25 - Fox - Camouflage

   

25

Fox

Camouflage

Fox . . . 

      Where are you? 

          Under the ferns?

              Becoming the forest,

                    So I can learn?

Are you watching,

      Invisible to me?

Trying to teach me,

    To become a tree?

Wiley Fox has many allies in the woodlands, including the foliage, which offers protection and much medicine. 

Fox is seemingly able to vanish amidst the lush

undergrowth of the forest. 

This flora is Fox's ally. 

The ability to meld into one's surroundings and be unnoticed is a powerful gift when one is observing the activities of others.

Another natural gift of Fox is the ability to adapt to winter by changing colour, like the chameleon.

Its rich, white, winter coat allows Fox to blend into the snow when the leaves no longer linger. 

Fox medicine involves adaptability, cunning, observation, integration, and swiftness of thought and action. 

These traits may also include quick decisiveness, and sure-footedness in the physical world.

Fox's ability to be unseen allows it to be the protector of the family unit. 

If danger arises, Fox is johnny-on-the-spot. 

Nanih Waiya, Great Spirit in the Choctaw tongue,

honours Fox with the duty of keeping the family together and safe. 

This is accomplished through Fox's ability to observe undetected, without making others self-conscious. 

Fox is always concerned with the safety of family members and is an excellent talisman for those traveling far afield.

If Fox has chosen to share its medicine with you, it is a sign that you are to become like the wind, which is unseen yet is able to weave into and through any location or situation. 

You would be wise to observe the acts of others rather that their words at this time. 

Use your cunning nature in a positive way; keep silent about who and what and why you are observing. 

In learning the art of camouflage, you need to test your ability to pull this off.

One test of exercise that may be helpful to you is deciding to be invisible. 

In doing this exercise, you might try to visualize your body as part of your surroundings, full

of the colours of the location you are in. 

See yourself in your mind's eye, moving with

stealth and grace, unheeded by others. 

If you do it right, it works!

You can leave a party unnoticed or become as unobtrusive as a piece of furniture, watching the developing drama of the subjects you are studying.

While learning from Fox, you might also gain confidence in your ability to know instantly what will happen next. 

After observing for a while, you will become aware of a certain predictability in given situations and be able to quickly make your move. 

Fox medicine teaches the art of Oneness through its understanding of camouflage. 

This applies on all levels, from rocks to God.

With Fox medicine, you are being asked to see all types of uses for Oneness.

Much like the clowns at the rodeo, Fox can keep the raging bull from stampeding a friend or family member. 

Fox can use silly tactics as a brilliant camouflage move. 

No one could guess the sly power behind such ingenious maneuvers.

 Blend in.

Avoid being the center of attention.

Become protective when needed.

Overview:

Fox is associated with cunning, primarily because f its ability to observe the movements of others without being seen. 

As a power animal, Fox stresses the power of

adaptability and integration coupled with the quality of quick-thinking and decisiveness

when the time is ripe.

Power animals always express the positive aspects of the characteristics they share with their physical counterparts, and Fox is not exception. 

Fox as a power animal teaches not the cunning of deceitfulness, but cunning of discretion; not the wilyness of being sly, but the willingness of being unobtrusive. 

It also stresses the importance of waiting patiently for the appropriate opportunity to make your move.

It is possible that your principal problems derive from your desire to prove yourself, and to make your presence felt. 

If you are feeling threatened, or the victim of

controversy and criticism, or envy and jealousy, you are in need of Fox's help in becoming less noticeable and in achieving your aims unheeded and unimpeded by others.

Camouflage and be less noticeable.

Source: 

Sams, Jamie and Carson, David. 

Medicine Cards

Santa Fe: Bear and Company, 1988