So the anniversry dinner was a success. Luca had a night with the Grandparents who were happy to have him and we had a night to ourselves. The food was good, the conversation was great and the sex was hot! (Sorry TMI) After all was said and done and before we went to bed I decided to pull out my power animal meditation book that I use to use every once in a while and do one before bed since I knew I could allow my mind to completely relax without listening to every little sound coming from our monitor which is ingrained in my head. I looked around through the different ones and finally decided on Hippo which is entitled "Rebirth". Toni read it to me and I got comfortable the following is what I saw.
I was in a huge aquarmarine tank with a large female hippo. Telepathically we were talking about rebirth and motherhood and what it all meant. I could smell the sweet smell of the lotuses that floated around in the water with us. I felt a strange weight below and between my legs and looked down to see an umbilical cord like vine connecting me to a child. When I pulled the baby out of the water and looked at it I could see clearly it was a little girl. That pulled me out of the hole thing....
Now before you all start going where I know you want to go let me explain to you that I am NOT having anymore children. We have talked before in my blogs about my uterus and my say on who lives in it. Before having Luca I went through a Native American Sweat and Journey to meet my child and saw I would be having a boy in fact I saw Luca in about 3 or 4 more years having dressed himself coming down the stairs to brag at his accomplishments. Now back to my argument. 1. With havin my son I am working to give him all the things I only dreamed of when I was a kid. 2. Since I am not a fan of day care its difficult to get schedules the first 5 years to meet a childs needs. 3. That while Luca was supposed to be a natural water birth he was a C baby and I am a high risk pregnancy so my dreams of vaginal births and birthing tanks are over. 5. I nearly died having him that says it all! So dont go getting excited here people. I know Toni is never gonna get in a birthing tank if she changes her mind about having a child though I am just about positive it would be a girl so someone else will have to live out that one for me. The meditation was powerful though so I decided to look on its other meanings and here is what I found... ps. We rushed to pick up our little bird in the morning cause we missed him like CRAZY and like 2 people who just didnt know how function without him!
Hippo: symbol of birth, motherhood, protection of young
The hippopotamus is associated with birth, motherhood and the protection of young. The Hippopotamus, whose name means 'River Horse', protects the woman of the house, especially the woman of childbearing age.
The Hippo lives both underwater and on land. It is both practical and stable and tends to follow set patterns. The hippo teaches us to follow a path that is determined to be successful.
The hippo represents routine paths and an intuition for truth that lead to our goals in life.
While underwater, the Hippopotamus is able to see, hear and breathe. This can teach us a higher level of perception, and so increase intuition for the heart and truth of situations in life.
HIPPOPOTAMUS
Power
Hippopotamus lives in Water, the ancient realm of birth, power, creation, imagination, and healing. Hippopotamus brings an awakening of our higher sensibilities. It enables lucid dreaming and spirit contact. Hippopotamus is a link to the spiritual, artistic and healing realms of water. It teaches you how to be strong in all of them. Learning to control powerful creative energies is the lesson that Hippopotamus gives you.
TAURET (taweret, ipet, opet)
Taweret was the ancient Egyptian goddess of maternity and childbirth, protector of women and children. Like Bes, she was both a fierce demonic fighter as well as a popular deity who guarded the mother and her newborn child.
She was depicted as a combination of a crocodile, a pregnant hippopotamus standing on her hind legs with large breasts and a lion. Unlike the composite demoness Ammut, her head and body were that of the hippo, her paws were that of the lion, and her back was the back of a crocodile. All of these animals were man killers, and as such she was a demoness.
All three animals were regarded as fierce creatures who would kill to protect their young.
It was in her role of a protector that she was seen as a goddess. As the mother hippo is protective of her young, Taweret was believed to be protective of Egyptian children. She was often shown holding the sa hieroglyph of protection or the ankh hieroglyph of life. She was thought to assist women in labour and scare off demons that might harm the mother or child.
Because hippos are denizens of the fertile Nile mud, Egyptians also saw them as symbols of rebirth and rejuvenation. The birth-related aspect of the hippo’s powers also appears in the complicated shape of the goddess Taweret, who protects women in childbirth.
(taken directly from http://www.crystalinks.com/taweret.html)
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Here is some info I found regarding Hippo as totem:
The Hippopotamus
The Hippopotamus is an amazing animal that lives both underwater and above ground. It combines the elements of earth and water and teaches us how to integrate the attributes of both into our daily life.
Water is associated with intuitive knowing and earth is associated with practicality and stability. The hippopotamus asks those with this totem to act upon their intuition without analyzing it while maintaining a practical grounded life style.
Hippopotamus are amphibious and have special adaptations for life in the water. It can safely stay underwater, able to breath, hear, and see the world above without having to expose its body. When this medicine if fully developed those with this totem have an innate ability to know what lies beneath the surface of any situation. They speak and see truth and demand that others respect that truth
Hippo’s need water deep enough to cover them because there skin is delicate and thin and vulnerable to overheating. Those with this medicine are susceptible to sunstroke and sun related problems including dehydration so care should be taken when outdoors.
Although the Hippopotamus is extremely agile and flexible in its movements it has a tendency to develop set patterns. When they leave the water at dusk, they prefer to follow the same path creating a rut in the ground several feet deep. The hippopotamus teaches us to find a path that works for us and to stay on it to reach our true destination.
I was in a huge aquarmarine tank with a large female hippo. Telepathically we were talking about rebirth and motherhood and what it all meant. I could smell the sweet smell of the lotuses that floated around in the water with us. I felt a strange weight below and between my legs and looked down to see an umbilical cord like vine connecting me to a child. When I pulled the baby out of the water and looked at it I could see clearly it was a little girl. That pulled me out of the hole thing....
Now before you all start going where I know you want to go let me explain to you that I am NOT having anymore children. We have talked before in my blogs about my uterus and my say on who lives in it. Before having Luca I went through a Native American Sweat and Journey to meet my child and saw I would be having a boy in fact I saw Luca in about 3 or 4 more years having dressed himself coming down the stairs to brag at his accomplishments. Now back to my argument. 1. With havin my son I am working to give him all the things I only dreamed of when I was a kid. 2. Since I am not a fan of day care its difficult to get schedules the first 5 years to meet a childs needs. 3. That while Luca was supposed to be a natural water birth he was a C baby and I am a high risk pregnancy so my dreams of vaginal births and birthing tanks are over. 5. I nearly died having him that says it all! So dont go getting excited here people. I know Toni is never gonna get in a birthing tank if she changes her mind about having a child though I am just about positive it would be a girl so someone else will have to live out that one for me. The meditation was powerful though so I decided to look on its other meanings and here is what I found... ps. We rushed to pick up our little bird in the morning cause we missed him like CRAZY and like 2 people who just didnt know how function without him!
Hippo: symbol of birth, motherhood, protection of young
The hippopotamus is associated with birth, motherhood and the protection of young. The Hippopotamus, whose name means 'River Horse', protects the woman of the house, especially the woman of childbearing age.
The Hippo lives both underwater and on land. It is both practical and stable and tends to follow set patterns. The hippo teaches us to follow a path that is determined to be successful.
The hippo represents routine paths and an intuition for truth that lead to our goals in life.
While underwater, the Hippopotamus is able to see, hear and breathe. This can teach us a higher level of perception, and so increase intuition for the heart and truth of situations in life.
HIPPOPOTAMUS
Power
Hippopotamus lives in Water, the ancient realm of birth, power, creation, imagination, and healing. Hippopotamus brings an awakening of our higher sensibilities. It enables lucid dreaming and spirit contact. Hippopotamus is a link to the spiritual, artistic and healing realms of water. It teaches you how to be strong in all of them. Learning to control powerful creative energies is the lesson that Hippopotamus gives you.
TAURET (taweret, ipet, opet)
Taweret was the ancient Egyptian goddess of maternity and childbirth, protector of women and children. Like Bes, she was both a fierce demonic fighter as well as a popular deity who guarded the mother and her newborn child.
She was depicted as a combination of a crocodile, a pregnant hippopotamus standing on her hind legs with large breasts and a lion. Unlike the composite demoness Ammut, her head and body were that of the hippo, her paws were that of the lion, and her back was the back of a crocodile. All of these animals were man killers, and as such she was a demoness.
All three animals were regarded as fierce creatures who would kill to protect their young.
It was in her role of a protector that she was seen as a goddess. As the mother hippo is protective of her young, Taweret was believed to be protective of Egyptian children. She was often shown holding the sa hieroglyph of protection or the ankh hieroglyph of life. She was thought to assist women in labour and scare off demons that might harm the mother or child.
Because hippos are denizens of the fertile Nile mud, Egyptians also saw them as symbols of rebirth and rejuvenation. The birth-related aspect of the hippo’s powers also appears in the complicated shape of the goddess Taweret, who protects women in childbirth.
(taken directly from http://www.crystalinks.com/taweret.html)
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Here is some info I found regarding Hippo as totem:
The Hippopotamus
The Hippopotamus is an amazing animal that lives both underwater and above ground. It combines the elements of earth and water and teaches us how to integrate the attributes of both into our daily life.
Water is associated with intuitive knowing and earth is associated with practicality and stability. The hippopotamus asks those with this totem to act upon their intuition without analyzing it while maintaining a practical grounded life style.
Hippopotamus are amphibious and have special adaptations for life in the water. It can safely stay underwater, able to breath, hear, and see the world above without having to expose its body. When this medicine if fully developed those with this totem have an innate ability to know what lies beneath the surface of any situation. They speak and see truth and demand that others respect that truth
Hippo’s need water deep enough to cover them because there skin is delicate and thin and vulnerable to overheating. Those with this medicine are susceptible to sunstroke and sun related problems including dehydration so care should be taken when outdoors.
Although the Hippopotamus is extremely agile and flexible in its movements it has a tendency to develop set patterns. When they leave the water at dusk, they prefer to follow the same path creating a rut in the ground several feet deep. The hippopotamus teaches us to find a path that works for us and to stay on it to reach our true destination.
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