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(First… doesn’t this picture look like a phoenix rising??? Sorry, I couldn’t get a good shot of a Blue Jay. You’ll have to make due with a picture of blue sky and what appears to be a phoenix instead )

So, yeah.

Blue Jays.

Like, everywhere.

Finally, it dawned on me to check out Blue Jay symbolism.

But first, I wanted to know what they meant to me, and specifically what I was noticing about them in seeing them all over the place lately.

The first one that really got my attention (and drew attention to the fact that I’d been seeing them every-freaking-where), was a male kamikaze dive-bombing my car one morning. Now, the reason that this one actually got my attention involves a short story.

Flashback

I’d just had my braces removed (and no, we’re not talking about in my teens, we’re talking about within the past couple of years) and was heading in to work. Was feeling especially ecstatic, having just been released from having the equivalent of sharp handcuffs in my mouth and all, when a male kamikaze Blue Jay dive-bombed my car. I don’t know why. I wasn’t driving into his nest, though maybe I was too close for comfort… who the hell knows. Regardless, the poor guy flew right into my car and I couldn’t brake fast enough to mitigate the force of impact. I got going again to avoid being hit by the car behind me, but looked back to see if he was on the ground (and hoping hoping hoping that he’d kept right on flying).

He was on the ground.

I blubbered and sobbed the entire 30 minute drive to work (I know, I shouldn’t have been driving at that point. I get it. Apologies.). Mentally berating myself for killing this poor bird, and then telling everyone about it when I got to work so that they could berate me too (they didn’t).

Obviously, this made enough of an impact on my psyche that I’ve remembered it even now (swiss-cheese memory notwithstanding).

Flashforward _{(is that a word???)}

So this guy the other day deciding to dive-bomb really also caught my attention.

Yeah.

Thankfully, this one lived.

But since then, I’ve been seeing these guys (with their mates) everywhere I look. In our back yard, and front yard… more when driving… on pictures… chasing a neighborhood cat… you name it.

What I’m noticing about them now, though, is this:

• Courage. They seem to not be afraid of things *much* larger than themselves, especially when it involves defending something of theirs. (Mate, home, babies?)
• They’re never far from their mates. (Now, I understand that this time of year is peak mating season and that this is explained that way.. but really… is it necessary to explain away such noticings?)
• They’re protective of their territory.

So then I looked up some info about them and found:

• They generally “form monogamous pair-bonds for life”
• They’re territorial (really?)
• They’re curious and considered to be intelligent birds
• They’ve got quite a large range of vocalizations and can even mimic other birds (to the point that it’s difficult to know which is which!) and humans.

Ok, great… lots here to dig into… What about their symbolism? I found lots of sites talking about this, but the one that struck me (holy shit!) says this:

Blue Jay People are learning to embrace a more exciting, flamboyant and glamorous Life while at the same time fitting in wherever they choose to land. Blue jay arrives onto the scene with beauty, color, energy and commanding attention like royalty or stardom walking on the red carpet. The pronounced crest on the head resembles a crown for royalty.

When Blue Jay Medicine grabs your attention it is asking you to embrace your God-given assets. Blue Jay reminds you that when you walk into a room, you do not have to call attention to yourself because you already have the worlds attention, all you have to do is respond to it.

Now what is it that you desire the world to know about you?

Blue Jay is comfortable wherever she lands, seeking food both on the ground and in trees and nesting in a tree or in a bush. In a sense, Blue Jay ultimately calls the shots in her Life of “who, when, where and how much.” Blue Jay is royalty and always displays herself by walking the red carpet, typically during the day where she can easily be seen.

Blue Jay’s message is about embracing Life to the fullest wherever you land and pursuing that which you Love at all times. Royalty always commands the best and brightens up any event, even in the the darkness.

Ok… seriously, now. I keep mentally falling off of my chair each time I re-read this…

I’ve been doing so much inner work lately (nothing new there, slick) and one of the things I’ve been told recently (by the ever fabulous Amy Palko & her Goddess Guidance) is this:

“…She’s about sharing our gifts and the bounty that we’ve been blessed with. I think last time you got Danu – is that right? And she was saying that the time for learning is over and the time for acting upon that knowledge is now. Well, Iduna’s message is similar in that she’s asking you to share what you’ve been growing for the last however long. It’s time for you to create containers for your knowledge, your talents, your skills, your gifts and to share them widely and freely.”

So really… ‘embracing my god(dess) given talents/assets’.

Whoa.

There’s also stuff in there for me about being comfortable & fitting in wherever I ‘land’, not needing to call attention to myself but only responding to attention that does come, calling the shots of ‘who, when, where and how much’ (aka boundaries), walking the red carpet, and pursuing what I most love.

I mean, honestly, it’s as though someone who knows me and what I’m going through in life right now wrote this for me and then waited for me to find it!

Wanna talk about finding meaning, my chicky????

Here it is, right here…

And I came across it simply by noticing and then getting curious.

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So tell me…

*What are you noticing in your life right now? What’s calling out for your attention?

*Can you get curious about it, and start asking some questions? Listening/watching for some answers?

*Tell me about your gut reactions to what you notice that you’re noticing…