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Helpers and Allies

Birds

FEATHER: messenger of Spirit, symbols of accomplishment of rising from the terrestrial world, free of the mundane world

flight feathers:  reflects a rhythm that connects to the feminine energies of creative imagination, birth and intuition

coverts (forward edge of wing): for facilitating OOBE (out of body experiences)

tail feathers: for steering life and braking where needed

contour feathers (large and fern-shaped, most found): enable own personal flights of fancy, inspiration or imagination

down feathers: continual protection, healing of skin conditions, developing psychometry, and the sense of touch in general, as well as empathy, secretiveness, and the quieting of thoughts, emotions and pains

filoplumes (base of contours): discovering own purpose in life, explore the mysteries in life
 
 

BLACKBIRD: omens and mysticism, fear and promise, feminine forces, new surprises and understanding; use winter as a time for deep inner work to bring about new expressions and energies the follow summer  Red-winged blackbird: creative forces of Nature

BLUEBIRD: happiness and fulfilment, modesty, a need to work hard and play hard, a passage to a new level of being, fertility, time to connect with the intrinsic parts of your inner self

BLUE JAY: using intuition to speak the truth

CANARY: healing power of sound, heightened sensitivity

CATBIRD: communication potential, new lessons or opportunities

CHICKADEE: seeker of truth and knowledge

CRANE: solitude, independence

CROW: intelligence, watchfulness, magical, past-life connections

CONDOR: life, unity and equality for eternity

DOVE: love, peace, gentleness

DUCK: maternal, graceful and comforting, protective

EAGLE: divine spirit, connection to creator, bridging worlds

FALCON: hunting for solution

FINCH: new experiences and encounters

FLAMINGO: opening the human heart

FLICKER/WOODPECKER: strongest protection against shadow and evil

GOOSE: faithful, communicative, traveller, story teller, fertility and fidelity

GROSBEAK: heals old wounds, family values, past life significance

HAWK: the messenger of wisdom, stopper of time, primal life force, fulfilment

HEN: tends the unhatched eggs of her own Medicine

HUMMINGBIRD: messenger of joy

KINGFISHER: peace and prosperity

LOON: solitude, song, romance, realizing dreams, imagination

MAGPIE: the talent of relieving the pain of others, occult knowledge, doorway to new realms, wily and willful

MEADOWLARK: cheerfulness, sublimation, inner journey, the moon

MOCKINGBIRD: the gift of recalling and repeating all they have heard

NUTHATCH: applying wisdom to natural world, groundedness, ethereal

ORIOLE: positive energy, reconnecting with inner sunshine, nature spirits

OSPREY: breaking and setting bones

OSTRICH: how to interact with others through communication, fickle, fast moving

OWL: seeing the truth, perseverance, silent wisdom and vision, healing powers, magical

PEACOCK: wisdom and vision, ostentatious, protective and powerful

PELICAN: ever watchful, grace, self-sacrificing, non-competitive, buoyant, rising above trials

PENGUIN: playful, loving

PHEASANT: confidence and attraction

PIGEON: love and security of home, fertility

QUAIL/GROUSE: sacred spiral, ceremony, holy

QUETZAL: the totally free, uninhibited spirit who is willing to express all aspects of the Self

RAVEN: keeper of magic, who sought the Void of the Unknown to effect change, trickster, shapeshifting, messenger or omen

ROADRUNNER: speed, agility, cleverness

ROBIN: new growth, territorial

SNOWY OWL: eliminating lies and deception; discernment and wisdom

STARLING: sociable, communicating diversity, forceful

STORK: easing labour and giving birth, humanity, emotions, water

SWAN: surrender to the flow, gracefulness, balance, sensitive, emotional, dreamer and mystic, longevity

SWIFT: feminine and psychic energies, speed and agility

THUNDERBIRD: bringer of rain, similar to Phoenix

TOUCAN: the warning system of the jungle

TURKEY: smart, elusive, shared blessings, spiritual connection to Mother Earth

TURTLE DOVE: how to nurture dreams of peace

VULTURE: waste not, want not, purification, never-ending vigilance, guardian of mysteries

WOODPECKER: weather prophet, drumbeats into other dimensions