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Blackbird medicine people have the ability to use their voice to heal |
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The blackbird male's distinctive song during breeding season
is loud and melodious with flute like qualities. Males often sing from high
perches and both sexes produce a variety of sounds which include mimicking
other birds. Blackbird medicine people love to sing and have the ability to
use their voice to heal and inform. They are also good ventriloquists.
The blackbirds iridescent black plumage holds the
energies of mysticism and magic. Druid legends say that the birds of Rhiannan
are 3 blackbirds which sit and sing in the World tree of other worlds. Their
singing puts the listener into a sleep or a trance which enables him or her
to travel to the otherworld. It was said to impart mystic secrets. Those
with this medicine often have a hypnotic influence on others as well as an
uncanny ability to move between the seen and unseen worlds with clarity.
They make excellent shamans and trance channelers.
 Blackbirds are timid and prefer their own company
over the company of others. In humans shyness and insecurity in group settings
is common. Vulnerable to outside influences those with this totem need to
remember to clear accumulated influences from their energy field on a regular
basis.
Blackbirds spend much of their time on the ground.
Its locomotion includes walking, climbing and hopping forward and backwards.
They forage for food in open spaces although cover is always near by. When
foraging in leaf litter under trees they sound like people walking . In humans
this suggests an ability to remain grounded in the earth energies while walking
a spiritual path.
 When resting the blackbird is frequently seen stretching,
legs extended back, side wings in full extension, tail spread, and the head
tilted to one side as if listening. Yoga and movement therapy are beneficial
for those that hold this totem.
 The blackbirds flights are low, short and undulating
but fast and direct over open country. They move with determination and focus
and can teach us how to do the same. When blackbird flies into your life
your connection with nature and the forces of creation increase. The magic
of the underworld surfaces in your life. Awareness is heightened and change
on a cellular level begins. The blackbird teaches you how to acknowledge
your power and use it to its fullest.
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