Tarantula

(Grammostola rosea), Photo: Dreamstime

The tarantulas are giants in the spiders' world. Its body is about 4.72in (12cm) and can achieve a leg span of up to 11in (28cm). Both body and legs are covered with hard hair. There are 850 species around the world. Most of them live in the tropics and subtropics, on trees or on holes made on the ground (see also Spider Essence). They usually eat anything that they can hunt, that is, large insects, including locusts, scorpions and cockroaches; sometimes small snakes, lizards, frogs, young or sick birds.

Tarantulas in Mythology: Arachne (spider in Greek) competed with Athens to see who could weave the most beautiful carpet. She did some drawings inspired in her amorous adventures with the gods and that enraged Athens in such a way that she destroyed the carpet. Arachne hanged herself and Athens turned her into a spider and the rope in a spider's web. For many indigenous cultures, spiders are a symbol of creativity due to their ability to produce yarns and weave them into a fabric. The spider, as weaver of the worlds, appears in many indigenous myths. For example, the female spider Kokyangwuti who created the world and wrapped it with a white capping is the creative wisdom. In Indian mythology, the spider's web is a symbol of the cosmic order. From some Native American people, we know the "dreamcatcher" which "catches" the bad dreams so that the sleeping people only have good dreams.

Tarantula in the interpretation of dreams: It represents the association with the dark unconscious forces. It puts us closer to our fears and challenges us to transform them.

Tarantula essence helps us transform negative feelings and create a bond with all the different kinds of life.

On the body level: The essence helps us develop a better sense of balance. The spider is able to hold on to anything everywhere, and thus it gives us a feeling of security and stability in the body as well as in life. It strengthens our perception, our view and our power of reaction.

Emotional: It strengthens our self-confidence and we learn to feel more secure. It helps to flood our negative memories and experiences with our inner light so that we are able to transform them. We are able to release our fears and so we feel more confident. We feel when it is the right time to act, and we learn to have lightning fast reactions. It fills our hearts with joy.

Spiritual: You can transform the poison of fear into a healing force. As well as spiders' yarns unite different places together, the essence helps us connect on the energy level with other people, animals, trees and all living forms. We learn that we are united with everything that these yarns go beyond our consciousness and the way in which we understand the relationship we have with other people, places, lifestyles and situations. It promotes the sense of harmony and union with the matrix.