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Otter
Woman Medicine
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.
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.
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.
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.
Source:
Sams, Jamie and Carson, David.
Medicine Cards
Santa Fe: Bear and Company, 1988
Turkey fell out while shuffling doubling Animal Medicine today
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Turkey
Giveaway
Ho, brother turkey,
So freely you give.
Of everything that you are.
So others may truly live.
Turkey is actually thought to be the Give-Away Eagle or South Eagle of many native peoples.
The philosophy of give-away was practiced by many tribes.
Simply stated, it is the deep and abiding recognition of the sacrifices of both self
and others.
People in modern-day society, who have many times more than they need, should study the noble turkey who sacrifices itself so that we may live.
In Turkey's death we have our life Honor Turkey.
Spectators unfamiliar with the cultural phenomenon of the pot latch of give-away ceremony are often mystified by it.
A tribal member may well give away all he or she owns, and do without in order to help the People.
In present-day urban life, we are taught to acquire and get ahead.
The person with the most wins the game.
In some cultures, no one can win the game unless the whole of the People's
needs are met.
A person who claims more than his or her share is looked upon as selfish or crazy or both.
The poor, the aged and the feeble have honor.
The person who gives away the most and carried the burdens of the People is
one of the most respect.
Turkey was the medicine of many saints and mystics.
Celebrate if you have Turkey medicine.
Your virtues are many.
You have transcended self.
You act and react on the behalf of others.
You aspire to help those who need help.
This is not out of some sense of self- righteous moralistic or religious guilt.
Help and sustenance is given by Turkey out of the realization that all life is sacred.
It is knowing that the Great Spirit resides within all people.
It is an acknowledgement that what you do for others you do for yourself.
Turkey medicine rests in true ego, in enlightenment.
Do unto others and feeding the people is the , message of all true spiritual systems.
Depending on how Turkey is aspected in your cards, you are being given a gift.
This gift could be spiritual, material, or even intellectual.
The gift may be great or small, but i is never insignificant.
Congratulations.
You may have just won the lottery.
Or the gift may be a beautiful sunset, or the smell of a fragrant flower.
On the other hand, you may feel the "spirit of giving" growing within you,
and wanting you to share with others.
Contrary:
There are several aspects for pulling the gobbler card in the revered position.
Are you gobbling up anything and everything out of fear or lack?
Are you holding on to things and refusing to let go of a dime for charity?
It could be that the Scrooge in you, has grown accustomed to the miserly aspect of living.
If not, you might look at the possibility that you are fearful of spending money at this time.
Another aspect of "contrary gobbling" is the need to recycle the energy, " the buck stops here" may only mean that it stops in you bank account.
On all levels of this contrary message, the keynote is that generosity of spirit is being neglected.
This can be towards self or towards others.
Remember, never give to receive.
That is manipulation.
Giving is without regret and with a joyful heart, or the "give-away" has lost its true meaning.
Overview:
Let go and give away the past.
Share your gifts with generosity.
Feel the freedom gained.
Source:
Sams, Jamie and Carson, David.
Medicine Cards
(Santa Fe: Bear and Company, 1988
Medicine Cards
(Santa Fe: Bear and Company, 1988
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