Anni - you might be interested to know that Kari Drageset has written an
article on this topic for The Knowing Field journal issue 15.
Kind Regards
Barbara Morgan
On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 6:47 AM, anni <annimukkala@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have on occasion seen Bert work with an animal that is part of the
household or family. It yielded an interesting observation in that one
family member was using the family cat in some way to connect to an
ancestor. I find this fascinating and personally will relate something that
happened when I was trying to find a suitable name for my horse. This is not
in itself a constellation but the purpose of my horse's time in my life now
is most definitely true to the name that was revealed. This is what
happened. A couple of years ago I bought a filly who had been named but the
name neither suited her nor what I thought she was. It had been shortened to
Awi which inevitably was pronounced "owie" as though one was speaking to a
child about a small cut and saying, "You have an owie," which is slang for a
sore spot. This fit neither the filly I had nor her nature.
I decided to do something like a constellation to ask the horse ancestors
what would be her name. I was working in my head, doing a mental
constellation you might say, and the thing that was revealed was a clear
image of a beautiful sunrise. Horses are very visual animals and it was
instantly clear to me that her name must mean dawn or sunrise or rising
light. I finally settled on the name Chiara which means, forgive me if I am
not perfectly correct, pure light in Italian. This fit well because her
mother had been named Aurora for the night sky northern lights. So she is
called Kiara and this is a good name for her role in my life.
This exercise of a constellation nature that I did to find this name was
very powerful. I felt a deep connection with her horse ancestors when I was
doing this. It felt much like a constellation where we get in touch with
ancestors that have a great deal of wisdom and support.
I have brought this topic here because I wonder if anyone else has had
experience with animals in constellations? I also do constellation work
occasionally in my home and I have a white cat who seems to know exactly
when he needs to fill in a space and be a representative. This is always
accepted with a smile and a knowledge that somehow it is just the right
place to have someone.
I am also beginning to work with my horse to see how she might help me in
constellation work as a representative. I know some do this kind of thing.
So anyone else out there who is finding animals in their work?
Have you thanked your animal today? :-)
