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Four Ways Your Energy Animal Can Appear to You, by Melissa Alvarez

(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

Animals. We share our world with them, we have them as pets, and they can be a source of comfort and love. Animals can also be spiritual guides for us during times of need or to help us grow on our spiritual path. I call them energy animals because I work with energy and animal frequency, but they're also known as totems, spirit animals, power animals, familiars, and animal spirit guides. All of these terms describe animals that guide, teach, and connect with you in order to deliver messages from the spiritual realm that you need to know at specific points in your life and on your path. Some appear for a short time, others are with us for a lifetime.

When an animal has a message for you, the energy surrounding the animal will feel different. It may feel as if the animal is staring you down, or you just intuitively know that there's something unusual about the bird that keeps perching in trees near you, making you notice it. The animal will not give up until it gets your attention and delivers the information. If you're not paying attention, things will start to happen that captures your awareness and makes you take notice. Your animal encounters may happen more often and with more intensity until finally you say, "What is going on?" That's when you'll be open to receiving the message that the animal is trying to deliver.

I'll give you an example. When I was writing Animal Frequency, there were so many animals showing up at my farm that every day I expected to see a new one and I usually did. It was also foaling season, and for ten days I was dealing with a mare who had retained part of her placenta after foaling out, which is life-threatening and meant I was up every two to four hours throughout the night giving her three to four antibiotic injections at a time to try to save her life in conjunction with her veterinary care. Being severely sleep deprived, I stopped paying attention to the animals showing up and didn't get much written during that time. Then one day shortly after the mare was over the incident I found myself bombarded with dragonflies. I walked out to the barn and there was one flying along beside me. While I did my work I'd find them sitting on the pitchfork handle or on the bags of shavings or they'd land on my arms. I acknowledged them and thanked them for the appearance but I was so tired I didn't think past that. Then I walked out into the yard by the barn and was swarmed with dragonflies all around me. There must have been fifty or sixty of them flying into the wind all around me. They've done this before in this spot but none had ever landed on me, and this time I had four land on me at once and they seemed to be looking right at me. Then when I went on an errand I was sitting at a stoplight and looked over and there was a tiny baby dragonfly sitting on my window starting at me. As soon as I got home I looked at my Animal Frequency manuscript to see what I'd written about the dragonfly. The line that stood out to me was, "Dragonfly means you need to add lightness to your life. Don't get bogged down in the heaviness of the world but be the light, airy being that shines in a multitude of colors." I had been bogged down in heaviness due to the issues with the mare and lack of sleep. I was still worrying about her even though the crisis had passed. Dragonfly helped me see that I needed to let it go so that I could get back to the lightness of being that I try to keep my frequency at. Once I did, everything flowed easily again.

By knowing some of the different ways that animals can try to capture your attention, you'll become more aware of their appearances. They can show up in any way that they believe will make you notice them, so this list is just a mere sampling. Here are four of the most common ways that animals can appear to you when they have a message to deliver.

1. Media
   With more and more people participating in social media, you're sure to see animals in videos, memes, advertising, news, and in online documentaries. When these animal appearances start repeating or standing out then that means there's a message. Seeing a cute lion cub video and then seeing two more lions online can be a sign that they're trying to get a message to you. Now, let's say you're driving to an appointment and see a lion on a billboard, and as you drive past the local zoo you notice a new advertisement for the lion exhibit, and the radio announcer is talking about a show about lions that he saw over the weekend. Once you get to your appointment you open up a magazine while you wait and there's a huge lion staring back at you. Later at home, you turn on the television and hear a lion's roar. By now you have probably realized that lion has a message for you. Take some time to sit quietly and ask lion what its message is and then trust in the first thoughts you receive.
2. Dreams
   When your spirit guides have a hard time reaching you when you're awake, they often appear to you in your dreams. It's the same with your energy animals. In dreams you're more open to receive their messages as long as you can remember the dream. They will return to your dreams multiple times if you forget it. When you see an energy animal in your dream notice what kind of animal it is. What is it doing in your dream? Is it acting as it normally would in real life, or is it doing something that it could never do in real life—like speaking actual words? If it is speaking words, then it's delivering its message the easiest way it knows how—in your native language. Try hard to remember what it said. Also look at the environment of the dream. Is the animal out of place or in its natural habitat? This can all be part of the message. If you dream of a hippo swinging on a swing set maybe it is trying to tell you that your life is out of balance and you need to have more fun. How are you interacting or reacting to the animal? This is part of the message too.
3. Spoken Word
   Sometimes, when you're not paying attention to the animal, the animal will enlist the help of others to get your attention. You may have noticed those lions and they've piqued your interest, but not enough for you to start looking up what they mean or to meditate to ask what the message is. So now your co-worker starts talking about going to the zoo and how wonderful the new lion exhibit is. She might tell you about how they changed the enclosure or that the lioness had cubs. Then your neighbor tells you about a dream she had that featured a lion. Or your significant other tells you about a new project at work that is featuring a lion. After several people have told you their lion stories, now you're inspired to find out exactly what message lion has for you.
4. In the Flesh
   Many times you'll notice animals because they simply show up in person to get your attention. There have been many times when a hawk, snake, alligator, or other animal has shown up on my farm and just stared me down. I believe that the "stare down" is one of their favorite ways to get your attention. I mean, how can you possibly ignore that? Once I had a big red-tailed hawk perch right on the fence and watch me clean a paddock. I kept looking over at him and just got stared at. When I moved to another paddock, the hawk flew over to a low tree branch and stared me down again. By the time I got to the round pen, where it perched on the panel about four feet away from me, I just stopped what I was doing, stared back at him and intuitively opened my energy to its message. Once I'd received it, the hawk made a loud screech and flew away. So when you see an animal in the flesh that seems to be looking at you or that you intuitively feel like there's something special or unusual about the animal, pay attention to it. Take a few moments to commune with it so that you can discover what it needs to tell you.

Connecting with your energy animal can help you in many different ways. It can even be life changing. If you're not paying attention, energy animals can and will use all of these ways at the same time to inundate you with their presence so you pay attention and start to learn more about the animal. Getting your attention is often the hardest part. Once their message is delivered, the animal usually disappears from your life, but you'll probably always remember the message.

I encourage you to take time to open your heart, mind, and intuition to the animals that appear in your life. Connect with them through animal frequency to experience the Divine with them and within yourself.

Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2017. All rights reserved.

I seem to be very sensitive to those I care deeply about. My question is, every time something major or even just upsetting happens in my life, I get jolted awake by my phone ringing in the middle of the night. When I go to answer the phone, there is no one on the other end. My caller ID display also doesn't even register the call, but the ring is so real and sounds so identical to my real phone that it wakes me up. The other night a close male friend of mine and I worked out some serious issues that left me feeling peaceful but also very drained. Around 1:00 a.m., I woke up to the phone ringing, and assumed it was him, but no one was there when I picked up, and no number registered. I then lay in bed thinking and praying for my friend. I often know and feel what he's feeling when we are apart, and I am learning to either turn this off when it gets to be too much for me, or send some loving energy back to him if I feel he needs it. This is just one instance of many. What really baffles me is how I can actually hear the phone ring if it's not really ringing. What is this? Or who is it? And is this truly connected to upsetting experiences in my life?

Noelle

Dreamchaser:

You're actually dealing with two separate things here, so I'm going to break them down. The first is the phone ringing. As I have said many times here, spirits are REALLY great at manipulating the telephone. You hear your phone ringing because it really IS ringing.

When you get down or troubled, every being/ entity around you wants to help, but they can't until you ask for that help. Once we ask, they are like little worker bees scurrying around DOING for us. You said you were laying in bed thinking and praying for your friend and your phone rang. I think that is an amazing example. That is Spirit's representative saying, "We hear you and we are on it." I think that is FABULOUS!

Often people can find LOGICAL explanations for events like the phone ringing, the TV turning on or off by itself, the radio turning on or off, lights flashing, etc. In my opinion, it is very hard to see a logical explanation for continued phone activity with no call displaying on the Caller I.D. and no voice on the other end. Spirit wants to give us signs and that is what is happening here. We can try to find logical reasons for it, or we can just accept it for what it is.

The other thing that you are dealing with is the energy transference that you described that is happening with your friend. We CAN feel someone else's emotions when we are emotionally tied to them (or even when we are not - but that is another column).

You are doing really well in seeing that you can protect yourself from this sometimes draining energy, or turn it around and send LOVE back. That is a VERY important lesson. When we have people who are tapping into our energy in any way, we need to learn how to protect our energy. We can choose to wrap ourselves up tight and not allow anyone to access our energy. We can also choose to go into a bubble so our energy can get out, but no one else's energy can get in to access ours.

Finally, we can be an open channel that just is free-flowing LOVE. I am glad that you see the difference, and are learning how to gauge your energy levels. Your situation with your friend did NOT make the phone ring. It was not him and it had very little to do with him. You were in bed praying for him and sending him LOVE. Your spirit workers simply wanted you to know that they heard you and they were carrying out your requests.

You can ask them to chill with the late night phone calls! They have no concept of human time.

I wish you more wonderful signs from Spirit!

*****

Astrea:

Most of us try to be sensitive to those we love. I can easily accept why you think your caring nature can run deeper than other people's. When you love someone, it's always true and deep, and the level of understanding you feel with those people does seem "MORE" to you in some ways than what other signs allow themselves to feel and communicate.

The phone is probably just ringing in your head, because you don't have to hear the telephone actually ringing to get the message. This is a SIGNAL for you to pay more attention to something that you've either just experienced or just chosen. Somewhere in your past, an elderly aunt or grandmother told you a story (or more than one!), and at the end, she said, "And then I heard a little bell go off in my head, and that's when I knew..."

Your subconscious registered this phenomenon as a small child or young adult, and now, whenever you are facing a difficult problem, situation, or event, YOU hear "that little bell go off in your head." This alerts you to something that is actually going on that can affect you - something you need to pay more attention to.

Everyone gets these "messages" differently. I usually get hit on the head literally, because I'm too stubborn to recognize something as subtle as your telephone sound! I know other people who see a certain item when they are supposed to be paying more attention, such as a color or a feather, or the wind blowing around them in a certain way. To others, these messages come in dreams or visions. Those people are VISUAL, where you are more AUDIAL in the way you receive your messages. "Hearing" the telephone ring alerts you to something you should be examining more closely.

Your Guides have given you a form of communication that seems REAL and CONCRETE whenever you need their help and guidance. It even works for you when you don't know you need to ASK for it. The telephone ringing reminds you that you are never alone, that you are being watched over from Spirit, and that there is always a place where you can get information and understanding about any situation you might find yourself in.

You're lucky! The phone ringing (whether in actuality or in your head) is something to clearly alert you to the fact that you may not have seen every angle of a certain situation. It gives you the opportunity go back and view all sides of a problem. Expect this to happen and use this "alert from Spirit" wisely!

Astrea:

Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.

Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!

While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!

I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!

As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.

I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.

You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!

Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.

A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.

You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.