Bird Messages
Cardinal
If a cardinal appears to you in real life or a dream, it might be telling you to be more lively and spirited, and to enjoy life more fully! Stop hiding in the shadows! Show off your colors! A cardinal’s appearance may be to encourage you to become more passionate about the things that really matter to you. To express your passion without restraint might be important for you to do right now. Show the world who you really are! Wear your true colors on your sleeve! If your life seems dull and drab, invite cardinal to enrich it with color and passion. A cardinal can teach you how to overcome nervousness, anxiety, or self doubt. Cardinal’s presence encourages assertiveness and self confidence. Cardinal’s message is that this is a very creative time, one where it is best to heed your intuitive guidance as to how you can express this creativity! The number message cardinal gives is 12, and the color is red. Now is a good time to add color to your life in your home, your yard, your choices of clothing. It’s time to recognize your own special attributes and start showing them. Reconnect with what gives you vitality.
Crow
Invoke crow for shamanic power, magic, intuition, and boldness! If you see or dream of a crow, it could mean you’ll soon receive a message that you need. Crow’s message might advises you to speak up about something. Perhaps too, Crow advises you to stay alert to what’s going on around you! Crow helps you uncover a secret. Crows symbolize creativity and spiritual strength. Crow’s message is to remind us to look for opportunities to create and manifest the magic in life. Crow reminds us how important it is to stay balanced in our lives! When out of balance, daily meditation may be helpful. Those with crow tendencies must balance their life with a healthy diet, joyful friends, and regular self study. Sometimes when crow keeps talking he is trying to remind you the that the great spirit is there for you and is pushing you forward to create the magic you were meant to create in this world. Just try!
Eagle
Invoke for courage, fortitude, shamanic power, illumination, and inner vision. Seeing an eagle is a very auspicious sign in Native American culture! Eagle’s message is that the universe is presenting you with an opportunity to soar above the mundane levels of your life. Eagle inspires our spirit to fly above the average to great heights! There is something inside you that needs to be pushed beyond the current circumstances. Now is the time to create a vision for the future! Eagle encourages you to step into the unknown. Eagle pushes us to be our best and brightest selves! If you see an eagle in real life or a dream, it’s telling you to see the big picture or look at a matter differently. Eagle encourages you to connect more often with your spirit. Eagle’s message reminds us that whatever you put out, positive or negative, will now return to you in some form. Eagles are symbolic of rediscovery of the inner child. Eagle encourages you to focus daily on your vision and to play in that realm.
Flamingo
Flamingo has the medicine of discernment, congeniality, and sociability. If you see a flamingo while awake or in a dream, it could mean you need to be more sociable. Ask flamingo to share his power of attraction with you and help you be more colorful. Flamingo urges you to come out of isolation and to express yourself! Flamingo will help you heal your heart emotionally and physically. Flamingo’s medicine is that of a shape-shifter, performer, and actor. Sometimes flamingo’s message is advising you to play the part of what you need to become in a given situation. It is already inside you! Sometimes you have to just play the part until you tap into that part of yourself that has been dormant. Flamingo is there to help you reclaim a forgotten element that you probably need to tap into at this time.
Goose
If a goose shows up in real life or a dream, you will notice an increase in your spiritual awareness! Goose can may also be urging you to strengthen your defenses. When you need to stand your ground or protect yourself, ask goose to assist you! Goose medicine can help you state your case, share ideas and get your point across.
Goose encourages you to be receptive to and appreciative of all the good things that come to you.
Goose’s message is that you are very well protected even though it may not always appear so.
Geese are excellent navigators, communicators, and cooperative team players.
Goose reminds us to respect our personal rhythms and allow others to help when we are tired.
Goose encourages you to reread some of your favorite fairy tales and legends and see what new meanings you can get from them now as an adult. These stories leave an imprint on the patterns in our lives. It may be helpful to reread these stories to understand different aspects of ourselves and the way we have come to view life. Reading these stories again can help us analyze our patterns we’ve developed.
Goose medicine is that of inspiration for a creative project you’ve been contemplating.
Goose can be a totem to aid you in communication especially through the use of stories.
Goose is a particularly good totem for writers!
Goose helps stimulate the imagination and helps you move through creative blocks. The power of story is reflected in goose. Whether it be your own story, someone else’s, or a story created in your mind. Stories capture our hearts, and helps us see beyond what’s obvious. Stories help us understand not only ourselves but others too.
Hawk
If a hawk circles in your presence today, be aware that you are about to receive a spiritual message. This message will help you move in the direction you need to go! Pay attention to the signals, and signs you happen to encounter in the coming week. Hawk medicine teaches the power of observation. Hawk wants you to see the big picture, and expand your current reality. Remember Hawk medicine, when life throws you a curve! Hawk helps you to see the truth, and to increase your awareness. Look at the overall view! Look at your life from a different perspective! Allow yourself to be aware of omens, and messages from the great spirit. If you see or dream of a hawk, pay attention to synchronicity. Allow yourself to let go of what is not working in your life, so that you can create the room for the things in life you really need and want. Hawk is an auspicious sign! Hawk encourages and guides you to move forward.
Hummingbird
If you need some inspiration in your life, call on hummingbird. Hummingbird invites you to open your eyes, show your beauty, and shine. Hummingbird’s message is to find what brings you joy in your life again! Hummingbird energetically embraces the highest aesthetics. If you see a hummingbird waking or in a dream, it often means that you should try to look for the sweetness around you and pursue life with more passion. Hummingbird advises you to take time to smell the roses and explore the flowers! To create balance in your life, consider taking a class or try learning something new! Hummingbird’s medicine is about passion, joy, luck, energy and romantic love. Hummingbird insist you to drop all judgements and relax. Look at and focus on the joy in life instead of problems for a little while and see what happens. Call on hummingbird when you are feeling down and want to lighten up, have more fun, and experience more joy.
Owl
Owls see in the dark. Owls looks at the unseen! If an owl is making itself known to you, he is trying to aid you into seeing the total truth. You are being asked to use your keen and silent observation to intuit some life situation. Call on an owl to assist you in any endeavor that requires intelligence or insight. If an owl appears to you in the physical world or a dream, it can mean you need to open your eyes and pay closer attention to something. In many cultures Owl is a symbol for wisdom. This is because Owl can see that which others cannot which is the essence of true wisdom. Where others are deceived, Owl sees and knows what is there. Owl can bring you messages in the night through dreams or meditation. Pay attention to the signals and omens. The truth always brings further enlightenment.
Peacock
Peacock is a bird of habit. Peacock lives in the same place most of their lives. Peacock advocates wholeness and confidence. Peacock urges us to reclaim the parts of ourselves that we have judged ugly or unworthy. Peacock reminds ourselves that beauty is first found within. If you see a peacock in real life or a dream his message is to cultivate self love, and love all parts of ourselves. Even the parts we consider to be flaws. Peacock encourages you to display and emphasize your beauty.
Peacock’s message is to appreciate where you are at and what you have in the moment. Also, it may be helpful to pay extra care to your feet at this time.Peacock encourages you to take a risk and speak your truth rather than holding back. Peacock’s message is about self acceptance, compassion, understanding, and confidence.
Seagull
If a seagull shows up in real life or a dream, its message is about the importance to clear any old misunderstandings you have with someone close to you resulted from poor communication. Also, it’s a time to clean up and clear your environment and let go of things that are no longer useful to you. Pay very close attention to those you interact with, particularly noticing any non-verbal cues and voice intonations. Trust what your senses are picking up. Call on seagull when you find yourself in a social situation where you feel out of place or uncomfortable. Seagull helps you to open up communication with the realm of nature spirits of the sea and land. Seagull keeps you in tune with the environment and nature. Seagull’s appearance might be advising you to speak up about a particular matter. Seagull also advises you to not overlook an opportunity that may be presenting itself to you in the immediate future.
Sparrow
Invoke for courage to walk one’s own unique path. If you see a sparrow in real life or a dream, it may remind you to value yourself and recognize your inherited worth regardless of your position in society. A sparrow can show you how to maintain your dignity during difficult times. Sparrow encourages you to be a bit more ambitious in some area of your life. Perhaps, set a new goal towards something that could bring more joy and personal fulfillment into your life. Sparrow’s message is to value and be contented with what you have, and to focus on simplicity. Call on sparrow when your dignity and self worth are being demeaned or threatened in some way, or when your willpower has dwindled and you want to renew it. Sparrow can also help you with being more assertive. Sparrow can help you to speak what is truly in your heart.
Swan
Invoke swan for loyal affectionate love, grace, intuitive power, faith, and commitment. A swan’s appearance may encourage you to see your own or someone else’s inner beauty. Swan can also show you how to glide gracefully through emotional situations and stay balanced instead of letting your feelings overwhelm you. Swan’s message is telling you to accept your ability to know what lies ahead, and that it would be easier if you go with the flow. Swan urges you to pay attention to your hunches and honor your female intuitive side. Bring yourself back into balance with solo time and writing. An inner voice is waiting to be heard, or an inner vision likely to be revealed. The swan represents heighten creativity. If you see a swan in real life or a dream, it could mean love is in the air. There is the possibility of a new romance or enjoyable creative activity. It’s important to see the positives you encounter over the next few days. Spend a short period of time in silence everyday! Swan’s message is about awakening the true beauty and power of self. Swan has ties to the direction of North. Inner strength and inner beauty is swan’s focus.
Turkey
If a turkey appears to you in real life or a dream, it could mean you’re about to reap rewards or receive a gift. Turkey medicine also encourages you to share more and to react on the behalf of others! Turkey was the medicine of many saints and mystics. Celebrate if you have Turkey medicine. Your virtues are many. You have transcended self. You act on behalf of others. You aspire to help those who need your help. You acknowledge that what you do for others you do for yourself. The message of Turkey is that you are being given a gift! This gift could be spiritual, material, or even intellectual. The gift may be great or small, but it is never insignificant.
Vulture
If you spot a vulture in real life or a dream, it might be telling you to look more deeply into a matter or to view it from a different perspective. A vulture can show you how to make the best of a bad situation and possibly find the silver lining. If you must perform an unpleasant task, the vulture can help you find the meaning and purpose in what you do. The vulture is perhaps the most misunderstood creature of all. This bird balances our ecosystem and prevents the spread of disease. Vulture does the dirty work and cleans up the messes that no one else will do! The message of vulture is to clean up our act! Take care of ourselves. The message could also be that it is time to clean your space or sage the environment and clear negative or old energy that is not working for you now! Vulture’s message is about transforming! Vulture could be telling you that something that appears negative may be a blessing in disguise. Vulture often shows up to assist you to move forward in transforming some area of your life.
Woodpecker
A woodpecker could be advising you to delve more deeply into a matter-don’t just accept what’s apparent! Call upon woodpecker to assist you with a project that requires patience and persistence. And, when your vitality is low and you want to restore your energy and vigor. Sometimes the woodpecker shows up to stimulate new rhythms. This bird can help you be more independent and to follow your own path. If a woodpecker show’s up in real life or a dream, his message could be that to be more diligent in something you are working towards. Woodpecker’s message is that the rhythm and pace of your life is about to change! Perhaps, you are entering into a particularly busy cycle and handling a lot of different projects and demands on your time. Woodpecker could be urging you to consider breaking away from a repetitive pattern you’re in. Woodpecker encourages you to pay attention to rhythms and patterns, and he advises persistence. A red headed woodpecker reflects a stimulation and wakening of new mental faculties. Perhaps, you will be learning a new skill which proves to be lucrative and beneficial.
Reptile Messages
Snake
Snake’s energy is all about change and transmutation! Snake medicine encourages you to release the outer skin of your present identity. Sometimes we hold on to projections and defenses that do not serve who we truly are on the inside! We are constantly growing, changing, and evolving. Letting go of the past, so you can be true to who you are today is the essential message of snake medicine. Ask a snake to quickly and decisively help you seize what you want to create. If you feel threatened or under attack, a snake can show you how to defend yourself without exposing yourself to harm. Snake can also show you how to heal yourself physically and emotionally! Pay attention to the message he brings you. Dreaming of, or seeing a snake in real life may be a sign that a change is needed in your life. And, it’s probably something you are aware of.
Lizard
Lizard is about your shadow side. Shadow is where dreams live! Lizard is the medicine of the dreamers! Dreamers always help you see the shadow. This shadow could be your fears, your hopes , or the very thing you are resisting. Lizard’s message is to pay attention to your dreams and their symbols. Make a dream log and record all you remember. Be sure to pay attention to each symbol or recurring pattern. Lizard also encourage you to make sure you have a dream for the future. Look to your imagination for new experiences. All levels of awareness is accessible through dreams. Remember life is not always what it seems. This is a sensitive time right now. Be careful about who and what you surround yourself with. Call on lizard if you feel you’ve been shut down or depressed and want to reawaken your senses and increase your vitality and responsiveness. Lizards helps us to awaken the ability for objective detachment. Don’t listen to others around you. Follow your own intuition. Listen to your dreams!
Turtle
Turtle’s attributes have to do with patience, resourcefulness, endurance, and determination. Turtle’s known for its longevity, protection, wisdom, and self reliance! If you see a turtle while awake or dreaming, it may advise you to pace yourself and stop rushing around. Turtle’s presence may be telling you to reconnect with nature by being outdoors or just go for a walk outside! A turtle might also suggest that you can look to the past for answers. Turtle reminds you to be mindful of cycles! Turtle encourages you to connect with mother earth in some way. Turtle’s message can express a need for grounding, or a need to reconnect with the earth in a different way! An adventure could bring balance and clarity in your life. Call on turtle when you’re worried about not having enough money to obtain the things you’d like and want. And, to develop trust in the abundance of life! Turtle’s message is about awakening to opportunities and longevity. Turtle also suggest using the power of color in your life. To bring yourself back into balance, go on an adventure!
Amphibian and Other Messages
Frog
Frog’s medicine is akin to water energy! Frog teaches us to honor our tears for they cleanse the soul! If frog hopped into your presence today, he may be trying to express to you that some area of your energy, and/or of your life needs to be cleansed! He may be asking you to take a break from your everyday affairs or routine! In particular, the spiritual and/or emotional aspect of oneself that needs the clearing, or cleansing. Negativity is drawn to you when you refuse to give yourself the time and the space needed to assume a new viewpoint. Don’t allow people or situations to drain your energy! Frog’s message is often to let go of the negative, and allow yourself to replenish to a positive and energizing source! Whatever that is for you on an emotionally level. To bring yourself back into balance, frog encourages you to go near water whether it be a lake, the ocean, a bathhouse to replenish and clear your energy.
Opossum
When an opossum shows up in your life, he may be trying to tell you to just play dead for a while in some area of your life! Sometimes it is necessary to behave or act in a strategic manner and opossum can teach you this. The opossum is a wonderful animal with the ability to divert attention by displaying the right appearance! Opossum has the most extraordinary ability to play a part! Opossum is beckoning you to use your brain, sense of drama, and the element of surprise to overcome any opposition or obstacle. Opossum reminds you that you don’t have to defend your right to be! You don’t owe anyone any excuses for being who you are or what you choose to experience. Call on opossum if the circumstances you’re in call for you to act differently than you naturally feel. Opossum is a nocturnal animal. Opossum is the only marsupial in the North American continent. The opossum’s pouch symbolizes stored resources that you can draw on whenever you choose. Opossum teaches us how to use appearances. Sometimes it is necessary to play dead. Sometimes it is necessary to put up a particular front to succeed most easily and effectively. Opossum calls on you to play a part on the stage of life!
Ferret
If you see ferret in the physical world or a dream, it might be urging you to dig deeply and get to the bottom of something. Ferret helps you find what’s hidden from view! She helps you out of an unpleasant situation. If you have been working too hard, ferret may show up to tell you it’s time to play! Ferret advises that you may need to investigate something in your life as well! Make it a game! When you need more information on a tricky matter or discover what’s going on behind the scenes, ask a ferret to show you what’s hidden from view. Ferret encourages you to take everything with a grain of salt. Call on ferret when what you need to do requires you to stay focused on what’s right in front of you! Ferret will help you to dismiss distractions.