Macaw / Parrot
Meaning & Symbolism
Macaw symbolizes rising, flair, and visibility.
Macaws are bright, bold, and loud! It’s time to unapologetically show off your unique qualities. No more hiding.
You have a skilled communicator and performer within you. Your unique flair and skills plant the seeds of inspiration in others.
We need to see you being your full self to help sprout something new within us.
Keep rising higher and higher. You are never “too much.”
Macaw can teach you how to use your uniquely intense colors (skills) to create a new vision for yourself and others.
Macaws are an endangered species, further emphasizing their rareness. Not only are you unique, but there are even fewer people within your niche who can provide what you have to offer. So speak up and show up. Your specialties are needed. The bright primary colors of Macaws are screaming at you to be unapologetically bold and beautiful just as you are. You represent color in its purest, most saturated form. Pull from your color palette to create a new world for yourself and others. There’s no need to look outside yourself for inspiration. You have everything you need.
Macaws wake up with the sun and fly off early in the morning to search for food. This could indicate that you have the potential to be productive in the morning. Try doing important tasks first thing in the day and see how it goes for you.
Like many birds, Macaws promote the growth of forests as they keep dropping seeds they eat. You are a planter of seeds, spreading inspiration everywhere you go.
Macaws are extremely intelligent. They can learn how to unlatch cages and mimic words and sounds. You are a clever and skilled communicator/performer.
Macaws use loud calls like screaming and squawking to communicate amongst themselves and draw attention. You are not “too loud” or “too much.” If anything, this is one of your gifts. Macaw is asking you to speak up more often because we could benefit from your unique viewpoint. Help draw our attention to helpful places.
Also see Cockatoo!
-Tanya Casteel ©Cosmic Animals
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I want to hear about your Macaw experiences. What stories or dreams have you had? Please share and join in the conversation below!
As I was meditating this morning, I saw a macaw with sooty feathers, could still kind of see the colors and was flying toward the east. What’s that mean?
Air is the element of the East. If the macaw as covered in soot it could be asking you to dust off your feathers by flying (air/East). Macaw wants all of us to shine brightly and to fly boldly. To be proud of who you are and let others see you.
I recently had a dream about a huge blue Macaw flying down to land on my right outstretched arm, while I was standing on the front lawn of my childhood home. At first I was not scared at all, but then saw the scared face of someone watching and wondered if I should be scared. I woke up just as the beautiful Macaw was landing on my arm. The next day, no longer dreaming, I saw a woman waking down the streets of SF near my house with a huge blue Macaw on her right arm. I couldn’t believe it. And then today a guy with a big red parrot parked his car (parrot inside) over my drive way. I stopped to ask him about his bird, in disbelief. He told me they are like perpetual 2 year olds, but great lifelong companions if you can handle that. His bird was nervous and had plucked all the feathers from parts of her body since leaving her flock… I feel
Like my dream is just moving into my waking life in the most bizarre way. What do you read in all this? Thanks!!
Wow, yes, it sounds like your dream was speaking to you in your waking life. I’m glad you’re paying attention and stopped to ask that man about his parrot (which can bring up the potential for you to make connections for yourself). As for what it means, it’s hard to know. You know yourself best and have more layers of information than this story provides. I find it fascinating that the bird was referred to as a 2-year-old and sad that it was losing its feathers due to the stress of losing its family. It’s not important to know exactly what it means (for no one can know the full truth of anything) but it’s great to gather information, watch what feelings and reflections come up for you, and stay curious. I hope Macaw continues to visit you. Thank you for sharing.
I had the most vivid dream last night. I dreamt I was in my bedroom and as I looked out of my bedroom window, a huge flock of hyacinth macaws were starting to gather around the the window outside. They were sitting on my window sill, on our fence, they were clinging to the wall of the bungalow next door, sitting on our washing line… They were really beautiful. I stood in complete awe of them, they were so blue. I called my mum through in the dream and was saying “mum!!! Come and see this!!…. This is amazing!! She came an looked but was a little frightened.. I wasn’t.. It was a breath taking sight. The macaws felt as though they were trying to be close to me in the dream.. Not scary in anyway… I was wondering if you could tell me what this means. I am a spiritual person and have never experienced anything like this before. Many thanks Helen 🙂
What a beautifully mesmerizing dream. It sounds like the Hyacinth Macaw is wanting to form a relationship with you. Asking you to notice your own inner beauty and shine brighter for all of us to enjoy.