Recently Talk2theAnimals featured Snake in its Animal Communication Practice Friday. The response was astonishing. No one, absolutely no one, left a comment about talking with Snake. People have been great at leaving comments on Animal Communication Practice Friday. Does that mean that no one talked to Snake? I can’t help but wonder what’s going on about that.
This year I have been working with a different animal energy for a month. Here’s the lineup of animals I’ve been working with:
This month I am working with Snake. Snake is one of my favorite animal energies with whom I work. I enjoy going for walks and coming across Snake sunning herself. She has never scared me or intimidated me.
Ted Andrews, author of The Animal-Wise Tarot, has placed Snake in the Major Arcana. In tarot decks, the cards are divided into two main categories, the Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana. The Major Arcana has to do with our spiritual life and our spiritual journey, while the Minor Arcana has to do with the more mundane, practical events in our lives. So Snake gives us information about our spiritual life.
Snake represents the shedding of the old and the bringing in of the new. I see that as very apropos of springtime, when I’m doing spring cleaning both in and out of the house. Yes, I know I just said that Snake has to do with the spiritual journey; keep in mind many times when we are doing “interior” cleaning or working on ourselves, that will be made apparent by the cleaning we do in the physical world.
Snake sheds her skin, getting rid of what no longer fits her. When we engage in spiritual cleaning, we are getting rid of ideas, thoughts or even dogmas that no longer fit us or work for us. It is natural to be in a constant state of growth, changing what needs to be changed. It’s when we deny that natural change and growth that we become stuck and stagnant.
Snake asks us to become more aware of ourselves by asking us these questions:
- Are there changes that would be beneficial to us to make?
- Are we stuck in old, repetitive patterns?
- Are we forcing change, thereby creating problems for ourselves?
- Are we ignoring opportunities?
Ted Andrews’ books have been very beneficial to me in learning more about animals and how they help me in the everyday of my life. Click here or on the icon above if you would like to purchase the book for your own guidance.
Harmony,
Janet Roper
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Janet, I love this! This is exactly what I’m doing this month, getting rid of things I don’t need. Bringing in a lot of the new after the 21st of this month! Wonderful to see that the snake has this energy. I’ve never been afraid of them either. Hmmm.
I finally got a chance to catch up on your blog, well at least for today!
Hi Ming,
Thanks for your comment! Yes, Spring is truly a time of getting rid of the old so we have room for the new. Snake is a great reminder of that. I love it when I find parts of snakeskin in the yard.
Harmony,
Janet