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Hummingbird Totem
A hummingbird visited me today at my backyard sliding glass window. Was she trying to tell me something?
Date: 4/9/2008 12:19:50 AM ( 16 y ) ... viewed 4408 times
View of my backyard through the glass slider as seen from my computer table. The hummingbird is barely visible hanging on the screen outside the glass; she is circled in red, her belly facing the viewer, her beak pointed upwards.
Same photo: Zoom-in close-up of the hummingbird as she hangs on the screen of the slider; she is in the red circle. Photo by Liora Leah 4/08/2008
Tonight at about 7:00 P.M I was sitting at my computer, facing the backyard glass slider, when a hummingbird flew right up to the slider and hovered in midair; I was afraid she was going to smash herself as she was so close to the slider and her wings seemed to be beating so frantically. Suddenly the little bird's wings stilled and she seemed to hang there, frozen, suspended in the air without any visible means of support. Concerned, I got up to look at her and realized she was clinging to the screen door of the slider, her little feet entwined tightly in the mesh of the screen. I managed to grab my camera and fire off a quick shot before the bird flew off. WOW!! I'd never seen a hummingbird do that before! Was she trying to send me a message?
I remembered what Alberto Villoldo, shamanic healer, once told me: When I was disparaging myself for being a spiritual “dabbler”, unable to stick with any one particular religion or spiritual philosophy, he replied, “no, you are like a hummingbird. A hummingbird goes from flower to flower, dipping into the sweet nectar, and taking from each flower that which it finds most nourishing. You go from religion to religion, spiritual practice to spiritual practice, taking from each what you find most nourishing to your Soul.”
From: Cycle of Power
http://www.sayahda.com/cyc.html
"The Hummingbird
The hummingbird brings us the gift of beauty. The ruby throated hummingbird is one of the most common species in North America. This energetic little bird migrates 1800 miles from the Eastern US to spend winter in Central America. This distance alone indicates the hummingbirds stamina and perseverance. They can show us how to go the distance without becoming depleted.
When hummingbirds mate, the male claims a territory and attracts a female to it. When she appears, he does a courtship dance, flying back and forth in a perfect arc. The arc symbolizes a luminous bridge connecting one life to another. Male hummingbirds start the process of procreation and the female completes it. The arc then becomes a circle, a cycle of completion. When the hummingbird flies into our lives it can indicate a need within ourselves to complete a specific lesson that we have been avoiding. Once the mating act is done the males go to look for other females. The mother lays and incubates the eggs for the required 16 days and then raises the young by herself. The number 16 is important for those with this medicine. It represents change within a 16 day period.
Hummingbirds flap their wings at the fantastic rate of 90 beats per second during normal flight and up to 200 beats per second during courtship, giving them their humming sound. They have excellent maneuverability in flight. They can hover in the air, fly backward, forward and sideways. The hummingbird flies everywhere because it cannot walk well. Hummingbirds have the advantage of seeing things from all angles and can show us how to expand our perceptions.
Hummingbirds are small but expend so much energy flying that they require large amounts of sugar rich flower nectar to stay alive, having to eat twice their body weight a day. Because of its small size and its high degree of activity, it loses body heat quickly, so it must digest food quickly. Those with this totem need to watch their own sugar levels and take care of their digestive system.
The hummingbird serves to remind us of the beauty and wonder of the world. While their speed and sound may sometimes startle us, they help pull our attention out of the mundane so that we can acknowledge and appreciate the beauty of Creation."
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