It is winter in NH and I live in a
motorhome at the moment... and the Weavers (aka Spiders) have shown
up again.... Thank You my Wonderful Totem Guides! It took me a long
while to understand their meaning in my life.
When I was little spiders terrified
me. Not teeny tiny ones but ones that were larger than a dime of 5 P
piece. They followed me. There were times in my life that spiders
would seemingly come out of no where and just be around me. I know
spiders are around and they are everywhere but it to me it was always
so odd that they arrived in such ways.
I remember making my bed as child of
about 8 and lifting up my huge stuffed tiger toy to put on my bed and
under it was a big brown spider the size of a quarter. Thinking back
it was probably a Wolf Spider as they tend to be ever so keen to
follow me around. Well, I did the girlie thing and screamed loud so
that my parents heard me downstairs and Dad came on the run. Poor
Dad, a little out of breath and that look on his face “OK she's a
girl” was so plain as I pointed to this spider from atop my four
poster bed. I left the room for a minute as soon as he arrived. He
flipped the spider outside my window and gave me the all clear. I
came back in to finish making my bed all the while double checking
each and EVERY stuffed toy before it was put on the bed. It took me
twice as long as normal that day making my bed.
Fast forward over 20 years. I'm
working with swimming pools every day. Cleaning out baskets and all
that can be in them. (There can be a LOT of wiggly squiggly things
in baskets let me tell you!) Sometimes the baskets containing many
spiders would be flung into the lawn, gently but away then
went...bowling ball style. I didn't go to kill them as I've always
had a reverence for all life, but I was not about to pick up some of
those and be gentle at that point!
Then one day in late fall was this
gorgeous green, blue and white tree spider in a skimmer basket. She
was half dead from cold and water. Here I am standing there, the last
pool of the day in early afternoon and I'm staring at this being that
any other day would have made me roll the basket I looked at her for
so long admiring her size – almost the palm of my hand – and how
each and every hair and colour seemed to be just perfect. . Her
beauty was amazing...but she wasn't moving.
As weird as it may sound I knew if I
didn't get her legs moving her heart would not beat as spiders have a
unique circulatory system. For some reason I was determined this
spider, almost the size of my palm had to live. I started moving
each of her legs in succession, spider style. I blew on her breathing
tubes at the side. Yes, I did Spider CPR... After about 20 minutes
she started to move on her own again albeit slowly. At that point I
took her to a tree as she was an arboreal spider, and released her.
A short while later I mentioned this
to two friends, one a Native American and the other who was
interested in a variety of things. I also mentioned my fear of
spiders seemed to have disappeared with that act. This is when I was
told about animal totems. That some of Creator's other Beings are
part of our Guide system and we all have animal Spirit Guides too. I
was given a book to look up spiders and other animals as Totem
Animals.
After reading the passages it all made
sense. It was like a light bulb went off in my whole being. No
wonder these Great Weavers followed me everywhere. Ours was the only
yard with webs EVERYWHERE in the fall. I would have spiders in and
on my vehicles, descending down from the ceiling, swinging in their
webs when I came by, as well as running across my path too often to
leave me in doubt.
The Great Weavers... They show us
about weaving in our lives and about weaving our life. They help to
show us patterns. There are many myths and legends from a variety of
cultures I have read over the years. It's amazing how so much has
been written about these amazing and mystical Beings.
To me personally they always mean good
things are coming into my life. Changes for the positive are on
their way for me.
Now, in NH in the middle of winter,
I've had two lovelies come to me one dancing on her web right in
front of me as I was in deep thought and then meditation. The other
on my bed, just a tiny one as I was getting my bath bag together the
other day for my shower. I gently let her climb my hand sending her
emotionally calming energy as I did. She ascended my hand and I
slowly brought her to the corner are of my bedroom to find a “good
place for a while” I thought to her. Off she jumped and away she
went.
I thanked her and The Great Weaver of
Life as some call the Guide to these amazing Beings. I thanked
Creator for the sign and went on with my day a bit more deep in
thought.
What they mean exactly I do not know
other than good things are on their way.
Signs come in all shapes and forms.
Creator talks to us every day if we just listen to the signs.
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