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Water. You use and see it every single day. It’s there when you brush your teeth, eat, and walk home in the rain. But did you know that water is more than just something you drink? Water has been an important symbol for religious, spiritual, and cultural practices for centuries. Believe it or not, your favorite movie and book scenes have even used these symbols. So, what are they, and what does water actually represent? Keep reading to find out.
Things You Should Know
- Emotionally, water can symbolizes profound depth, changing feelings, or sadness.
- Water is also a universal representation of life since no plant or animal can live without it.
- Spiritually, water invokes ideas of purification, rejuvenation, and transformation.
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- QuestionHow does water symbolize quiet strength and determination?Mari CartagenovaMari Cartagenova is a Psychic Medium & Animal Communicator based in Westford, Massachusetts. Mari has been seeing and speaking to Spirits since she was a child, and she loves to share her psychic gifts and abilities to help others. She specializes in mediumship, intuitive psychic guidance, past life or soul reading, and animal communication. Mari is the 2019 Award-Winning Best American Psychic and a Certified Advanced Spirit Worker.
Psychic Medium & Animal CommunicatorWater has an interesting quality of quiet strength. Even though it seems gentle and soft, water is one of the strongest elements on earth. This is evident in how water finds a way into even the most sealed off spaces. If there's an opening, water will get through — just as it seeps into tiny cracks or floods large areas. This trait of water mirrors the idea of perseverance and determination. Like water relentlessly follows its path, finding a way no matter the obstacles, people too can show this soft yet strong persistence in their efforts. When facing challenges, as water does, one can find ways to overcome and reach their goals. This resonates with water signs in astrology, often linked to sensitivity, intuition and depth. Overall, water symbolizes the power of persistence and achieving aims despite seeming gentleness or obstacles.
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- ↑ https://www.ipl.org/essay/Symbolism-Of-Water-In-A-Separate-Peace-99182B588D0B9E74
- ↑ https://www.history.com/news/the-myth-of-ponce-de-leon-and-the-fountain-of-youth
- ↑ https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/exhibition/healing-ways/medicine-ways/medicine-wheel.html
- ↑ https://jungcurrents.com/carl-jung-symbolism-water
- ↑ https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/12/the-power-of-water-in-moonlight/511547/
- ↑ https://norse-mythology.org/cosmology/yggdrasil-and-the-well-of-urd/
- ↑ https://www.jstor.org/stable/40732065
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