Post by Spirit of the Lynx on Jul 4, 2007 19:00:08 GMT -5
From: taraluna (Original Message) Sent: 10/28/2003 9:39 AM
HORSE
Travel, Power & Freedom
Cycle of Power: Year-round
The horse is rich in lore & mythology. An entire book could be written on the significance of the horse alone, for no one single animal has contributed more to the speard of civilization than the horse.
It has been associated with both burial rites & birth-with individuals riding into & out of the world upon it. The Norse god Odin rode upon an eight-legged steed. In the Hindu tradition, the chariot of Surya, the sun god, is pulled by stallions, as is the chariot of Apollo in Greek Mythology.
In Chinese astrology the horse is associated with appeal & persuasiveness. Horses are symbols of freedom-oftentimes without the proper restraints. Horse people in Chinese astrology are friendly & adventerous, & they can be very emotional.
Before the horse's domestication the distances between people & societies was great, & there was little interaction. It served humanity in travel, in war, in agriculture, & in most other major areas of life. Today the horse is limited mostly to recreation & agriculture, but its energy is expansive. Because of it, the world has been brought closer together.
The horse enabled people to explore & find freedom from constraints of their own communities. This enabled them to travel & thus discover the multiplicity of life & all of its powers. Horses have great appeal to most people. We are fascinated by them, & riding one raises us above the mundane, & renews our sense of power. Riding horses has been likened to flying by more than one poet through the ages. They signify the wind & even the foam of the sea.
Horses were given powers of divination. More than one legend speaks of the clairvoyance of horses & their ability to recognize those involved in magic. They are symbols that can express the magickal side of humans.
The symbolism of the horse is complex. It can represent movement & travel, or maybe it showed up to help you with movement. It has been a symbol of desires-especially sexual. The stallion was often used as a symbol of sexuality. The taming of a stallion would then be the taming of sexuality & dangerous emotions.
As with many domesticated animals, there are a wide variety of horses-each with its own unique abilities. Rding, plowing, pulling-the horse still serves a variety of functions. To understand your own particular horse totem, try to determine which kind it is. Horses, like dogs, are bred today for specific purposes & determining that can help you define the purpose of it within your own life.
Take your totem & examine it in regard to yourself. What is its color? Its kind? How does it appear to you? Does it run? Is it always perceived standing? Do you see yourself riding it or watching it?
If a horse has shown up in your life, it may be time to examine aspects of travel & freedom within your life. Are you feeling constricted? Do you need to move on or allow others to move on? Is it time to assert your freedom & your power in new areas? Are you doing your part to assist civilization within your own environment? Are others? Are you honoring what this civilization has given you?
Horse brings with it new journeys. It will teach you how to ride into new directions to awaken & discover your own freedom & power.
Derived from "Animal Speak" by Ted Andrews
HORSE
Travel, Power & Freedom
Cycle of Power: Year-round
The horse is rich in lore & mythology. An entire book could be written on the significance of the horse alone, for no one single animal has contributed more to the speard of civilization than the horse.
It has been associated with both burial rites & birth-with individuals riding into & out of the world upon it. The Norse god Odin rode upon an eight-legged steed. In the Hindu tradition, the chariot of Surya, the sun god, is pulled by stallions, as is the chariot of Apollo in Greek Mythology.
In Chinese astrology the horse is associated with appeal & persuasiveness. Horses are symbols of freedom-oftentimes without the proper restraints. Horse people in Chinese astrology are friendly & adventerous, & they can be very emotional.
Before the horse's domestication the distances between people & societies was great, & there was little interaction. It served humanity in travel, in war, in agriculture, & in most other major areas of life. Today the horse is limited mostly to recreation & agriculture, but its energy is expansive. Because of it, the world has been brought closer together.
The horse enabled people to explore & find freedom from constraints of their own communities. This enabled them to travel & thus discover the multiplicity of life & all of its powers. Horses have great appeal to most people. We are fascinated by them, & riding one raises us above the mundane, & renews our sense of power. Riding horses has been likened to flying by more than one poet through the ages. They signify the wind & even the foam of the sea.
Horses were given powers of divination. More than one legend speaks of the clairvoyance of horses & their ability to recognize those involved in magic. They are symbols that can express the magickal side of humans.
The symbolism of the horse is complex. It can represent movement & travel, or maybe it showed up to help you with movement. It has been a symbol of desires-especially sexual. The stallion was often used as a symbol of sexuality. The taming of a stallion would then be the taming of sexuality & dangerous emotions.
As with many domesticated animals, there are a wide variety of horses-each with its own unique abilities. Rding, plowing, pulling-the horse still serves a variety of functions. To understand your own particular horse totem, try to determine which kind it is. Horses, like dogs, are bred today for specific purposes & determining that can help you define the purpose of it within your own life.
Take your totem & examine it in regard to yourself. What is its color? Its kind? How does it appear to you? Does it run? Is it always perceived standing? Do you see yourself riding it or watching it?
If a horse has shown up in your life, it may be time to examine aspects of travel & freedom within your life. Are you feeling constricted? Do you need to move on or allow others to move on? Is it time to assert your freedom & your power in new areas? Are you doing your part to assist civilization within your own environment? Are others? Are you honoring what this civilization has given you?
Horse brings with it new journeys. It will teach you how to ride into new directions to awaken & discover your own freedom & power.
Derived from "Animal Speak" by Ted Andrews