Black Swan - Love

Keywords:

Love. Romance. Monogamy. Partnership. Equality. Compassion. Tenderness. Protecting your loved ones. Enjoying the presence of others. Folklore and fairytale. Love stories. Invoking happiness in yourself and others. Spiritual love and freedom. The joy and freedom in serving another.





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LAST CARD!
*does the last card party dance*
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(actually in all honesty it hasn't hit me yet...)

Shark - Journey-maker

Keywords:

Peaceable predator. Inspiring observation and understanding. Honing the senses. The ceaseless journey-maker. Power and authority. Tendency towards workaholicism. Protection in all worlds. The predatorial subconscious. Resistance to change.





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Echidna - Further Investigation

Keywords:

Uniqueness. Ant and termite energy. Primitive wisdom. Focusing on the little things. Stubbornness. Stability. Remaining grounded at all times. Digging deeper. Look beneath the surface. Technology and electricity. Power. Further investigation. Scrutiny. Earth wisdom. Sifting through old thought patterns for nourishment.





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Monarch Butterfly - Life is Short

Keywords:

Life is short. Fleeting moments. Transformation. Internal and external change. Personal change. Looking for sweetness. Herb magic. Flower magic. Celebrating beauty. Travel and migration. Moving to new places. Enjoying the journey. Outside of harmful or negative influence. Rhythm. Reincarnation.

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Cane Toad - Toxicity

Keywords:

Adaptation and proliferation. Success at the cost of others. Earth and water mysteries. The visionary. Strong medicine. Toxic situations. Toxicity. Invasion. Poisonous situations. Poisoning others. Harm.





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Brumby - Wildness

Keywords:

Cooperation. Companionship. Trust. Journeying. Loyalty. Spiritual journeys. Guiding and guardianship. Overcoming obstacles. Endurance. Stamina. Energy. Healing and guiding others. A powerful ally. Possible danger. Wildness. The wild spirit.





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Thylacine - Resistance

Keywords:

Time Transience. Embracing the Unknown, and Accepting the Unknown. Moving Between Past, Present and Future. The Secrets of Rock Caves and Initiation. The Solitary Hunter. Keeping Secrets Hidden. Resistance.





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Camel - Hold On

Keywords:

Reservoirs of energy. Internal fuel. Making it through the tough times. Sparseness and aridity in all areas of life. Holding on. Making it through each day. Desert energy and magic.





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Funnelweb Spider - The Threshold

Keywords:

Earth magic. Connection to the primal Goddess. Familiarity with darkness. Ground-weaving. Entrapment. Quick reflexes. Patience. Connection to Cthonic and underworld deities. The underworld. The threshold and doorways. Notoriety.





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Crocodile - Prehistoric Wisdom

Keywords:

Power. Struggle. The ancient. Primal energy. Tenacity. Prehistoric wisdom. Contradiction. Survival. Patience. Balancing the Underworld and Upperworld. Rebirth. Cunning. Stealth. Plutonian energy. Timing. Tenderness.





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Willie Wagtail - Cheerfulness

Keywords:

Extroversion. Cheerfulness and gregariousness. Anger and irritability. Friendliness. Curiosity. Socialising. Appealing to others. Effectively maintaining your space and home. Territoriality.





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Lyrebird - Listen

Keywords:

Listening to the true meaning of others. Listening to spirit. Creating a unique song. Letting the voices of others move through you. Channelling. Keeping your sacred spaces clean. Freeing yourself of clutter. Releasing your true voice. Introversion. Truth.





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Cone Shell - Relief

Keywords:

Relief. Finding solutions to illness. Toxic situations. Toxic memories. Inability to escape the past. Confronting past issues to find relief. Numbness. Feeling flat or detached. Being forced to reconnect. Finding your way back to spirit. Pay attention. Don't forget. Don't ignore what hurts you. Feeling pain to relieve pain.





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Scorpionfish - Warning

Keywords:

Warning. Feeling cornered and cornering others. Finding yourself in a tight spot. Feeling threatened. Finding beauty threatening or harmful.





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Bogong Moth - Nourishment

Keywords:

Nourishment. Nourishing others. Storing, finding and giving energy. Feasts and celebrations. Food cures. Night-journeying. Transformation. Nutrition. Giving yourself away. Masculinity.





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I wrestled with this picture a lot. At the beginning of colouring I was very unhappy with it, and then slowly as the layers of colour evolved, a picture emerged that I became very happy with. I particularly like the red as contrast. Wootage.

Cat - Personal Power

Keywords:

Looking after yourself. Relax. Meditate. The hunting instinct. Getting what you want. Accomplishment. Self-love, worth and protection. Standing up for yourself. Taking time out. Gentle exercise. All forms of therapy. Independence. Intuition. Personal power. Magic.





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(and this with emu are probably two of my fave illustrations to date.)

Emu - Spiritual Achievement

Keywords:

Fatherhood and paternity. Shamanic and literal journeying to find nourishment. Primal communication. Rapid movement. Spiritual running. Male sacrifice. Infidelity. Stone magic. Crystal power. Shamanism. Spiritual excellence. Spiritual achievement.





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Black Cockatoo - Spirit

Keywords:

Spirit. Rain Magic. Travel. Joy. Crying with Joy. Emotional Freedom. Spiritual Freedom. Finding Spiritual Truths. Your Inner Fire. Creativity. The Muse. Inner Beauty. Inner and Outer Wealth. Preserving What You Care For. Drumming.





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Geez I've been putting this one off for a while...

(Australian) Raven - Problem Solving

Keywords:

Complexity. Trickery. Difficulty understanding past or current problems. Over-intellectualising matters. Great intelligence. Ideas. Creating new possibilities. Spiritual work. Problem solving. Creativity. Play. Interaction at all levels. Adapting and learning. Teaching others. Group gatherings.





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Dingo - Extinction

Keywords:

Group dynamics. Hierarchy. Pack mentality. Journeying. Upperworld messenger. Taking risks. Opportunity. Family wisdom. Extinction. Radical change and adaptation. Monogamy and partnership. Misunderstanding. Being taken for granted.





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