08-11-21

The crow.

From WikiAnswer:

Crows are sometimes considered to symbolize an omen. They can be good or bad depending on the context they are being used in and what culture is talking about them. Since they are in the same family as the raven they are often associated with death and darkness.

Another Perspective

Crow is seen by some Native Americans as the left-handed guardian and keeper of the sacred law. While others interpret it as ancient wisdom, and magic. In a tea cup crow is read as ill health. As a child I learned an old English rhyme about crows from my grandmother, it went something like this: One is for bad news, two is for mirth. Three is a wedding, four for a birth. Five is for riches, six is a thief, Seven a journey, eight is for grief. Nine is a secret, ten is for sorrow, Eleven is love and twelve is joy on the morrow.

I'm not sure where my affinity for crows comes from. Native North American tradition suggests animals for each month of the year, much like the more traditional Zodiac signs, and it would seem I'm born in the month of the crow which, until about five minutes ago when I Googled it, I had no idea about and I certainly didn't know that when I took this photograph this morning.

Crow/Raven: Sep 22 – Oct 22
Highly enthusiastic, and a natural entrepreneur, the Crow is quite a charmer. But he/she doesn't have to work at being charming – it comes easily. Everyone recognizes the Crow's easy energy, and everyone turns to the Crow for his/her ideas and opinions. This is because the Crow is both idealistic and diplomatic and is quite ingenious. In nurturing environments this Native American animal symbol is easy-going, can be romantic, and soft-spoken. Further, the crow can be quite patient, and intuitive in relationships. Left to his/her own devices, the Crow can be demanding, inconsistent, vindictive, and abrasive.

But this morning as I went down the street in search of milk for my breakfast cereal the crows were awakening, repopulating the city after spending the night in their murder.

It's interesting to note that the term "murder" is more often referenced in poetry than in science in relation to crows, or so it has been suggested.

What's interesting about this photo is how the eyes of some of the crows are eerily lit up.

And I just happen to be listening to: The Constantines - Young Lions "Make your love too wild for words. Stumbling thru the city with the ordinary birds."

It's in the details.