Spirit Guide of the day is Frog! Now is a time to detox. Cleanse your physical self to rid your body of toxins and negativity. Aid this with a cleansing of your mind. Feel your emotions and, if needed, cry as much as you need to release any mental toxicity. Singing or chanting will help bring you to feelings of peace and strengthened your connection with the divine. These actions will begin a new start for you. A steady transformation from your old life to a new one. Your next phase of life will be one of abundance. The Frog guide is known for its connection to transformation through sound and water. Due to their connections with both land and water, they have a very strong connection to the elements of both earth and water. There are many shamanic cultures such as North and South American cultures that view the frog as a link with rain, thus weather control. Their voices are said to call rains and it is said that hearing a frog croak during the day signals rain to come. They are also connected with abundance and fertility due to the fact that more frogs come up to the dry land after rains. These strong connections with water and rain link frogs to lunar symbolism, cleansing rituals, and how to help things grow. Their loud voices link them to the powers of chanting and song. They have a sensitivity to sound that translate to those with this totem, using sound to stir specific emotions. Their growth from eggs to frogs shows us that we are capable of great transformation. People who connect with Frog are compassionate and sensitive. These individuals are known for their slow and methodical approach to work. They may not get things done the fastest, but they will work steadily through until their goal is complete. To some, these souls may seem aloof and self-absorbed, but they are simply quiet types that hold a depth of strength within them. Their voices are often known to stir emotions as well as calm others with their song. Those with this totem would do well to study ancient myths and cultures.

Frogs, Anura, are amphibians that have evolved throughout millions of years into short-bodied, tailless carnivores. They are often mistaken for toads, however, are separate from them in many ways. The most notably would be that toads are entirely land-bound while frogs live in and around water sources. Most frogs are born in water as tadpoles, transforming through many stages into their mature frog forms. Other frogs called direct developers are actually born as full frogs. This allows them to be born away from water sources. These amphibians can be found on every continent in the world except for Antarctica. The densest populations of frogs, however, can be found in warmer tropical climates. There are over 4,700 species of frog with about 90 of them found in the United States. Unfortunately, since 1980 approximately 120 species of amphibians have disappeared. With so many different species, frogs can possess a variety of physical features. Generally, they all sport protruding eyes, limbs that can fold underneath of them, and a cleft tongue. Each species is adapted to the environment in which it lives. Tree frogs consist of approximately 800 species that have adapted to live on land or in trees. They possess a specialized bone in their toes called the terminal phalanx that is shaped like a claw along with toe pads to help them climb. Other frogs will such as the Purple frog which spends most of it's life underground and only surfaces during monsoon weather. The Malaysian Horned frog, shown in the illustration above, use adaptations that help them resemble leaves in order to hide among leaf litter on the ground. Frogs have a glandular skin, meaning that they secrete substances from their skin that range from simply distasteful to toxic. The brightly colored poison dart frog is known as an example of one of the most toxic species on earth. Their colorful designs are meant to warn predators that they are poisonous and not to be eaten. Frogs have teeth along their upper jaw which is used to hold food. However, they are weak and not used for chewing. Instead, a frog will used its sticky, cleft tongue coiled at the back of their throat to shoot out at incredible speeds to grab prey and pull them back into their waiting mouths. Some frogs, however, have no tongue at all and will simply grab prey with their hands to stuff into their mouths. A frog's eyes even have the ability to retract down through holes in their skull to help push food down their throat. The general diet of a frog consists of insects, earthworms, minnows, and spiders. Larger species of frogs are even known to eat small mammals such as mice. A frog's skin can not conserve water, another reason for their close proximity to water. They do not need to drink water for this permeable skin will absorb all the water they need from their environment. This also helps to control their body temperature. They are cold-blooded and rely on their environment for proper temperature by warming themselves in the sun or hiding in shade to lower their temperature. The croak of a frog is unique to each species and is created by passing air through the larynx in their throat. Some frogs will amplify this sound by using one or more vocal sacks found under the throat or on the corner of the mouth. These sacs will distend in order to amplify the sound of the call in order to be heard up to a mile away. Their call's main function is for male frogs to find a mate. Females will be more attracted to a male with a more intense, lower frequency call. Frogs will lay eggs in water where they can hatch into aquatic larvae called tadpoles. These tadpoles have tails and internal gills with mouths adapted to eat plants, animals, or even plankton. These tadpoles will go through a range of transformations dependent on species in which they grow legs and lose their tails before maturing to their full adult size. One of the most iconic traits of a frog would be their legs. These muscular appendages develop differently depending on whether the frog lives on the ground, in trees or burrows, or in the water. Rather than having distinct tibia, fibula, and tarsal bones, they are fused into one strong bone just like their radius and ulna in their forelimbs have fused into one bone. They have elongated metatarsals, or foot bones, that add length to their legs and allow the frog to push against the ground for a longer period when jumping. When they lose their tail, this tail vertebrate fuses into a urostyle, or long bone at the base of the vertebrate, that is retracted up into the pelvic bone. This enables the power of the frog's legs when jumping to transfer to the body for a more powerful leap.