Coyote as a Spirit Guide: What it Means When You're Seeing Coyotes Everywhere

hello everyone i'm jordana vann of raven light holistic healing and welcome to coyote as a spirit guide before we get going there are some tremendous changes happening here that i know you'll want to know about so keep your eyes peeled for the video i'll be uploading about the details later this month it's currently march 2021 so if you're watching this in the future these changes should already have been put into place and you can head over to my website www.ravenlightholistichealing.com to check out all the new stuff if it's not up there when you're looking at this it should be soon the most significant of these changes is that starting now i'm no longer accepting new clients i know i know but i promise you guys are really going to enjoy what i'll be doing with my energy instead is i am responding directly to your requests also for all of you who have lovingly asked me over the years if you can donate to support me and my work i'm now on patreon under jordana van and raven light 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to my channel you actually have to click that little bell icon and also select all otherwise youtube will choose which my videos it thinks you want to know about and that might be none of them thank you guys so much for your patience let's get started so first off there is an important distinction between when something is your spirit guide versus when something is your totem and i have a video on each of these for coyote so to make sure you're watching the right video for you a spirit guide is a temporary messenger here to help you navigate a specific circumstance or deliver a situation specific message and once it's done so and once you've integrated that wisdom you made use of it it tends to hit the road spirit guides can stick around for a while some of our challenges take us a long freaking time to get through but again the emphasis is still on something transient so coyotes more likely a spirit guide for you if you've never really had any feelings around coyote before but suddenly they're everywhere if that's you you're in the right place on the other hand if you've always had at least a moderate interest in or affection for coyotes if you're chronically terrified of them or if you've had lifelong experiences with them coyote is more likely a totem for you so a totem is a symbolic representation of a defining part of ourselves and the animal is there to help you develop that part to its fullest most authentic potential usually by helping you move through some specific challenges it also resonates with certain parts of your personality so if you are a coyote person you are going to have a markedly coyote-esque personality in at least a few obvious ways totem relationships are life long and while you absolutely can discover them later in life sometimes much later when you do you still tend to kind of think something like yeah you know i did always kind of have a feeling about that animal so if you now realize that actually coyote is your totem and not your spirit guide head over to my other video coyote as a totem personality characteristics and life path challenges and that should tell you what you need to know okie dokie so when something is our spirit guide there is no one-size-fits-all hard and fast message that will apply every single time to every person it would be so convenient if there were but we all know the universe is not a fan of convenience so instead there are a number of messages associated with each guide and you know which one's right for you by asking yourself you know does this feel like what's going on with me and this might not be a simple question to answer you may really actually have to sit down and think about each message and feel through it and see how it fits in your life right now so of the list of messages i'm going to give you in a sec only one might resonate and that is the thing that you need to know and begin to work with because we're talking about coyote and coyote is the king of confusion and complication and inconvenience it may be that more than one message fits you right now and they may conflict so that's okay too just try to deal with them one at a time so we're going to start with a few of the more common messages tied to coyote and these have to do with his role in native american mythology as a trickster to make sure we're all on the same page here because trickster is one of those terms like mercury retrograde which has been given the pop culture treatment a trickster is defined as a mischievous figure who employ employs cleverness and cunning to attain what he wants usually because he lacks the physical ability to do it himself and who does so at the expense of others tricksters are symbols of chaos who disobey the rules that apply to everyone else and fly in the face of conventional behavior sometimes they're heroes sometimes they're villains sometimes they're wise sometimes they're foolish sometimes they are all of the above in the same story because coyotes exist only in north america right now the original tales that feature coyotes of trickster are exclusively native american and it's really critical to note here that native american does not refer to a homogenous bunch of people each individual tribe has its own unique language and culture and mythology and so each tribe also has its own take on coyotes sometimes multiple takes the navajo have i believe 32 different coyotes in their creation mythology so in many native american legends coyote is a deceiver a seducer a beggar a glutton a coward a thief and ultimately a villain in these cases he is the worst of characters allowing his selfish nature to inspire him to lie and cheat manipulate others in order to get his way or to make himself look better than he is inevitably his schemes blow up in his face and he's otherwise found out in the end or scorned however in other legends he is the most sacred of the holy people a teacher warrior provider healer hunter creator and hero but he's still coyote even his altruistic acts are frequently accomplished through trickery or theft and sometimes his positive contributions are simply the result of his selfish intentions accidentally yielding beneficial consequences in many of our more modern coyote tales those found in the urban fantasy the last 30 years for example and which are equally important because they are now part of the collective consciousness coyote is painted in a more reliably generous light as a sacred trickster whose manipulations almost always consciously serve a dual purpose resulting in him getting what he wants and in intentionally teaching the victim of his schemes a valuable lesson in other cases he is the villain again and we can't help but love him for his cleverness appreciating the sly way in which he has misled us even as the ship he sold us is sinking so knowing all of this what kinds of messages may coyote's presence be meant to signify for you well for one that someone in your life may be lying trying to manipulate you trying to steal from you or otherwise trying to make you trust in them while planning to betray you this person would be a smooth talker with a perfect answer for every question you ask but something about them just doesn't feel right it's important to recognize that we're not just talking about our classic used car salesman scenario here you know where they tell you oh yeah that car is a beauty she's never had a single issue and then the thing breaks down the second you fork over the cash and drive off the lot this could be everything and everyone from an online degree program or some other certification that seems a little too good to be true or that tempting article you just read about a particular food or herb that promises to solve all of your health issues if you ingest it once a day and subscribe to their program to a new friend encouraging you to open up when it doesn't feel right someone i know recently described this best when they admitted that they sometimes make up secrets to share with others in order to trick those others into feeling comfortable sharing their secrets when they were hesitating to do so whatever this person or opportunity is you would really want to trust in it but again a big part of you is feeling squeamish about it if you are aware of a situation like this in your life coyote would be telling you to abso freaking lutely keep your money keep your secrets and walk away there's something else that's crucial to consider here coyote is the epitome of a two-faced being someone capable of exhibiting one persona one moment and just as fully expressing the opposite in the next remember he's hero and villain thief and provider warrior and coward one of the things that often makes it so difficult to spot a deceiver is that in the moment that they are deceiving you they don't believe they are deceiving you they are so thoroughly capable of living in their fantasies about themselves and their plans that they don't even feel like they're lying when this happens it's often only a very subtle gut feeling on our end that tells us something is wrong because everything really does look and sound right so no matter how quietly your gut may be whispering to you pay attention to those niggling feelings of doubt it is also the utmost importance when coyote is around to look at a person's past behavior no matter how believable they seem to be if they have betrayed you or let you down before when coyotes around they're probably going to do it again so now is not the time to go along with whatever they're selling whether that is a scheme or their assertion that they love you and they will always be there for you and treat you with respect so our next message there are two particular ways that coyote most often gets himself into trouble in his stories and so as a spirit guide coyote would recommend that you ask yourself if you are doing these things and if so to knock it off so the first is that coyote is in many ways an extraordinarily insecure creature in an effort to make himself look better or gain admiration he'll lie about his abilities take credit for things he hasn't done or attempt to change his appearance in ways that ultimately backfire leaving him injured or embarrassed or both so ask yourself are you letting insecurity prevent you from showing your true self are you saying things about yourself that aren't true because you don't think you're acceptable or deserving of admiration or attention just for being you are you considering doing something drastic for the sake of impressing others if so it's time to step back and look at why you feel insecure and start doing some work on loving and accepting yourself pretending to be something that you are not really is only going to make you sorry later the other way that our trickster coyote gets himself into trouble is by being impatient cheating or cutting corners if you are thinking about taking a shortcut to what you want particularly if you know that shortcut would be considered cheating don't if you're being impatient take a step back slow down moving impulsively towards what you want means that you're probably going to miss critical information and you'll just have to go back to the beginning again anyway one thing you can safely do here however is use coyote's infamous infamous cleverness to look for more efficient ways of getting there or to spot legal loopholes it's not so much breaking the rules in this case as changing them or exploiting their shortcomings the last message we're going to talk about that relates to coyote's role as a trickster has to do with over complicating things in many of our modern trickster tales coyote intentionally makes things as convoluted as possible as a way of concealing his true agenda or simply for the pure enjoyment of watching others run around in circles when coyote is around and you're dealing with a complicated situation do what you can to cut to the truth and simplify things instead of worrying and making assumptions regarding your next steps get the facts if you can do some research talk to the right people otherwise you're just going to lose a lot of sleep and waste a lot of time on parts of the process that you think are vital but are actually totally unnecessary so let's step away from coyotes a trickster and talk about another way in which coyote has become part of pop culture those famous road runner and coyote cartoons though it may strike some of us as a bit ridiculous which is perfect because coyote is a big fan of the ridiculous so many of us are familiar with the cartoons and poor wiley's never-ending quest to catch that roadrunner for dinner that this portrayal has actually become part of the collective consciousness and thus a symbol the universe may use to try to tell us something remember the silly is every bit as holy as the more traditionally sacred especially when coyotes around so the most obvious message here is the full hardiness of obsessively pursuing the same thing through the same methods despite failure after failure while e coyote must have tried every freaking product that acme produced all with the same result he was either squashed flat incinerated had a long whistling plummet to the ground far below or experienced some other physical unpleasantness that coyote was so fixated on what he wanted that he didn't stop to look at some obvious flaws in his logic the first was continuing to buy from acme yes he tried different products but at some point don't you think he should have noted the number of times those bombs exploded early or the springboard sprung apart and thought you know i think this uh company was invented by trickster coyote and is actually just taking my money while screwing me over the second was the fact that actually cody's run faster than road runners coyotes top out around 43 miles per hour or 69 kilometers per hour road runners can only run up to 26 miles an hour or 42 kilometers per hour had wiley set aside all the gadgets and schemes and simply dug deep and sprinted after that sucker he might actually have caught it of course road hunters also fly so there's that there's a reason that rodents and not road runners are actually a coyote's favorite food if coyote is a spirit guide for you just now and particularly if your biggest familiarity with coyote comes from the cartoons he may just be telling you that you have got to push pause on the way in which you are pursuing some obsession and re-evaluate a few things your method may be totally flawed no matter how fool-proof it looks or you might be missing some critical information about the situation like the fact that coyotes actually run faster than roadrunners we can miss the most obvious things when we're in the throes of obsession two at the end of the day there may be a darn good reason you're not being allowed to have the thing that you think you want no matter how hard you try my grandmother always used to say thank you o lord that thou didst deny me the desires of my heart and god was she right there are a lot of things that we wouldn't like as much as we think we would if we got them so if you can't seem to get what you want no matter how hard you try ask yourself if you can see a benefit to not having it it's often not that hard to find if we're truly honest with ourselves then we can let go and put our energy into something that will truly serve us okay so let's take a look at some of the messages related to the real physical coyote the first of these has to do with coyotes vision the coyote eye possesses a greater number of rods than that of a human as rods are responsible for collecting light the smallest amount of illumination is sufficient for coyote vision even dim starlight and they'll spot you easily at night even if you wear black to try to blend in they also have an additional optical structure not found in our own eyes a sort of mirror positioned in the back of the eye that reflects light back into the eye a second time after its initial entry the lenses of their eyes as well as their pupils are also very large allowing a greater amount of light to be gathered added to this coyotes have a remarkable ability to detect minimal motion even a thousand yards away and yet coyotes are markedly nearsighted so while they will spot you at night in fiercely dark conditions if you move even the tiniest bit they aren't going to be quite sure what they're looking at their nose however will tell them pretty quickly in metaphysical terms our sense of smell is real is equivalent to our relative degree of gut sense or intuition when coyote is around you may spot some things that seem out of order about a situation or it may seem like someone is hiding something keeping something in the dark as it were you may think you have a beat on someone's secrets or that you understand things about them that they themselves do not and you're very likely to be right but when you're relying purely on observational and logical analysis what you think you know is probably only the half of it to get an accurate idea of what's going on you actually have to let go of all the physical evidence everything you've seen and heard and rely on your gut and you'll know your gut is talking to you because when it comes up when kaya when you ask it what's going on when coyote is around what it tells you is probably going to sound absolutely crazy also don't let yourself go off half cocked coyote loves to cause mischief and so when we think we know something about someone we may find ourselves so tempted to say something about it to them or to gossip about it to someone else but coyote is also famously cautious it's one of the things that has helped him survive despite massive extermination campaigns make sure the time is really truly right to act on whatever you think you know or you're likely going to regret it later so let's talk about that howl coyotes howl to indicate the boundaries of their territory and to call for a mate but if you've ever heard a coyote howl you know it sounds a lot like laughter coyotes also love to play for this reason coyote is often an indicator that your life has become a little stale or that you're not letting yourself have any real fun and because it's coyote we are talking about the kind of fun that gets you out of your comfort zone and lets you be silly spontaneous and maybe a lot irreverent so if coyotes around and you need some help in the fun department look for things that make you laugh or encourage you to make others laugh in the way that's most authentic to you or trying new activities that have always interested you but may have seemed inappropriate so if you've ever considered pole dancing classes as a form of exercise for example coyote would wholeheartedly approve or you may just need to spend an evening under the moon and in front of a big bonfire with friends howling with laughter about all the good times that you've shared coyote is very very much about the release of those energies that we've kept smushed down because we didn't think they were proper by society standards so now's the time to let them out in the same vein coyote also arrives to shake us out of lives that are comfortable but not fulfilling when he shows up a lot of times everything around us most especially those things on which we depended for security begin to fall apart at a million miles an hour the reason for this though it sure is not going to look like it at the time is often that the universe wants you to be happy and your life is not actually making you happy the universe also knows that the only way you're going to have a shot at being happy is if it makes you start from scratch taking risks on what you actually want instead of what you thought would keep you safe and being yourself instead of who you forced yourself to be to hold on to the trappings of a limited life none of the things that you are going to lose are things that were actually right for you this is very much like what we call a tower experience in tarot everything we built crumbles around us when you're standing in the ruins as excruciatingly painful as this is coyote's sense of fun and spontaneity will help you choose the right pieces to build a whole new life for yourself a little added encouragement here because nobody wants to hear a tower experience is coming the government has been running a pretty aggressive coyote extermination program for over a hundred years largely in support of livestock farmers who have suffered stock loss due to coyote predation with the surprising result that coyotes are even more widespread than before this is because coyote territories are held only by a mated pair of alphas and the alphas are the only ones in the pack allowed to reproduce when you kill one or both members of the alpha pair new coyotes waiting around for the chance to hold a territory of their own rush in to create new pairs and they begin having pups coyotes also respond to population dips by intuitively having pups at a younger age and having more of them the more we try to get rid of coyotes the more coyotes there seem to be when you feel like you've been completely knocked down coyote reminds you to be clever resourceful flexible and determined no matter how you've been hurt what you've lost or how far you feel like you've fallen you can get back up and thrive a considerably less dramatic message here for the above reason coyote's presence sometimes does mean simply that something you thought you'd gotten rid of is on its way back and when it does come back remember to regard it with a coyote's suspicion that old boyfriend you thought you'd seen the last of is not likely to treat you any better this time around when coyote is in the picture one of the most fascinating things about coyotes is that they often hunt together with badgers you'd think these animals wouldn't get along because they compete for the same prey and sometimes they do come to blows but other times you see them palling around the desert together as hunting partners and playful friends badgers are fantastic diggers they can rapidly excavate the burrow of a rodent in the way that coyotes cannot coyotes are supreme sprinters they can chase after a small animal and snatch it if it runs from the burrow so working together in this way coyotes and badgers double their chances of getting a meal essentially badger's role in coyote's life is to use its digging ability to help coyote attain nourishment metaphysically what we are talking about here is having a friend a grounded person like badger assist us in digging into our own psyche asking questions about what lurks in our subconscious and offering possible interpretations about what comes up so that we can better understand who we really are who we really want to be and what we really want out of life thereby becoming better able to nourish our spirits in simplest terms if we're super confused or feeling empty and unfulfilled coyote often indicates that it's time to find a good friend or therapist to help us figure ourselves out now i want to go back to the very beginning of the video for a moment the part where i said that when coyotes around it is often the case that someone's trying to manipulate us into sharing our secrets for their gain and that we'll know that this is going on because even if it makes sense they would be good people to open up to some part of us really feel squeamish about it no matter how spiritual educated smart caring or qualified another person looks do not let them muck around in your psyche unless you feel genuinely good about the idea there are a lot of amazing therapists and counselors and healers out there but there are also a lot that will use your vulnerability to either intentionally or unconsciously make you feel worse you'll know your badger person because you'll feel calm and safe around them not pressured also they're not likely to be super warm fuzzy sorts of people they'll still be caring but they'll usually have a more clinical approach rather than a coddly one they will badger you a little bit and this will be a good thing they're there to help you figure yourself out not to be your mommy now our last message one of the things the universe often does and which most people don't quite understand is that it tries to point out how we are feeling about something it does this because our feelings are part of what create our reality if we feel chronically guilty we will create circumstances that reinforce this people will always blame us for things for example or we ourselves will continually find ourselves making mistakes about which we then feel ashamed if we feel like no one likes us same thing we'll either behave in ways that cause people not to like us or will send out vibes that cause people to dislike us for no apparent reason if we feel like victims that the world and the people in it are just always out to get us then we are going to have no shortage of experiences that show us that yep the world is our enemy however if we feel that we are beautiful and talented and safe and that everyone loves us that is what reality will show us what happens outside aligns with what is going on within and the reason the universe tries to tell us about this is that we can change how we feel within and that starts with awareness so coyote may be bringing your awareness to a particular way you've been feeling about the world so coyote may be trying to communicate to you that you are feeling threatened by forces you don't think you can control here you are just trying to do your thing and stay safe and make a living and something whether that's god or life or covid or your government or some other big force is crouching over you just waiting to hurt you or those you love or steal what you need to survive coyote is first and foremost a representation of the wild and the uncontrollable he is chaos and unpredictability incarnate as we have urbanized more and more here in the united states trying to create safe little pockets out of the big bad wild coyote has no place else to go but into our neighborhoods and because he's coyote and he's always hungry he may just help himself to our pets those defenseless little creatures whom we love and whom we thought were safe on our property coyotes do sometimes attack people as well and we worry about this too so when coyote shows up and particularly if he makes us uneasy he's very often trying to show you that you feel vulnerable so ask yourself how safe do you feel are you worried that something bad is going to happen to you or to those you love no matter what you do that some big looming force is going to take away something you think that you need are you endlessly trying to control your reality by trying to figure out exactly how to keep yourself safe when really this is impossible coyote would be telling you that if this is what you are feeling then this is what you're likely to be creating more of he would also be reminding you however that you have the power to change that if you become aware that you're feeling unsafe that you think big bad forces are out to get you and the ones you love it's time to step out of your fear and begin making an attitude adjustment yes sometimes terribly painful things do happen that's life guys but the universe picks our experiences for a reason whatever happens to you you have everything that you need to face it move through it and grow from it the more you can just relax into an understanding that there really is no such thing as a bad experience just experiences that are more emotionally intense and or challenging than others and that you need these for your development the more you cultivate inner peace acceptance of what comes and the ability to move intuitively throughout your life rather than constantly struggling to analyze the heck out of it and pick the right move when that is your mindset life becomes a lot less chaotic my life used to be one big unending drama fest i expected to be a victim and so my life was filled with broken relationships illnesses conflicts losses of all kinds and part of me thrived on the drama on being a martyr i did not understand that having a calm happy life was actually something that one could or should have because i hadn't come from that kind of life and i didn't actually know anybody else who had either these days i expect my life to be healthy happy successful and peaceful and that's precisely what i get on those rare occasions when i don't there's always a lesson to be incorporated and when i do things resolve quickly and i'm even happier afterwards than i was before and so i wind up truly grateful for even the most difficult experiences this all came from learning how to analyze how i felt and what i believed a process that began with all the weird critters showing up in my life and asking myself what the heck they were wanting me to know so ask yourself how safe do you feel these days if you feel frightened it's time to begin working on shifting that belief we can flow with even the most chaotic circumstances and hit even the wildest curveballs when we relax into trusting our intuition and developing faith that all occurs is that all that occurs is for our good remember everything is happening for us not to us even when coyote is in the driver's seat and don't forget guys if you want to learn more about coyote that i've included in either of my two videos stay tuned for my upcoming video about the changes coming to raven light in it i will cover exactly how to access that information which will not be available anywhere else have a wonderful day my darlings cheers you

Channel: Jordana Van

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Keywords: shaman, astrology, numerology, scorpio, gemini

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Length: 31min 29sec (1889 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 31 2021