Animal Medicine #10

I live in the Far North of Queensland in an area I call “The land of Cassowaries, Crocodiles and all kinds of bitey things.”  It is also a land of snakes.  Australia is home to 21 of the 25 most toxic snakes in the world, but we are all pretty aware of snake habitats (like your shoes if you leave them outside, or even in the filter box of your swimming pool) and we tend to leave them alone, giving them a wide and respectful berth until they can be safely captured and released away from human habitats.  In fact, we all co-exist fairly well and there are very few snake bite fatalities. 

Snake energy is worthy of much respect, being a creature that travels along the shadowed-line of balance between opposites – between positive and negative, beneficial and harmful.  She represents transformation, regeneration, self-confidence and strength.  She also represents deception, betrayal, and poisonous influence.  When snake crosses your path, it is time to sit up and take notice.

Snake represents our Life Force energy.  When she comes into your life, either in reality or in a dream, you can recognise that you are transitioning between one aspect of your journey and another.  Something is coming to an end and something new is forming.  If the journey has been, or is about to become, difficult, snake lets us know that this is a part of our growth journey and that you will navigate that part of your journey with strength.

Snake has long been associated with healing.  From the ancient Greeks through to our modern society, two snakes entwined around a rod is understood as a symbol of the medical professions. 

She is a primal, earthen energy that speaks of birth, re-birth and eternity.   The ouroboros – the snake eating its own tail – has been known from before the 13th century BC as an expression of the unity of all things material and spiritual; that all things continue through the cycles of destruction and re-creation.  The symbol I show next to my name on these readings was given to me by my Guides and  is an ancient variation of the ouroboros showing its connection to Earth.

Snake is powerful energy and only you can know if that energy refers to positive or negative aspects of your life.  Whichever that may be, you are about to enter, or are just moving forward from a period of transformation and regeneration.  Remember – snake represents our life force energy.  Take control wisely.