Monday, January 27, 2014

Salmon – Life is worth the effort

Druid Animal Oracle
For today another card from the Druidcraft Animal Oracle: the Salmon. The keywords are: wisdom inspiration and rejuvenation. We see the Salmon leaping from the water to pluck the seed of a Hazel tree (the tree of wisdom) from the air. For the druids the salmon was the oldest and wisest animal of them all. It is in the nature of the Salmon to return to the place of their birth to mate and spawn. It is a very dangerous and difficult journey to return to their source. They have to overcome many obstacles.
Sometimes it is wise to recapitulate your life’s journey to understand where you've come from and how you've got here. And through that wisdom you can be inspired to continue where you've  left off or perhaps make a change for the better.
Salmon is teaching us to use our intuition; to listen to our gut feelings and to be kind to ourselves and others when it gets difficult. Sometimes we do have to swim upstream to follow our bliss. Who said life was easy. But Salmon knows it worth it when she finally spawns. It is quite understandable the Queen of Vessels from The Wildwood Tarot is also depicted as a Salmon.

8 comments:

  1. I do think it is wise to pause and take inventory of where we've been, where we are now, and the direction we're headed in. I can get so busy (and much of it is useless business), that I've lost my way and I'm not even aware of it until I stop.

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    1. "useless business" this is sooo recognizable! lol
      This is why I love to reread my journals from time to time. I sometimes dread to remember the bad times, but I do love to notice that I have overcome a lot

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  2. absolutely true, if we ignore our past, we have no future. Our past is what we are, but never what we have to be.

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    1. And it can help us decide where we want to go

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  3. I love this. You know last night I pulled the Salmon from the Medicine Cards :) It always ends up being a reassuring card for me to see.

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    1. Since this is my first animal oracle I am still a bit surprised about the feelings such cards can evoke

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  4. Nice card! I was re-reading parts of my blog today, revisiting where I've been and thinking about my own journey, so it's perfect for me today!

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    1. Yes I've noticed a blog is much like a themed journal.

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