Reading Animals

If you have had a pet for a long time, whatever the breed, you will be able to get a sense of what that animal is thinking or feeling. You will often sense when it has a health issue.

That sense is a reading, and it is the same ability as every other one in this area, used on a creature that has no words to get in the way.

Your affinity

Some people have a special affinity with certain animals.

I am drawn to cats. I always seem to connect with them, wherever I go. I suppose you could call me a cat whisperer. My cats have to be near me, so I made a cat bed on my desk, right in front of me, and George is firmly of the view that my hand is his pillow, which means one handed typing until he has had enough of a rest. I would not have it any other way. What do your pets do? Audrey, my Abyssinian, used to sit on the chair beside me while I worked. She has passed now, and curiously Mackie, who is also an Abyssinian, has taken over that same chair and does exactly the same thing.

There is something very spiritual about having a connection to an animal of any kind. Cats are especially psychic, in my experience.

I have seen people with that same connection to birds, horses, dogs, fish, and every other manner of life on this planet. Which animals are you drawn to? Have you ever thought about the feelings that animal brings to you, and what might be behind those feelings? Explore it. You might be surprised at what you discover.

Animals respond to you as you grow

Something that happens to nearly everyone on a spiritual path is a growing empathy for animals. Pets and wild animals both.

I have seen deeply spiritual people who attract wild birds to the point where they can walk into the bush and have wild birds let themselves be hand fed.

I can go places and have animals react to me as if I am a long lost friend, to the amazement of their owners.

This is a very common theme as you grow and learn. You will find animals making eye contact with you. And as you grow you will start to understand that they are communicating with you. That is a wonderful thing, and kind of mind blowing to begin with.

How to read an animal

The method is the same one you use for everything else in this area.

Start by watching. Next time you are around animals, make a point of observing them. What do they do? How do they interact with you?

Then notice what you feel when you are with a particular animal. Note the sensation in your body that comes with it, the way the Monkey Mind page describes, and follow it to the outcome.

And if you sense an animal is unwell, take it to the vet. Your sense tells you to look, and the vet tells you what is there.

Love works on everything

All living things have potentially wonderful energies. Think about that when you interact with any animal.

Sending love can often help to calm an agitated animal. Try it the next time you meet one that is anxious or upset, and watch what happens.

All living things respond in a positive way to love. Animals, people, even plants. When you talk to a plant it listens, with the energy in your voice and the emotion behind your words, if not with ears. Studies have shown that plants spoken to in a positive way thrive. If you ever visit someone who is in love with their garden, you will see an abundance of growth and colour, and it is a certainty that they talk to their plants. Animals listen the same way.

Hugs are one of the best things in life for raising your energy, and a hug from an animal can have a profound effect too. How often do you give hugs, and how often do you get them? So can simply being among them. Go to the zoo and you are animal bathing, soaking up whatever is around you, the same way you soak up the energy of a forest or a crowd. Whatever you have an abundance of around you, you are bathing in it, so it is worth asking whether what you are bathing in is good for you. There is more on that in the Water Energy page.

Animals in spirit

Animals also feature in the spirit world.

There are countless stories of people who had a near death experience and met a long gone and very loved pet.

Not all spirit guides are human, either. Some are animals.

Around the year 2000 I was visited by a spirit animal. It very clearly had a connection to me, and knew me as if it had once been part of my family. It looked like a cross between a cat and a monkey, and it was at least a metre tall sitting down. Nearly twenty years later I came across an extinct lemur that looked like the animal I saw. It had been extinct for more than a thousand years. I was blown away when I found it.

So if you have lost an animal you loved, remember those stories. The love you shared does not stop at the edge of this life.

Where this leads

Watch the animals around you this week. Notice what you feel. Send a little love and see what comes back.

If you would like this read against your own chart, my readings are here.

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