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Badger
Aggressiveness
Badger . . .
Badger . . .
Badger . . .
Until you reach your goal,
Know the inner power,
That lives in your soul.
Badger . . .
Until you reach your goal,
Know the inner power,
That lives in your soul.
Badger is vicious, and attacks with powerful aggression. Badger is quick to anger and quicker to pounce.
The power of Badger's medicine is aggressiveness and the willingness to fight for what it wants.
The very thought of facing Badger makes other animals run for cover.
Like Skunk, Badger's reputation precedes it.
Its hissing fangs will tear less aggressive opponents to shreds.
Badger is the medicine of many powerful medicine women, for Badger is also the keeper of the medicine roots.
Badger sees all the roots of Mother Earth's healing herbs hanging in its burrow home.
These roots are a key to aggressive healing.
Roots can ground negative energy into the Earth by allowing illness to pass through a body into the ground as neutral energy.
Badger medicine people are quick to act in a crisis, and they do not panic.
If Badger medicine is part of your medicine, you are quick to express your feelings, and you do not care what the consequences are.
Badger people oftentimes insist on carrying the ball for the touchdown.
This attitude, however, does not endear them to
their teammates.
Badger medicine may also point to the aggressive healer who will have the courage to use unconventional means to exact a cure.
Like the mother who sits for days nursing a child with high fever, Badge is willing to persist.
Badger people can be vicious gossips, or may exhibit a chip on the should, if they are out of balance.
You can be sure that people with Badger medicine will be aggressive enough to make it to the tops of their chosen fields, because they do not give up.
They are also the finest healers, because they will use any and all methods to ensure healing, and will not give up on the critically ill.
A Badger person is often the boss, and the one what everyone fears.
That same boss will surely keep any company afloat.
Badger gets the job accomplished.
Badger is certainty is a source of strength.
If Badger has pushed its way into your cards today, it may be telling you that you have been too meek in trying to reach some goal.
Badger asks you how long are you willing to sit and wait for the world to deliver your silver spoon.
In this medicine, the key is to become aggressive enough to do something about your present state of affairs.
Badger is teaching you to get angry in a creative way and say,
"I won't take it any more."
You must follow-up by keeping your eye on the goal.
Honor the healing process as you express those inner feelings.
Be aggressive, but do not cut others to ribbons on the way-that is too much aggression.
Use your anger to stop your lolling around, so that your doldrums of apathy are a thing of the past.
Badger is powerful medicine when properly used for self improvement.
Remember that Badger may be signalling a time when you can use your healing abilities to push ahead in life.
Heal yourself by aggressively removing the barriers that do not grow corn.
Cut away the dead wood and use Badger's aggression to seek new levels of expression.
Use Badger's medicine roots to keep grounded and centred in the process.
Contrary;
Oops! Here comes Badger upside-down and fuming!
This could mean that you are being chewed out by someone else, or that you have expressed your anger in an unhealthy way.
If this applies to you, remember that all anger stems from anger towards the self.
It is an anger of helplessness that is misdirected towards others.
If you are angry at a co-worker for telling the boss that you were looking for another job, you are really angry at yourself for not keeping your own secret.
If you are angry at your children for disobeying, it is usually anger that stems from fear for the
children's well-being.
This self-anger condition is usually present when you have "silly accidents," falls, cuts and scrapes, or when you find yourself bumping into furniture.
Badger in the contrary position can issue in a time of reflection on what you feel helpless about.
Is it your lack of aggressiveness or initiative? Is it your fear of being blasted or belittled if you present a new idea?
Maybe it is a time when you need to get in
touch with your own jealousy or envy of others who are willing to put themselves on top
through hard work.
In the reverse, Badger teaches you the pitfalls of shyness and insecurity as well as of misused or vicious aggression.
Go to your feelings - maybe you just need to let off
steam.
If so, scream into a pillow and then punch it a few times. It will surely put Badger back into balance.
Badger can be difficult medicine, and learning to use it properly is a rare gift.
In another context, contrary Badger could be calling you to use herbs and roots to heal
your body.
Badger reversed may also be putting you on notice to be aware of those areas of your life that need the input of someone else's aggressive creativity to spark your own.
In any case, contrary Badger speaks of a need for more aggressive action in life.
No more inactivity can prevail without creating pain of some kind.
Overview:
Badger is a quick and aggressive animal which will fight ferociously for what it wants.
It lives in burrows and feeds of the roots of plants. As a power animal, Badger teaches the need to fight for your rights and to defend your principles against any attack.
Badger emphasizes that you should take the initiative in any difficult situation, and not just accept it meekly.
If the problem is an emotional one, Badger encourages you not to keep your feelings bottled up inside but to let off steam.
Have a good cry.
Blow your top.
You will feel better afterwards.
Badger is helpful in healing and harmonizing, encouraging you to look for unconventional means if necessary to affect a cure or result.
Roots and herbs can help to restore your health.
If the problem lies in a work situation, or is one concerning human relationships, the solution can be found at the roots.
Take charge of your life.
Go for it.
Trust your abilities.
(Contrary)
Envy, or the fear of being replaced has no space in Otter's balanced understanding of sharing goodness.
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- Otter -
Woman Medicine
(Contrary)
Otter . . .
So playful!!!
Coquette playing by the stream
The medicine of Woman
The Realized Dream.
Contrary:
If the Otter card appears reversed, you may be running from one idea to another without focus.
This could also imply that you have forgotten how to receive, and are blocking a gift from the Universe with your male side.
If this is the case, you may be embarrassed to receive compliments, to have someone hug you, or to allow your genuine personality to come out.
Fear of being rejected is the contrary message of Otter.
Drop the seriousness on all levels and play at life so that the fear rolls off your back.
Realize that the only flow is the flow of love from the Great Spirit to you, from you to others, and from others back to you.
Overview:
Otter is a playful, joyful animal that is very protective of its young and is at home on land or in water.
As a power animal, Otter stresses the need for compassionate understanding, balanced judgment and generous sharing.
Otter helps you not only to be willing to share the good things of your life with others, but also to find pleasure in other people's achievements and good fortune.
If you are happy for others you will find more joy in your own life.
Otter is an antidote to worry and anxiety. It emphasizes how important it is not to concern yourself too intensely with acquiring more material "goodies" or advancing your position career-wise.
Otter encourages you to find satisfaction in what you have and to enjoy life rather than to merely tolerate it. Enjoy.Laugh at your antics. Balance work and play.
Reclaim vulnerability.
Non-Contrary:
The medicine held by Otter is a set of lessons in female energy. This applies to both men and women, as all of us have female sides.
The Otter's hide is very often used to make medicine bags for powerful women because it represents balanced female energy.
Otter is very caring of its young and will play for hours, performing all types of acrobatics.
It lives on land, but always has its home near water.
The elements of Earth and Water are the female elements.
At home in both of these elements, Otter is the personification of femininity: long, sleek, and graceful.
Otter is the true coquette of the animal world.
Otter is always on the move and is very curious. Unlike other animals, Otter will not start a fight unless it is attacked first.
This joyful little creature is adventuresome and assumes that all other creatures are friendly - until proven otherwise.
These character traits are the beauty of a balanced female side, the side of ourselves that creates space for others to enter our lives without preconceptions or suspicions.
Otter teaches us that balanced female energy is not jealous or catty.
It is sisterhood, content to enjoy and share the good fortune of others.
Anchored in the understanding that all accomplishments are worthwhile for the whole tribe, Otter people express joy for others.
Long ago, in tribal law, if a woman were widowed, her sister would offer her own husband to the widow as a lover to keep her from drying up and not using her creative urges.
This is Otter Medicine, too.
Envy, or the fear of being replaced has no space in Otter's balanced understanding of sharing goodness.
Woman energy without games or control is a beautiful experience.
It is the freedom of love without jealousy.
It is the joy of loving other people's children and their accomplishments as much as you love your own.
It may be time to examine your feelings about sharing the bounty of your life with others.
Otter may be saying that the finer qualities of woman need to be striven for in both men and women so that a unity of spirit can be achieved.
This would involve the destruction of jealousy and all the acts of anger which stem from that fear.
It would mean keeping a Hawk-eye on your ego and maintaining total trust.
It would mean a world full of people coming together to honour the right of each person to be.
If you have drawn this symbol, Otter may be telling you to become the playful child and to simply allow things to unfold in your life.
It may be time to stop your addiction to worrying.
Otter also teaches the importance of not hanging onto material things that would bind you or become a burden.
Medicine Cards: Otter 2
In looking at how you can learn from Otter's habits, you might look at the joyousness of the receptive side of your nature.
Have you given yourself a gift recently?
Have you received any messages in your meditations?
Become Otter and move gently into the river of life.
Flow with the waters of the Universe... this is the way of balanced female- receptive energy.
Honour it! In doing so, you will discover the power of woman.
Source:
Sams, Jamie and Carson, David.
Medicine Cards
Santa Fe: Bear and Company, 1988
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