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Birds

Birds range from hummingbirds to ostriches. From budgies to eagles. The one thing they all have in common is the freedom of flight. The most straightforward interpretation of the Birds card is travelling. Taking off. Release.

The phrase ‘spread your wings’ is part of this card. Leaving the nest is another idea closely associated with Birds. The Beatles’ song She’s Leaving Home describes a young woman released from a domestic cage.

Even penguins have a certain kind of freedom to roam and explore. Waddling along the ice, they have a vast amount of space all around them. This is another key concept of the Birds card.

Space and Freedom

In London, one of the world’s most overcrowded cities, pigeons have more space than other residents, because they have the whole sky to explore. If you are asking The Modern Lenormand Oracle about how to make your marriage work, you are being told – seek space. Offer space. The idea of ‘room to roam’ is close to this card. Seagulls have the run of the beach and migrating birds can cover the entire world.

If you are on a dating app and trying to choose the right woman for you, the Birds card might show you – the flight attendant.

Nests

Birds nest and have the comfort and security of home, which is where they hatch their eggs and raise their young. Then birds leave the nest. This card is associated with home and family, as much as it is linked to freedom and travel. Birds have the advantages of a cosy space, hidden from view – and the independence of taking off too.

Eggs

This twin idea of a protected enclosure and the need to break free, is also part of the egg symbolism of Birds.

The hard shell safeguards the growing chick until she is ready to leave. Once you have left, though, you can never go back. It’s the same with an old nest. One outgrows it. It outlives its purpose. The Birds card in The Modern Lenormand Oracle tells you that life is a sequence of security, freedom, security, freedom. You can feather your nest, of course, but it won’t be there forever.

Birdsong

This card is also associated with singers and songs, for obvious reasons. It is linked to music. If you are enquiring about the company you are about to work for, this image suggests an organisation full of travellers, for whom home is only ever a stage – until the next big leap. And music matters to these people.

Personal Interpretations

These cards ask you to use your sixth sense or Extra-Sensory Perception and so, particular phrases may suggest themselves. It’s a personal take on what a bird might mean to you.

Do you think about an ostrich burying its head in the sand? What about somebody being chicken – being a coward? In Australia they might think of a galah – an idiot. Parrots obviously repeat or parrot, other people. Perhaps you are telling yourself ‘Duck for cover’ in response to a question. Always allow your sixth sense to come in. However – the broadest meaning of this card is just what you might think. Birds is about being free to go where you want, locally or even internationally.