the female lays her eggs. When the fry hatch, they are birthed by the male as fully formed, miniature sea horses. Sea horses have the ability to change color for hiding, but also use in it their courtship. These fish mate for life, meeting each morning to reinforce their pair bonding with an elaborate courtship display. When meeting, they change color and the male will circle around the female, often continuing with the pair spiraling around an object for up to an hour.