Dragon Fly: The power of light

When visiting dear friends in Vermont, this gorgeous dragonfly was just hanging out in the doorway. Quite the repeat situation from a praying mantus in my own doorway just one year ago. I decided to look up the dragonfly in my Animal Speak book.

"When dragonflies are at rest, they hold their wings out like a glider. Drafonglies will often eat while in flight. They are known for their fast flight and their dazzling aerial feats, as if imitating how light itself can be moved and directed. They twist, turn, change direction in an instant, hover, move up or down, and even fly backwards. Dragonflies are sometimes known as mosquito hawks and are excellent hunters of flying insects...

They inhabit two realms--water and air. In their early life--as a nymph-- they live within the water. As they mature and go through metapmorphosis, they move to the realm of air. It is not unusulal to find individuals with dragonfly totems to be very emotional and passionate in the early years, but as they get older, they learn to balance it with greater mental clarity and control. Sometimes it can indicate that the emotions have gotten shut down because of emotional issues in early life.... there must be expressions of the emotional and the mental together.

Just as light can bend and shift and be adapted in a variety of ways, so can the archetypal forces associated with the dragonfly. It is one of the most adaptable of insects. It is why it has been able to survive for so long. Dragonflies have two pairs of wings, but if need be, they can fly with one. Summer is their most powerful time... for those with this totem, this will be important to consider. DSpending time outside in the sun near fresh water sources will be beneficial...

... often depicted in Japanese paintings, representing new light. To some Native Americans, they represent the souls of the dead. Some stories speak of the time in which they used to be real dragons. ..

... If they have shown up, look for change to occur. Are you resisting change when you shouldn't? Dragonflies remind us that we are light and can reflect the light in powerful ways if we choose to do so... .