Bird Symbolism
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BIRDS (GENERAL)
Thought, imagination, intuition, freedom.
BIRDS (WATER)
Associated with abundance, fertility, and transformation.
CHICKEN
Security and prosperity of a cozy homestead. DOVE Peace, love and fertility.
EAGLE
Spiritual power, the ability to soar beyond all limitations.
HAWKS
Alertness, awareness, ability to see the heart of the matter.
HUMMINGBIRD Pure joy, ecstatic lightness of being, love charm.
OWL
Wisdom, knowledge, go-betweens twixt night and day, life and death, the Middle
Earth and the Underworld.
PARROT
A love for exotic places, communication, and sociability.
PEACOCK
Personal pride, love of beauty.
ROOSTER
Courage; the victory of light over dark.
SEA GULL
Ability to travel through many dimensions as gulls are at home in three
elements: Earth, Air, Water. An appropriate symbol for the Shaman.
STORK
Believed to bring babies because it is an ancient symbol of incipient life.
Symbolizes good parenting and a reciprocal devotion to ones own parents.
SWALLOW
Bird that embodies the playful Spirit of Air, a harbinger of Spring,
traditionally a good luck amulet.
SWAN
Feminine grace and beauty that stirs Divine inspiration.