SYMBOLIC QUALITIES OF THE PARROT

 

 

Parrot  is a bird of the sun.  Its bright colors and sunshine aspect are what gives it its magic.  Its feathers can be used in prayer sticks for powerful healing rites and to invoke the energies of the sun at any time of the year.

In the Pueblo tradition, it is a bird associated with the gathering of salt.  The places where salt was found were considered a gift of the sun.  Since the parrot was to the Pueblo a bird of the sun, there is the correspondence.  Parrots come in a variety of colors.  Anyone with a parrot as a totem should do some study of colors and their effects.  The parrot is a wonderful teacher of the power of light an colors.

Some parrots have been taught to mimic humans.  Because of this ability, the parrot has been considered a link between the human kingdom and the bird kingdom.  Parrots, in this sense, could be linked to ambassadors, diplomats, and interpreters for the bird realm.  They have a magic that will enable you to understand others more effectively.  They can help you awaken a sense of diplomacy.

 

 

(From Ted Andrews book, "Animal-Speak)