A Constellation story about animals in the field.
I was invited to a golf/fishing weekend with a group of old friends. While
I neither golf nor fish, I enjoy their company. One them was enmeshed in a
serious work crisis. After 14 years, his job had devolved into conflict and
chaos that was nearly unbearable.
I offered to lead an organizational Constellation. Most of these friends
view Constellations somewhere between gypsy fortune telling and black magic.
In the spirit of friendship and curiosity, they agreed to participate.
About 30 minutes into the Constellation, he said, "I'm not paying attention.
There's a Carolina wren outside. I got distracted listening to its song."
I asked one of the friends to stand in the Constellation as the Carolina
wren. It was the key to the resolution.
Three months later, he sent me an email with the subject line, "The Wren
Wins!" He'd gotten a new job as a field botanist for the US Forest Service.
He wrote me, "the Constellation helped me clarify things, but the
serendipity of the singing Carolina wren clinched the deal."
Dan
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From: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christine Wilson
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 8:18 AM
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ConstellationTalk] using animal fields in constellations
Dear Anni - I am very interested in the subject of animals in
constellations. This is perhaps not exactly what was meant by the
discussion, but this is one experience you may be interested to hear about.
About 4 years ago in one of our workshops the man who was working his
constellation, when asked who he felt closest to in his family, replied "I
was closest to my dog" "We used to sit under the table together and she
comforted me when there were family troubles and arguments - I was really
closest to her". Although I had not heard of this happening previously, my
instinct was to ask him to choose a representative for the dog, and it was
somehow the right thing to do, observing the way the "dog" representative
knew his place - some of the time staying very close to the Mother and
following her around, which was confirmed that this was exactly what used to
happen.
When I asked the person doing his work to choose a representative for his
dog, one smaller person in the group eagerly leant forward with a smile on
her face and she was chosen as the representative for his dog. Just
recently, this man confirmed once again that it was the little dog who
taught him how to love.
I shall be most interested to read the article in "The Knowing Field" by
Kari Drageset when it is published.
Yours sincerely
Christine Wilson
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From: Barbara Morgan <theknowingfield@
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Sent: Mon, 19 April, 2010 8:20:37
Subject: Re: [ConstellationTalk] using animal fields in constellations
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@
<mailto:annimukkala%40yahoo.ca> yahoo.ca> wrote:
that
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
happened when I was trying to find a suitable name for my horse. This isnot
in itself a constellation but the purpose of my horse's time in my lifenow
is most definitely true to the name that was revealed. This is whatthe
happened. A couple of years ago I bought a filly who had been named but
name neither suited her nor what I thought she was. It had been shortenedto
Awi which inevitably was pronounced "owie" as though one was speaking to aa
child about a small cut and saying, "You have an owie," which is slang for
sore spot. This fit neither the filly I had nor her nature.am
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
not perfectly correct, pure light in Italian. This fit well because herwas
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
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? :-)
