Sphinx as the advice offered

Sphinx as the advice offered: The Sphinx suggests discrete observation. It suggests that you behave like a wise person who knows more than they hear, but who keeps that information to themselves until the time is right. Because of this Sphinx is associated with the ability to keep secrets, but at the same time manage to wheedle them out of other people.  
So, listen more than you talk. And make sure that you keep whatever cards you have close to your chest until such a time that it’s safe and appropriate to share them. Know that whatever it is you are asking about, it might take a lot longer to appear than you’d like. Patience, while not much fun, is very much a virtue in this instance.
Another aspect of the Sphinx is that it represents our equality with the other animals, and thus it includes the love of animals.