I Saw my “Friend”- Twice!
I’m talking about my friend the Barred Owl. I saw it about a year ago and blogged about it. Then recently, I saw the same type of owl two more times.
Animal totems change throughout people’s lives, and I’m quite sure now that this owl is my animal totem since at least a year ago. Determining which animal is your totem is not about simply seeing the animal here or there; it’s about the way in which the animal is seen. It’s usually in a notable way.
Last year I saw it at night, very close to me, and it looked right at me before flying across the road in front of me. Shortly after that, I asked my spirit guides about it, and they asked me to recall if I had seen its eyes and what I saw there. I immediately started crying, tears of joy. I didn’t realize it at the time, but what I saw in that owl’s eyes was love. Pure love. So beautiful. I imagine we would see that in all animals’ eyes if we were looking for it.
A few weeks ago, while jogging in the early morning, I saw an owl about fifteen feet in front of me on a wooded path. I only saw the wings and the back of its head as it flew away. But my intuition told me it was an owl, as much as the shape and size of the wings did.
Then last week, I had another encounter with a Barred Owl. It was early evening, but the sun was still bright. Again, it flew right across the road in front of me, very slowly. Then it went up and landed in a nearby tree. I drove up beside it. It had its back to me, and it turned its head right around, as only owls can do. We looked each other in the eyes for a good long time before it turned its head back around to resume hunting. That’s a good example of an unusual interaction with an animal.
I looked up the meaning of the Barred Owl in particular. It apparently can mean a couple of things: one, people with this totem can appear threatening on the outside, but are actually very benign. I believe this describes me perfectly. I have a very strong personality and am very blunt at times. A number of people have told me that they were scared of me when they first met me, only to realize later that I am more like the opposite of scary. 🙂 The other thing is that the Barred Owl can teach us how to use our voices to great effect. If that means my virtual “voice”, as in putting my message out into the Universe, that’s good news!
People can have more than one totem at the same time. They appear at different times in our lives and tend to correlate with the life tasks or lessons of that period. Any idea which totem(s) you have right now? I’d love to hear about your own experiences or questions about them!