The problem is have when I see baby witches/pagans/etc shallowly try to ask what seeing a spefific animal/bird "means" is that they are looking for a binary 1:1 answer, and arent looking to understand that a sighting is a ice berg tip of meaning and understanding.
Literally the only way you will find "meaning" in nature sightings IS by understanding and observing the natural world you live in! Animals and birds and plants change their location and habits and calls and behavior based on many factors: the time of year, weather, mating cycles, disruptions, other animals, etc etc. These things, im turn, effect YOU as you are also an animal in thr same habitat!
More than once I've seen baby paganists/polythetists ask what it means that they are "suddenly" seeing crows everywhere, and being an Apollo worshipper and crow lover i always have an answer:
Its fledgling season. Its early summer and fledglings are venturing from the nest and being supervised and protected by their parents as they learn how to be crows.
And every time, they ignored my response and instead took a stock response of "crows are sacred to Apollo". And every time its pissed me off.
On one hand - nature does not exist to give you divine messages. It is crazy behavior to center yourself as a reciever of the natural world and not a part of it. As one of my fave posts once said- rejoice for you share this world with all sorts of animals and living beings. They aren't here for you, they are simply here as well.
Secondly - there ARE messages you can take from nature but only IF you can understand that you are part of nature too. Sightings of animals, bugs, birds, plants, and their location and behavior holds so many messages, as much as a lack can as well. What does it mean when we see fledgling crows with their parents? It means its summer, it means the space supports crows having offspring, it means its the time of year that we can also venture out and experience the world, it means the world turns and things renew, it means to be conscious and aware that there are Young around and their parents will be on alert.
The more effort you make to understand and connect with the natural world the more the web of knowledge strengthens for you. If you become familiar with the nature around you you will understand the messages it can share, bc you are part of it and those messages are for you too - but NOT exclusively for You or from your gods.
As an Apollo worshipper I give crows a large amount of respect and fondness. I have worked over the years to gain a friendship with the ones in my city, and they have given me so much. I have had crows alert me when there are predators, I've had crows stand watch over me when I relax in the yard, I've had crows allow me to be near their fledglings and get to experience that. But its earned, its respect, its learning about them as they are and the material world we share.
Crows in my yard arent a message from Apollo. But when they do deliver a message from him, you will fucking know. It won't be "wow lots of crows lately". Discernment is helped by thst knowledge and participation with nature itself.
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