Deer
The keeper of gentle renewal
Nature of the deer
The deer moves gracefully through the forest – alert, sensitive, ready at any moment. Every year it sheds its antlers and lets them grow anew, larger and more branched than before. In old traditions it leads into the otherworld and carries the light. Its power is a gentleness that is not weak.
Inner attitude
The deer listens. It perceives the finest changes and responds with mindfulness instead of force. It knows that letting go makes room for the new.
The essential qualities
- gentle
- attentive
- graceful
- renewing
- full of light
It walks its path quietly and with determination.
Meaning
The deer appears when you are travelling with too much hardness – towards yourself or others. It invites you to become gentler without losing your direction. And it reminds you that you may shed the old so that the new can grow.
Voice of the being
«Walk quietly, but walk your path. What you let go of grows back anew and more beautiful.»
Encounter & working together
You meet the deer in the early morning hours, when the forest awakens. Walk mindfully, slowly, with open senses. Pay attention to the quiet – that is where it speaks.
Pay attention to
- where hardness makes you tired
- where you are still carrying old things with you
- where gentleness would achieve more than force
The deer works when you are ready to be gentle and clear at the same time.
Essence
I renew myself in gentleness.
