Animal Wisdom for 2025

Posted by Barbara Techel

The animals inspired me to draw three cards this morning from my Animal Reflections Healing Oracle deck and share with you their wisdom for the coming year. It’s a message you’ve no doubt heard before, but it’s one that many of us need reminding of as we continue to heal what needs healing within ourselves. And this, I believe, helps us shift the planet, one-by-one to a more peaceful place.

Animal Wisdom for 2025

Hippo reminds us that our true HOME is within and gently embracing all aspects of who we are.

And when those sneaky doubts slink back in, Hummingbird swoops in and flutters before us with excitement, encouraging us again to BELIEVE in the magical gifts that reside in each of us.

Kingfisher, so bright with its magnificent colors, lovingly calls out to us in its beautiful song as a reminder to never stop SEEKING the wonder of it all – the stars, the planets, the Universe! Everything is alive and here supporting us!

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I also recently completed this custom 8 x 8 3D mixed media collage Animal Art (thank you, Connie!) and felt the additional message from Mountain Goat is a great one for the New Year also.

When Connie asked me to create this custom piece I asked her what it is about Mountain Goat she liked. She shared with me that it was during a spirit animal workshop I co-facilitated a few years ago that Mountain Goat came to her during the meditation portion of the workshop. At first she was disappointed.  But then she learned how they can traverse any surface without falling and appreciated their teaching for her of perseverance, grit, and grace.

Don’t you just love grit and grace together? I do!

Animals have this amazing ability to show up at just the right time with just the message we need. So it’s best not to question what animal may appear and keep your heart open to exploring what you can learn. You just may be pleasantly surprised!

Our perseverance has certainly been tested these past few years, but I do hope you are feeling a shift of the energy and one of grace as we move into 2025.

Happy New Year!

P.S. I am available for a limited amount of custom pieces. So if you are interested, let me know!

P.P.S Could you please let me know if you received this blog post?? I’ve had to update this part of my website and want to be sure you are receiving my blog posts. Thanks so much!

XO

Barb

    

Updated & More User-Friendly Pick An Animal Card for Inspiration

Posted by Barbara Techel

I discovered a more user-friendly way for you to try out my Animal Reflections Healing Oracle deck if you’d like and I’m excited to share the update with you!

The Pick-A-Card page is now updated on my website. The gist of it is that I’ve now numbered all the cards. Plus now you click on the Random Generator Number link for a number to be chosen at random. You then go back to the Pick-A-Card page and choose that card number for your message.

Just this morning I gave it a whirl asking what I needed to know today. I received Pelican and the message of expansion. While this Pick-a-Card version is an excerpt from the guidebook that accompanies the deck it was the first paragraph that stood out to me, and especially the last line:

Each day, Pelican’s large bill scoops up what they need in order to nourish themselves. Perhaps it’s time to make room in your life for a daily practice. Not only will this provide you with a refreshing sustenance, but it will help you release what you no longer need to carry.

This is what I’ve been doing of late – releasing what I no longer wish to carry. And some of this in the past few days has been around ancestral work. I ended up creating an altar with acknowledgement of my ancestors and allowing the grief to move through me which definitely has me feeling lighter in spirit.

So Pelican’s message was a confirmation of the inner work that started out feeling heavy, that once released, has made me feeling a sense of more expansion in my being.

How important it is I’m reminded yet again of nourishing ourselves, from the inside out. And sometimes all it takes is a quick, short message that can be so beneficial.

So if you’d like to give it a try, please do. And if you feel like sharing what animal you got, I’d love to hear!

XO

Barb