I was driving out of the parking lot at Fish Creek Park after teaching an evening workshop, when a big Great Horned Owl flew out of the tall grasses beside the road and across the hood of my vehicle. I had already slowed to almost a stop so the big bird was safe. It flew up into a tree close by the road and looked down at me. It then hooted. I started driving again.
As I drove home, I wondered about the message that Owl was sending me. As I filtered through what I know of Owl, I realized that she has some unusual capabilities. First, her eyes face forward while most birds and animals have eyes on the side of their head. So, to allow her full range of vision, she is capable of turning her head ninety degrees either way which gives her the appearance of being able to do the impossible – to turn her head completely around.
Second, she can fly silently because of the setting of the feathers on her wings. Most birds fly with a flapping noise. This silence gives her the mysterious ability of seemingly to appear out of thin air. Owl is also associated with Athena, the goddess of wisdom. And, because of their unusual characteristics, Owl is also considered wise.
Third, Owl has very keen hearing and can hunt a mouse by sound alone, simply by listening for squeaks and for scampering sounds. Owl’s ability to hear so well has created a mythology around its ability to hear humans and to hear human thoughts. Some say that Owl hears one’s cry for assistance and brings down wisdom to help the person in need.
Owl is a loner bird. After she raises her young, and trains them in the hunt, she and her mate go their separate ways until the next mating season. Being solitary, much like a monk or wizard, also gives the Owl the air of being wise and contemplative. Our Ancestors believed that Owl could fly into the heavens and talk with the Gods and Goddesses so that Owl had no need of other company.
What Owl’s message is, then, is that it is okay to be alone and by one’s self. Contemplation is okay. Simply following one’s own needs and harming no one is a way to be in service. As well, learning to use one’s gifts in the quiet times is a good way to determine if the gifts are to be used in service to mankind in a direct way or in the indirect way.
Owl does bring a touch of magic to our lives. Enjoy her visits!
Judy@angelsandancestors.com See the August 2010 Magazine at www.angelsandancestors.com
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