You have spirit guides! I believe this statement is true regardless of who you are, where you come from, what decisions you have made in the past, and what your life is like now.
The term “Spiritual Guide” is general. It refers to spiritual beings who offer a positive source of guidance, support and help in your life.
Spirit guides is a general term, because it can refer to a multitude of types of spiritual beings, who have many unique roles and areas of life in which they can support you.
In this article, you will discover the 7 key types of spirit guides, the 11 common roles they have, and how you can connect with them to benefit from their help in all areas of your life.
7 types of spirit guides
Here’s a look at some of the most common types of spirit guides available for you to work with in your life, and the areas in which they can best serve and assist you.
Ancestors
An ancestral spirit guide is a spirit guide connected to you through your genetic or spiritual lineage.
They may be deceased loved ones that you knew in your life and who are now guiding you from the realms of spirit.
But more often than not the case, ancestral guides come from further back in their lineage. This could be a great-great-grandmother… or someone like an ancient Yogi Guru that you followed in a past incarnation.
Ancestral spirits guide and support you in many ways. They can step forward as guides to help you heal, hurt, limit beliefs or traumas that have been passed down from generation to generation, or they can be practical day-to-day guides.
Wise ancestors can also be incredible guides and allies for you to discover your spiritual gifts and remember how to vibrantly thrive in your life.
Angels
Angels are spiritual beings of the angelic hierarchy who can act as divine messengers and spiritual guides for humanity. Angels, archangels, and guardian angels are the types of angelic beings that most often work directly with humans.
Angels work with people by communicating messages, transmitting uplifting and inspiring energies, as well as activating your intuition and offering nudges of guidance to keep you moving in the right direction throughout your incarnation.
Your guardian angel is the angel who stepped forward at the moment of your birth and volunteered to support you throughout your life. They know his soul’s purpose, mission, and strengths, and can guide and support him to reach his highest truth and thrive vibrantly in his life.
Although angels are documented in many religions, they themselves are not religious! They guide all humans regardless of religion, gender, etc… and your guardian angel can be an incredible spiritual guide and ally when you consciously cultivate your direct connection.
To connect with angels, I always recommend starting with your personal guardian angel.
Learn the name of your guardian angel here
There are also angelic beings known as Archangels who also support humanity. Archangels work with entire groups of humans. You can learn more about some Archangels here. One of the most well-known Archangels is, of course, Archangel Michael, but there are many more that you can meet and also learn to work with!
star beings
Benevolent star beings can act as spiritual guides for members of humanity.
A star being can be a being that you have known in the incarnation of the past or future life in some other star system.
Guidance from Star Beings are present more frequently to help us as humanity and individuals evolve, grow as souls, and progress on the path of ascension. In my opinion, the most useful star beings are guides who have gone through the ascension process and can now help us navigate the current ascension journey we are going through as humanity.
Ascended Masters
Ascended Masters are spiritual beings who have lived earthly lives and have mastered their paths of spiritual transformation to ascend.
They can be powerful teachers for us on our paths of personal ascension and their goal is our enlightenment.
The Ascended Masters have been in the trenches, so to speak, and so they deeply understand the emotional and physical challenges we help, and can offer powerful guidance to help us learn our lessons and thrive more vibrantly in our lives.
There are many Ascended Masters who now act as spiritual guides for humanity… Some well-known Ascended Master Guides include:
- Mother Mary
- Yeshua / Jesus
- Maitreya
- Quan Yin
- Babaji
- Merlin
- Saint German
- Art Kumara
- Melchizedek
- Buddha
.. and many more!
animal spirit guides
Animal spirit guides, also known as power animals or totems, are types of spirit guides that appear in animal form.
They guide us in our lives by transmitting inspiration, offering healing and even providing direct support during difficult times. Animal Guides’ spiritual focus is on helping you thrive as a physical being, which includes staying grounded, centered, and in tune with the Earth. However, this does not mean that they do not have powerful spiritual wisdom, magic and power to pass on.
Certain animal spirit guides such as the jaguar, vulture or snake are well known for traveling through the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds, and when they appear in your life it may be to help you do the same.
Other types of spirit animal guides appear in your experience to offer you protection, help you overcome fear, or lend you specific attributes and wisdom you need.
Learn more about spirit animals here
Gods and Goddesses
Gods and goddesses are spiritual beings who in certain cultures or spiritual traditions are honored as Divine.
Goddesses and gods are vehicles of divine energy and often have vibrant stories, personalities, and character traits that give a face to the divine Life Force.
They are usually beings who have gone through a journey of physical incarnation in another cycle, another epoch of time, and now live in the spirit world and act as allies and often teacher guides for those still on journeys. of physical incarnation.
As spiritual guides, gods and goddesses do not take the place of the One Source of the Divine, the All… Rather, they offer an example or model of how certain Divine qualities manifest.
We can see goddesses and gods present in many cultures, times and spiritual traditions. Sometimes they are also called heroes, divinities, devas or immortals.
Sometimes you may be drawn to the guides of your own heritage, while other times a goddess you are connected to is due to a past or parallel life connection you have with this being.
Some well-known names of gods and goddesses include beings such as: Hathor, Lakshmi, Ganesha, Odin, Freya, Yemanya, Oshun Venus, Horus, Thoth and many, many more.
Elemental Spirit Guides
An elemental is a spirit that inhabits one of the most recent items like earth, fire, air or water. Elementals are not all benevolent allies to humanity, but some could be seen as elemental spirit guides.
There are four key types of elementals based on the element they work with and are associated with.
Gnomes are elemental beings connected to the element earth. Undines are connected to water. Sylphs are connected to the element of air, and Pyraustas (sometimes called salamanders) are the elemental beings connected to warm ether and fire.
People who are closely connected to nature can, in turn, feel a connection with the elemental beings that inhabit places such as trees, mountains, lakes, streams, and lava fields.
Through this connection, these elemental beings can act as a spiritual guide helping to unlock deeper layers of wisdom found in the living library that is the Earth and influence the tone of your consciousness.
How to meet your spiritual guide?
Knowing which of these types of guides are on your spiritual team or with you at any given time is all about awareness. You likely have or have had the support of each of these types of guides throughout your life.
Pay attention to the signs, synchronicities, dreams, and guidance you receive in meditation to help deepen your awareness and reveal the intricate connections you have with spiritual beings.
11 Roles Your Spirit Guides Can Play:
Now that you know the main types of spirit guides people work with and have them around you… Let’s look at the ways spirit guides support you in your life and the roles they can play for you or other people.
- The Life Guides They are like the managers of your team of spirit guides. This spirit guide is with you from birth to death, and works to manage and coordinate all the other spirit guides, angels, and master guides assisting you at any given time. One of your life guides is always known as your guardian angel… However, other guides may help you in this area.
- The Guardabarrera Guides They keep your personal soul records (Akashic records). They connect you to the right memories at the right time to bring the healing, advancement, wisdom and knowledge of your soul memories into your current experience without overwhelming you with too much at any given moment. These guides also work to allow or block entities, as well as previous loved ones, from contacting you, depending on what is in your highest good.
- The Master Guides They appear to teach you and guide you along your path. Master guides will appear in different forms depending on your lessons and goals, they give you guidance through dreams, meditation and leave you clues and signs, whenever you need them, and then they move on.
- The time guides They monitor synchronicity in your life. They will help you be in the right place at the right time, meet key people on your path, and align yourself with new opportunities in divine timing.
- Karmic guides They help you navigate personal and collective karma so you can resolve it, get off the wheel of karma, and experience new levels of love and blessings.
- The creativity guides They’re about how they sound. They help inspire creative visions and help you…