Excerpt from Animal Reflections Healing Oracle ©Barbara Techel
Skunk – RESPECT
Skunk wraps you in the loving embrace of protection while inviting you to thoughtfully look within at a part of yourself you have either browbeaten or turned away from in loathing. This is a courageous act of love, requiring your gentle care, curiosity, and compassion.
Quite fearless and at home in its own mind, Skunk never seems to be in a hurry. This allows it to be in the moment and explore what is directly in front of it. Skunk is encouraging you to do the same.
Also good at digging and creating a hollow to rest, Skunk appeals to you to burrow below the surface and listen to the part of you that you tend to ignore. It’s time to stop piling negativity on this part of you, and instead lovingly extend it kindness.