This is part IV of my series "DO YOU EVER WONDER WHY WEIRD THINGS HAPPEN TO YOU?" This one is about The Dance of The Woodpecker..What does that mean??? Read on and find out!
On a trip to Tuscan, Arizona a few years ago, I wanted to use the time in a way that I would come back to New York City, rested and relaxed and ready to take on my "New" Life.
My life mate, Alan was now officially out of my life after 18 years and even though it never resulted in a marriage, the break-up was very much like a divorce. and I was taking the trip to "work" out my strategy for getting back into my former career. It was a long shot but I needed to at least try.
I love hiking and other activities in the Sonoran Desert---there has always been something about the dry air and the sun that makes me feel renewed, especially if I work up a good sweat, as in a long hard hike!
Before my trip I spent some time talking to my friend *Karen Thorneand she, in her wisdom, knew how important this trip was for me. She made several suggestions for me to clear away old "stuff" and begin a brand new life for myself. One of the most valuable and ultimately successful things she suggested was a meditation at sunrise.
Her instructions were to go on an early morning walk, at sunrise, and find a quiet place to sit facing the eastern sky. She said to just sit quietly with my eyes closed and while taking deep breaths, ask the wonders of nature to reveal to me what I needed to see that would guide me on my way in my new life....she told me that I needed to be patient, calm and willing to"see" whatever was being shown to me.
So, I woke early the next day and took my normal morning walk at sunrise into the canyon---It was still dark and there were few people out that morning so it was ideal for my meditation. I found a dried out old log and sat gingerly down on my neck scarf to avoid any nibbles from uninvited guests!
My eyes were closed and my breathing was very deep and I let the air out slowly and followed that with another deep, deep breath. The quiet was so intense and obvious that it was almost scary---then all of a sudden I heard a murmur; the murmur was low and soft and then it started to hummmmm, a very soft humm that seemed to build into the sound of fluttering. The soft flutter became a little louder every second; then a flury of wings flapping and soft peeping of bird like sounds and rustle of leaves at once. The rustle got very loud and then the flapping and the peeping became a steady, ever increasing fluttering of wings, flapping of wings and legs and other animal body parts as the world awakened!
The awakening of the world in the desert is unlike anything I have ever heard beforeand I just had to open my eyes to see what was going on! What I was experiencing was a whelming-up of life! A virtual building of every movement of every animal in existence! And as I opened my eyes I was looking directly at a huge saguaro cactus; on the large column of cactus was a woodpecker. he was just standing there, looking directly at me---then he started his dance. He swirled, turned one way then another..silently he jumped and danced until I thought he would fall over in a death spiral.
My meditation was awesomeand to watch as this woodpecker danced his brains out, I thought "I have to get to a phone! I need to ask Karen what this could mean to me and my new life".....I was sure it was going to be that a mating dance had just occurred--maybe I was opening up to a new relationship---even though I did not feel ready, maybe this was a sign that I needed to start looking!
Karen's message to me was not exactly a suggestion of a new mate coming into my life; instead it was a very interesting evaluation letting me "see" that my creative side was in need of refurbishing. I had been so busy collecting myself in my relationship which was now over, that I had neglected the most important part of my life: creativity. The woodpecker is a fertility symbol and the dance was a mating dance but instead of creating a new life through mating it was a suggestion that I needed to get back into the creative process of life--fertility of the mind was what I needed to acknowledge and get to work on!!!
My life began a new phase where I became the master of my own destiny;I became a singular success at my new life, which included painting, writing and real estate. I have found that creativity is also needed in building a new career and that I have been able to do!!!
*Karen Thorne is a good friend and a renowned Astrologer in New York City.
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