Standing in front of the fireplace, trying to get warm this morning. I’m staring at my crystals on the mantle. And among them are my feathers.
I’ve occasionally picked up a feather and I usually keep them but I’m sure I’ve lost a track of some. But standing here looking at the ones I have on my mantle now there are quite a few. And I realize it’s been a while since I’ve seen one.
I don’t remember what each one of them means and that slightly bothers me, but when I look at them all together I realize that it was a period of time when the universe was speaking to me through feathers and asking me to learn something new. And I did that.
I learned about feathers in particular, and how they are used by some for divination. I read about the messages people attribute to feathers in their path such as you are going the right direction, you are going the wrong direction, or this is the time to pause and not push forward. Even the colors of feathers have meaning to people. It seems to be regional in some cases. For instance, one article I read was written by someone in Texas who specifically made the comment that a particular color of feather was very unusual to find in Texas. So in that case it had a more profound meaning.
I stand here now looking at my feathers. Some are small and dove gray, some are large and black. Some are small with black and gray. One of them is black at the bottom like someone put a black thumbprint on it and the rest is light gray. One is probably from a bluebird because it is half blue and half charcoal. The charcoal side is almost transluscent. I have one with a square tip, which must be a tail feather from a raven or crow. I can’t remember now which one has the square tail feathers. And then I have two with bold stripes: one is black and white, one is gray and white. Oh! I found another one with a square end. And then there’s the one on the kitchen window sill. It’s white. That one was a special find. I put it there on the window sill, and then one day I noticed that it was pointing in the same direction that the birds were flying.
This has been a hard 6 months. But I have positioned myself better for growth through this trial than I have in any previous one. May that continue.
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