Monday, April 12

Dragonfly

When a dragonfly lands on you, you will hear excellent news from someone far away from home. A dead dragonfly symbolizes sad news. Dragonfly symbolism crosses and combines with that of the butterfly and change. The dragonfly symbolizes going past self-created illusions that limit our growing and changing. Dragonflies are a symbol of the sense of self that comes with maturity.

They are fantastic flyers, darting like light, twisting, turning, changing direction, even going backwards as the need arises. They are inhabitants of two realms - starting with water, and moving to the air with maturity, but staying close to water. Some people who have the dragonfly as their totem have had emotional and passionate early years, but as they get older they achieve balance with mental clarity and control. They gain an expression of the emotional and mental together.
Dragonflies are old and adaptive insects, and are most powerful in the summer under the effects of warmth and sunlight. Their colors are a result of reflecting and refracting the power of light. As a result, they are associated with color magic, illusion in causing others only to see what you wish, and other mysticism.
The are often represented in Japanese paintings, representing new light and joy. To some Native Americans they are the souls of the dead. Faerie stories say that they used to be real dragons.
Dragonflies are reminders that we are light and can reflect the light in powerful ways if we choose to do so. "Let there be light" is the divine prompting to use the creative imagination as a force within your life. They help you to see through your illusions and allow your own light to shine in a new vision.
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2 comments:

Bruce Lindsay said...

I've had a life long, deep affinity with Dragonflies. I love this article and wanted to add that part of Dragonfly medicine is also that their association with Dragons allows those who embody them to remind others of ancient ways of being, especially around ways of relating to their shadow selves, which is what the Dragons symbolize.

As a Tantra and sexuality educator (www.idealintimacy.com)and consensual violence facilatator (www.dagorhir.com), I can certainly relate to those shadowy aspects of sex and violence many people grapple with.

Kamala Devi said...

Thanks Bruce. I couldn't resonate more. Blessings!