Butterfly Animal Symbolism! My Personal Encounter With A Butterfly Today...

I must share this story with you. I just came back in after having the MOST amazing encounter with the same Butterfly I wrote about last week. I haven't even told my mom yet. I was outside in my yard enjoying this beautiful day, just standing there taking it all in. Then all of a sudden the same Butterfly I met last week came flying in. She stood on the ground facing me and began flapping her wings. I got excited and I asked, "Do I know you?" I know it sounds silly, but that is the first question that came out of my mouth.

Then the Butterfly starting walking toward me. I didn't think anything of it at the time. Until the Butterfly kept walking toward me and onto my feet and up my leg and onto my shirt until it reached my shoulder. She paused along the way. I kept asking God, "Please help me understand the meaning of this experience as my heart was pounding." I have NEVER had this happen to me my entire LIFE! I have been touched by a Butterfly passing by briefly. But NEVER a Butterfly this comfortable to walk on me, not fly on me. When she reached my shoulder we were face to face. WOW! I asked the Butterfly again, "Do I know you?" She began to flap her wings again. There is more, I just don't know how to explain it to you yet. I still haven't quit understood the entire meaning of this AMAZING experience. I will most definitely keep you posted as more gets revealed to me.

Before I posted this message, I went to seach for what Butterflies eat. I discovered that they do not eat only drink. Click here to read more. Then I went on to search for the meaning of a Butterfly encounter to learn more. I discovered this website and read the following PROFOUND message I want to also share with you.

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Butterfly animal symbolism speaks of:

• Resurrection
• Transition
• Celebration
• Lightness
• Time
• Soul

Overwhelmingly, cultural myth and lore honor the butterfly as a symbol of transformation because of its impressive process of metamorphosis.

From egg, to larvae (caterpillar), to pupa (the chrysalis or cocoon) and from the cocoon the butterfly emerges in her unfurling glory.

What a massive amount of transition this tiny creature undergoes. Consider for a moment the kind of energy this expends. I daresay if a human were to go through this kind of change we’d freak out!

Imagine the whole of your life changing to such an extreme you are unrecognizable at the end of the transformation. Mind you, this change takes place in a short span of about a month too (that’s how long the butterfly life cycle is).

Herein lies the deepest symbolic lesson of the butterfly. She asks us to accept the changes in our lives as casually as she does. The butterfly unquestioningly embraces the changes of her environment and her body.

This unwavering acceptance of her metamorphosis is also symbolic of faith. Here the butterfly beckons us to keep our faith as we undergo transitions in our lives. She understands that our toiling, fretting and anger are useless against the turning tides of nature – she asks us to recognize the same.

Interestingly, in many cultures the butterfly is associated with the soul – further linking our animal symbolism of faith with the butterfly.

In Greek myth, Psyche (which literally translates to mean “soul”) is represented in the form of a butterfly. Befittingly, Psyche is forever linked with love as she and Eros (the Greek god of love, also known in Roman myth as Cupid) shared an endlessly passionate bond together – both hopelessly in love with the other.

Even Christianity considers the butterfly a soulful symbol. To wit, the butterfly is depicted on ancient Christian tombs, as Christ has been illustrated holding a butterfly in Christian art.

It’s connection with the soul is rather fitting. We are all on a long journey of the soul. On this journey we encounter endless turns, shifts, and conditions that cause us to morph into ever-finer beings. At our soul-journey’s end we are inevitably changed – not at all the same as when we started on the path.

To take this analogy a step further, we can look again to the grace and eloquence of the butterfly and realize that our journey is our only guarantee. Our responsibility to make our way in faith, accept the change that comes, and emerge from our transitions as brilliantly as the butterfly.