Articles by Avia Venefica
Website: http://www.whats-your-sign.comBio: As a kid, Avia Venefica was always in Nature - poking sticks at stuff, peeking under rocks, gleeful at discovering some meaningful treasure. Today she is still exploring the natural realms. But, instead of rocks, Avia looks under every-day-ness to find magic and inspiration dwelling just beneath common reality. Her symbolic interpretations come from place of natural wonder and from a knowing that all things are interconnected. Avia contends Nature (in all its forms, including cosmic) is a divine, sacred energy and is the savior of humankind. She uses unconventional symbolism as a platform for expressing these contentions in her writing and public speaking. Avia's goal is to contribute to the expansion of higher awareness by clearly illustrating organic partnerships between humankind and the realms of Nature through the language of symbolism. Her writings about these inspiring observations can be found here on Colette's blog or her other websites: www.Whats-Your-Sign.com www.Symbolic-Meanings.com www.TarotTeachings.com
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Myths are jam-packed with symbolic levels that once acknowledged, can have a tremendous impact on human consciousness. Myths are also designed to have a multi-layered effect upon the observer.
One myth is like a miniature world. A world in which there are seemingly infinite avenues of wisdom imparted. Each avenue within a story points in a philosophical direction. Moving within a myth, we are offered symbolic cues – signposts, roadmaps, landmarks – all of these are waiting for our awareness to discover.
And once uncovered, these symbolic breadcrumbs can catalyze our understanding. …
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The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche painted by Francois Boucher 1744
Most of us are familiar with the legend of Cupid and Psyche. But many of us gloss over the tumultuous challenges in their relationship. These days when talk can be cheap and relationships fleeting, this myth is a grand reminder of the power of commitment. It also brings into focus the importance of “sticking to our guns” in matters of love and relationships.
What’s more, the epic of Cupid and Psyche personifies human nature in such sweet, profound ways. It’s …
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I’m infatuated with Light. Especially thermal light, because I live in the north and I’m always cold this time of year. I’m a consummate heat seeker (gimme flannel pj’s, hot cocoa and a fluffy divan – and I’m done like a Christmas dinner).
When I moved to New York from Texas, I encountered major shifting paradigms in Christmas traditions. It’s not that my in-laws partied differently from my Texan kin – it’s because I’d never experienced such a distance from the Sun before. It may sound funny, but my first frigid, …
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Have you ever been taken up with the feeling of electric excitement, but you don’t know why? Ever been consumed by prickles of exuberant anticipation – but not sure about what? You just know something incredible is right around the corner.
For me, the meaning of Halloween embodies these sensations. This time of year, there is magic crouched behind every frosty pumpkin, delicious anticipation waiting in every bite of fresh baked apple pie, and crazy delight dancing in the heart of every costumed child.
The whole month of October lends itself to …
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When I talk about animal totems, I classify different kinds of totems according to the elemental environment in which they live: Land, Air, Water. There also solar animals who fall under the elemental Fire category and lunar animals too. I’ll elaborate on these at the end of this article.
This classification system is handy because the power of animal totems is both in the animal and its natural environment.
This class system also serves as a guideline when we want to align ourselves with totem animals to assist with specific navigation on …
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Bird totems and meanings offer specialized information to our psyche. In fact, birds are uncommon oracles because they are both creatures of the earth and the air.
To wit, innumerable indigenous cultures deemed birds as messengers between the Divine energies and the Mundane. -Kind of like angels of the animal world.
In a more practical manner of speaking, we could say bird totems serve as liaisons between the higher mind or intuitive thought and common reality.
Because of their ability to move between two worlds (the sky and earth), bird totems are uniquely …
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In my last post, I discussed the dynamic design of Nature as hostess for oracular messages and symbolic meanings. If you missed that post, Symbolic Meanings and Messages from Nature: An Introduction.
Nature is a network with infinite channels through which information travels. Everything in Nature is magnificently interconnected to such an extent that data travels with utmost efficiency and speed. Further, Natures interconnected network is pristine (divine, we could say) so the data transference is crystallized – 100% clean. There’s nothing lost in symbolic translation. Messages from Nature are pure …
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There is no greater or more diverse source for symbolic meanings than what can be derived from Nature. Our natural environment is the symbolic “jackpot” that holds deeper meaning about who we are and where we are headed on our life Path.
Further, symbolic meanings in Nature are not limited to the flora and fauna of our earth (although, messages from these sources will be most predominant). Our knowing is never limited; that means we can span our awareness out into the cosmos to derive deeper meanings too.
I’ve kicked off this …