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03-12-2015, 02:58 AM
Jaguars and cougars/mountain lions are important archetypes and powerful totem animals in many different medicine and shamanic traditions in the Americas. Interesting that both showed up in your dream. That suggests to me both a northern and southern perspective.
Random thoughts and questions:
Were both cats female? If so, possibly referring to the feminine or the aspect of fertility.
Were you and your wife inside or outside the fence? IOW, were you enclosed by the fence or were the cats? Did you have any sense of what was inside the fence?
Though you felt threatened by the presence of the cats, were they actually threatening? Or were they trying to get your attention?
Your wife had the weapon, the thing that would "protect" you, thereby being the one who would protect you. Go back to the idea of the feminine...Speaking of your wife, I noted that she was "asleep" and you were the one "awake", that you were able to wake her so she could take action. This could be a metaphor for needing to wake your feminine side. Part of what's going on with the world is that the world is so out of balance and there's a need to return to balance. Light/dark, yin/yang, good/evil, left brain/right brain, male/female-if there's one side weighted more heavily than the other, there's imbalance. The world has been heavily weighted to the left brain, masculine ways of doing things while very little attention has been paid to the feminine. There must be a return of the feminine to begin to achieve balance on the planet.
As you noted, the cats could have come over that fence in a heartbeat if they wanted. But they didn't. They respected your boundary(the fence). That suggests to me that they were there for a reason but recognized you weren't ready to hear it. Don't worry, they'll be back. They can be persistent kittehs when necessary.
Also, both cats are apex predators. They silently stalk their prey, never announcing their presence. Jaguars in particular are considered invisible in the jungle, not being seen unless it wants to be seen. If you had been prey, you would never have heard them coming. The fact they allowed you to see them clearly also suggests they were there for you.
Don't know if any of this will resonate with you.
Random thoughts and questions:
Were both cats female? If so, possibly referring to the feminine or the aspect of fertility.
Were you and your wife inside or outside the fence? IOW, were you enclosed by the fence or were the cats? Did you have any sense of what was inside the fence?
Though you felt threatened by the presence of the cats, were they actually threatening? Or were they trying to get your attention?
Your wife had the weapon, the thing that would "protect" you, thereby being the one who would protect you. Go back to the idea of the feminine...Speaking of your wife, I noted that she was "asleep" and you were the one "awake", that you were able to wake her so she could take action. This could be a metaphor for needing to wake your feminine side. Part of what's going on with the world is that the world is so out of balance and there's a need to return to balance. Light/dark, yin/yang, good/evil, left brain/right brain, male/female-if there's one side weighted more heavily than the other, there's imbalance. The world has been heavily weighted to the left brain, masculine ways of doing things while very little attention has been paid to the feminine. There must be a return of the feminine to begin to achieve balance on the planet.
As you noted, the cats could have come over that fence in a heartbeat if they wanted. But they didn't. They respected your boundary(the fence). That suggests to me that they were there for a reason but recognized you weren't ready to hear it. Don't worry, they'll be back. They can be persistent kittehs when necessary.
Also, both cats are apex predators. They silently stalk their prey, never announcing their presence. Jaguars in particular are considered invisible in the jungle, not being seen unless it wants to be seen. If you had been prey, you would never have heard them coming. The fact they allowed you to see them clearly also suggests they were there for you.
Don't know if any of this will resonate with you.