May 05 2008
Winged Ones
The Energy and Wisdom that our feathered cousins lend us is incredible. Watch the skies and then look through the list below to see what these magnificent creatures are bringing to you.
Click a letter below to go to our cousins whose name begin with that letter.
‘Alae ‘Ula’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Connection to water vegetation;
• Ability to move above ones environment;
• Diversity of color/race;
• Use of voice;
Albatross’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Endurance Ability to remain in emotional situations for extended periods of time;
• Awkward, but effective beginnings and endings;
• Understands the effectiveness of extended parenting;
• Stamina;
Anhinga’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Use of the Sun as a healing agent;
• Patience;
• Ability to spear what is needed;
Bald Eagle’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Swiftness;
• Strength;
• Courage;
• Wisdom;
• Keen sight;
• Illumination of Spirit;
• Healing;
• Creation;
• Knowledge of magic;
• Ability to see hidden spiritual truths;
• Rising above the material to see the spiritual;
• Ability to see the overall pattern;
• Connection to spirit guides and teachers;
• Great power and balance;
• Dignity with grace;
• Ability to see the “big picture”;
• Connection with higher truths;
• Intuitive and creative spirit;
• Respect for the boundaries of the regions;
• Grace achieved through knowledge and hard work;
Bat’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Shamanic death and rebirth;
• Pollination of new ideas;
• Transition; Initiation;
• Viewing past lives;
• Understanding grief;
• The use of vibrational sound;
• Camouflage;
• Invisibility;
• Ability to observe unseen;
Bee Eater’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Ability to see auras;
• Use of color in healing;
• Capture of moving objects;
• Ability to dig to find answers;
Blackbird’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Connection to the water plant kingdom;
• Doing trance work;
• Use of camouflage in protection of family;
• Ability to sway with the winds of change;
Bluebird’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Happiness;
• Movement to new level of being;
• Modesty;
• Fulfillment;
• Confidence;
• Ability to return from the brink of extinction;
BlueJay’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Understanding how to use power wisely;
• Warning;
• Courage;
• Ability to check on future trouble spots;
Booby’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Fearlessness;
• Trust;
• Agility in water;
• Courtship display;
• Understanding layers;
• Depth perception;
Butcher Bird’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• The only truly predatory songbird;
• Ferocity;
• Value of surplus;
• Surveyor of one’s surroundings;
• Understanding of the nature of masks;
• Boldness;
• Fearlessness;
Buzzard’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Death and rebirth;
• Prophecy;
• Love of the Mother goddess;
• Knowledge concerning the death of a loved one;
• New vision;
• Purification;
Canary’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Beauty of voice;
• Use of song in healing;
• Finding your soul’s song;
• Happiness;
• Ability to find joy in song during times in darkness/shadow;
Caracara’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• National bird of Mexico;
• Attraction to the color Red;
• Clear vision;
• Connection to wetlands;
• Ability to see problems sharply;
Cardinal’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Courtship; Fatherhood;
• Understanding the power of the wind;
• Finding your soul song;
Cassowary’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Shyness;
• Vulnerability;
• Connection to the Rainforest;
• Use of protective armour;
Chickadee’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• The bird of truth;
• Truthful expression;
• Understanding the power of small things;
• All aspects of attitude;
• Use of voice;
Chicken’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Power of voice;
• Understanding language;
• Pecking out the answers that escape others;
• Awakening powers at sunrise;
• Protection of family and community;
• Hearing your inner voice;
Cockatoo’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Understands the power of sunrise;
• Ability to survive harsh conditions;
• Communication skills;
• Beauty;
Cock’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Power of voice;
• Understanding language;
• Pecking out the answers that escape others;
• Awakening powers at sunrise;
• Protection of family and community;
• Hearing your inner voice;
Condor’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Death and rebirth;
• Prophecy;
• Love of the Mother goddess;
• Knowledge concerning the death of a loved one;
• New vision;
• Purification;
Cormorant’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Use of the Sun as a healing agent;
• Patience;
• Ability to spear what is needed;
Crane’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Symbol of spring and light;
• Astral travel;
• New knowledge;
• Seeing all things associated with secrets;
• Wisdom;
• Seeks to help others on their paths;
• Longevity;
• Elegance;
• Using voice uniquely;
Crow’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Guardian of the place before existence;
• Ability to move in space and time;
• Honouring ancestors;
• Carrier of souls from darkness into light;
• Working without fear in darkness;
• Guidance while working in shadow;
• Moves freely in the void;
• Understands all things related to ethics;
• Shape shifter;
Dove’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Brings peace and love;
• Understanding of gentleness;
• Spirit messenger;
• Communicates between the two worlds;
Duck’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Grace on water;
• Water energy;
• Seeing clearly through emotions;
• Spirit helper of mystics and seers;
Egret’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Provides safe passage to the soul world;
• Brings peace;
• Provides self-confidence in personal matters;
• Ability to rely on oneself;
Emu’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• The seven sisters who became the Pleiades;
• Connection to the sun;
• Possesses wisdom of the ancestors;
• Shyness;
• Abundance;
• Speed;
• Monogamy;
• Paternal rearing of young;
Falcon’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Assisting in soul healing;
• Accompanying the soul back to the soul world;
• Teaching swiftness;
• Learning the aerobatics of life;
• Controlling speed and movement;
• Understanding magic;
Fantail’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Curiosity;
• Ability to change directions quickly;
• Inter-species communication;
• Connection to water spirits;
Finch’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Power of diversity;
• Group living;
• Use of song (voice) in ones life;
Flamingo’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Ability to filter soul lessons from emotional waters;
• Understanding the language of color;
• Ability to maintain soul purpose in group living;
• Understanding how to maintain balance;
Flicker’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Complex use of color;
• Connection to open woodlands, savannas, and forest edges;
• Secretive movement;
• Ability to hear the Earth’s hear-beat;
Flycatcher’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Proper use of Diversion;
• Deceiving enemies;
• Rapid change of direction;
• Ability to judge distance;
Frigatebird’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Using language to survive;
• Navigation skills;
• Ability to carry messages;
• Sign to sailors that land is near;
• Ability to manoeuvre in the air;
• Flight skills;
Gallinule’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Connection to water vegetation;
• Ability to move above ones environment;
• Diversity of color/race;
• Use of voice;
Golden Eagle’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Illumination;
• Understands the cycles of the Sun;
• All aspects of clear vision;
• The Solar Bird;
• Spiritual power;
• Sees from the highest places;
• Courage;
• Strength;
Goldfinch’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Understanding the value of change;
• Ability to resolve family conflicts in a healthy manner;
• Creating balance in dealing with different peoples;
• Understanding the power of voice;
Goose’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Movement along ones soul path;
• Understanding the power of community;
• Assisting others through illness;
• Happiness;
Grackle’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Comfort in large groups;
• Attacking from the rear;
• Facing the buffeting winds of this world;
• Accomplishment;
• Use of voice as protection;
• Nomadic living;
• Fearlessness;
• Pushing against the tide;
Great Northern Diver’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Connection to ancient bird energy;
• Use of voice as a signature;
• Connection to water energy;
• The value of being a strong swimmer;
• Understanding dreams and astral travel;
Grouse’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Standing at the door of the Great Spiral;
• Understanding the circular nature of time;
• Dancing the sacred dance of life;
• How to travel through the Great Spiral;
• Understanding and working with cycles;
Gull’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Spiritual messengers;
• Communication with deities;
• Behaving responsibly;
• Ability to see from above situations;
• Friendship;
Hawk’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Clear-sightedness;
• Being observant;
• Far-memory;
• Messages from spirit;
• Guardianship;
• Recalling past lives;
• Courage;
• Wisdom;
• Illumination;
• Seeing the larger picture;
• Creativity;
• Truth;
• Experience;
• Wise use of opportunities;
• Overcoming problems;
Hen’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Power of voice;
• Understanding language;
• Pecking out the answers that escape others;
• Awakening powers at sunrise;
• Protection of family and community;
• Hearing your inner voice;
Heron’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• All aspects of diversity;
• Self-reliance;
• Boundaries;
• Exploration;
• Self-esteem;
• Balancing multiple tasks;
• Dignity;
Hoopoe’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Appropriate wearing of crowns/laurels/fame;
• Cleansing oneself;
• Connection to the Earth;
• Teaches how to use odour as defence;
• The value of tunnelling as a means of escape;
Hornbill’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Ability to rear young alone;
• Protection of young;
• Pecking your way through obstacles;
• Breaking out of difficult situations;
Hummingbirds’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Ability to heal by using light as a laser from mouth;
• Endurance over long journeys;
• Ability to fly into small places to heal;
• Joy;
• Happiness;
• Love;
Ibis’ Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Connection to the Egyptian Gods and Goddesses;
• Wisdom;
• Enlightenment;
• Ability to work with magic spells;
• Understanding ancient wisdom;
Junco’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Interspecies communication;
• Diversity;
• Wanderer;
• Survival abilities;
Kingfisher’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Connection to peaceful seas;
• Happiness and love;
• Peace;
• Indifference to surroundings;
• Clear vision through emotional waters;
• Ability to dive (focus) into emotional waters and catch ones dreams;
Kite’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Prophecy;
• Communication with the spirit world;
• Ability to see overall picture;
• Clarity of vision; Beauty of flight;
• Ability to see things from a distance;
• Movement;
• Change;
Kiwi’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Connection to the ancient wisdom of the Maori;
• Ability to scratch out truth;
• Understanding earth changes;
Kookaburra’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Connection to peaceful seas;
• Happiness and love;
• Peace;
• Indifference to surroundings;
• Clear vision through emotional waters;
• Ability to dive (focus) into emotional waters and catch ones dreams;
Krestal’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Assisting in soul healing;
• Accompanying the soul back to the soul world;
• Teaching swiftness;
• Learning the aerobatics of life;
• Controlling speed and movement;
• Understanding magic;
Loon’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Connection to ancient bird energy;
• Use of voice as a signature;
• Connection to water energy;
• The value of being a strong swimmer;
• Understanding dreams and astral travel;
Lorikeet’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Connect to the Rainbow;
• Communication skills;
• Recognition of one’s soul mate;
• Ability to see all viewpoints;
• Love of language;
Macaw’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Use of language; Mockery;
• Pair bonding;
• Brings rain;
• Guidance and wisdom to think before speaking;
Magpie’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Understanding of the balance of light and darkness;
• Seeing in darkness;
• Use of ritual in everyday life;
• Communication;
• Understanding messages from Spirit;
• Prophecy;
• Intelligence;
• Use of voice;
• Good luck;
Meadowlark’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• The power of song;
• Understanding the use of voice;
• Clarity;
• Happiness;
• Meditating on oneself;
• Going inward to find answers;
Merlin’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Assisting in soul healing;
• Accompanying the soul back to the soul world;
• Teaching swiftness;
• Learning the aerobatics of life;
• Controlling speed and movement;
• Understanding magic;
Mockingbird’s Energy/Wisdom includes:
• Using knowledge gained on the outside to heal the inside;
• Learning through experience;
• Curiosity;
• Attitude;
• Territoriality;
• Overcoming fear;
• Intelligence;
Mongoose’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Use of speed in defence;
• Lack of fear in attacking and defending oneself;
• Apprehension of wrongdoers;
• Protection of family;
Moorhen’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Connection to water vegetation;
• Ability to move above ones environment;
• Diversity of color/race;
• Use of voice;
Nighthawk’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Patience;
• Use of body movement;
• Camouflage;
• Ability to rest when others cannot;
• Nocturnal vision;
Nightingale’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Proper use of song in healing;
• Using vibrational energy to see in shadow;
• Use of song in moving through fear;
• Connection with the Moon;
Nuthatch’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Ability to view things reversed;
• Courage of the one in the face of the masses;
• Ability to move ideas from thought to practice;
• Connection to Woodpecker;
Oriole’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Connection to tree spirits;
• Ability to see how all life is woven together;
• Facilitates connection to the Little People;
• Joy;
Osprey’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Keen sight in seeing through illusions;
• Authority;
• Freedom of spirit;
• Keen vision while hunting in the waters of emotion;
• Connection to the moon;
• Understanding weather, especially lightning;
Ostrich’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Assists in exorcisms;
• Spiritual truth;
• Avoidance behaviour;
• Outrunning adversaries;
• Communal living;
• Understands all aspects of denial;
Owl’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Stealth;
• Secrecy;
• Silent and swift movement;
• Seeing behind masks;
• Keen sight;
• Messenger of secrets and omens;
• Shape-shifting;
• Link between the dark, unseen world and the world of light;
• Comfort with shadow self;
• Moon magic; Freedom;
Parakeet’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Ability to change direction suddenly;
• Imitation;
• Love;
• Trust;
• Assists with goals within the community;
Parrots Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Use of language;
• Mockery;
• Pair bonding;
• Brings rain;
• Guidance and wisdom to think before speaking;
Partridge’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Fertility;
• Solitary work;
• Mobility;
• Connection to female energies;
Peacock’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• All aspects of beauty;
• Immortality;
• Ability to see into the past, present, and future;
• Dignity;
• Self-confidence;
• Rising out of ashes;
Peahen’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• All aspects of beauty;
• Immortality;
• Ability to see into the past, present, and future;
• Dignity;
• Self-confidence;
• Rising out of ashes;
Peep’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Communal living, Ability to go unnoticed;
• Understands cycles related to tides;
• Value of blending races;
• Defence through impersonation;
Pelican’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Proper use of abundance;
• Control of ego;
• Recovery from loss;
• Ability to float through emotions;
• Ability to return from the edge of extinction;
Penguin’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Fatherhood;
• Understanding female energy within the male;
• Waking dreams;
• Astral Projection;
• Patience;
• Endurance;
Pheasants’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Movement through ego;
• Using color to heal;
• Expansion of self awareness;
• Understanding the use of ritual;
Pigeon’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Brings peace and love;
• Understanding of gentleness;
• Spirit messenger;
• Communicates between the two worlds;
Pine Sisken’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Removal of negative but deeply held issues;
• Manifesting new opportunities;
• Understanding what a seed contains before planting it;
• Maintaining social connections;
Puffin’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• The Penguin of the North;
• Understanding parental abandonment;
• Longevity;
• Lifetime mating;
• Childhood ability to thrive in darkness;
Quail’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Living close to the Earth;
• Ability to blend into the background;
• Finding peaceful solutions to peril;
• Courage to face hardships;
Raven’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Rebirth without fear;
• Ability to tear down what needs to be rebuilt;
• Renewal;
• Ability to find light in darkness;
• Courage of self-reflection;
• Introspection;
• Comfort with self;
• Honouring ancestors;
• Connection to the Crone;
• Divination;
• Change in consciousness;
• New occurrences;
• Eloquence;
Redbird’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Courtship;
• Fatherhood;
• Understanding the power of the wind;
• Finding your soul song;
Resplendent Quetzal’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Sacred bird of the ancient Mayas and Aztecs;
• Sacred bird of the Cloud forest;
• Freedom;
• Symbol of wealth;
• Invisibility;
• Stillness;
• Diversity;
Roadrunner’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Proper use of speed;
• Understanding rapid change;
• Agility;
• Evading capture through quickness;
Robin’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Understanding the power of song;
• Happiness;
• Guide in the wisdom of change;
Rook’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Guardian of the place before existence;
• Ability to move in space and time;
• Honouring ancestors;
• Carrier of souls from darkness into light;
• Working without fear in darkness;
• Guidance while working in shadow;
• Moves freely in the void;
• Understands all things related to ethics;
• Shape shifter;
Sandpiper Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Communal living, Ability to go unnoticed;
• Understands cycles related to tides;
• Value of blending races;
• Defence through impersonation;
Sapsucker’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Connection to the earth;
• Ability to find hidden layers;
• Understands rhythms, cycles and patterns;
• Warnings;
• Prophecy;
• Associated with thunder;
• The Earth’s drummer;
• Pecks away at deception until the truth is revealed;
Sea Eagle’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Carries souls back to the dreamtime;
• Soul world memory;
• Retrieves lost soul parts;
• Oversees soul retrievals;
Secretary Bird’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• The long-legged marching eagle;
• Clear vision;
• Ability to stall tall;
• Love of home;
• Pride;
• Speed;
Shrike Bird’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• The only truly predatory songbird;
• Ferocity;
• Value of surplus;
• Surveyor of one’s surroundings;
• Understanding of the nature of masks;
• Boldness;
• Fearlessness;
Snipe’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Connection to the wetlands;
• Reclusive behaviour;
• Ability to use temperature to ones advantage;
• Family secrets;
Sparrow’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Desire;
• Fertility;
• Manifesting new love in ones life;
• Understanding the aspects of race;
• Ability to use the power of song;
• All aspects of color;
Spoonbill’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Ability to sweep obstacles out of ones way;
• Connection to marshes and estuaries;
• Protects young through communal living;
• Understands shyness;
• Use of wariness in defence;
• Silence;
Starling’s Energy/Wisdom includes:
• Ability to control mobs;
• Imitation;
• Adaptability;
• Intelligence;
• Mental receptivity;
Stork’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Creation;
• New beginnings;
• Faithfulness;
• Protection of the young;
Swallow’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Closely related to the Thunderbird;
• Power of communal living;
• Understands the value to family and home;
• Protection;
• Agility;
• Ability to manoeuvre;
• Connection to the arrival of thunderstorms;
Swan’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Awakening the power of self;
• Understanding dream symbols;
• Seeing into the future;
• Understanding spiritual evolution;
• Developing intuitive abilities;
• Divination;
• Grace in dealing with others;
Thrush’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Communication;
• Languages;
• Working with the Little People;
Titmouse’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Attitude;
• Fearlessness;
• Ability to wear crowns without ego;
• Power of voice;
Toucan’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Dexterity;
• Agility;
• Ability to move to and from the soul world;
• Proper use of color in healing;
• Ability to find peace in small places;
Turkey’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Sacrifice of self for a higher purpose;
• Understanding the gift of giveaway;
• Honouring the Earth Mother;
• Harvest bounties;
Vulture’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Death and rebirth;
• Prophecy;
• Love of the Mother goddess;
• Knowledge concerning the death of a loved one;
• New vision;
• Purification;
Warbler’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Diversity;
• Beauty of all soul songs;
• Invisibility;
• Frail endurance;
• Survival;
Waxbill’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Foster parenting;
• Ability to see from all perspectives;
• Surefooted;
• Ability to change;
Waxwing’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Communal living;
• Connected to healing;
• Self-respect;
• Control of ego;
• Connection to Red Cedar;
• Facilitates reproduction;
Waydah Bird’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Spousal protection;
• Giving up young for adoption;
• Use of beauty in courtship;
• Aggression;
• Need for open spaces;
Widow Bird’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Spousal protection;
• Giving up young for adoption;
• Use of beauty in courtship;
• Aggression;
• Need for open spaces;
Willie Wagtail’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Camp protector;
• Brings messages about relatives;
• Protector of lost children;
• Patron of child care providers;
• Teaches the proper use of gossip;
Woodpecker’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Connection to the earth;
• Ability to find hidden layers;
• Understands rhythms, cycles and patterns;
• Warnings;
• Prophecy;
• Associated with thunder;
• The Earth’s drummer;
• Pecks away at deception until the truth is revealed;
Wren’s Energy/Wisdom Includes:
• Messenger from the gods;
• Sibling (brother/sister) relationships;
• Power of voice;
• Fearlessness;
• Seeing future events;