Cockatoos represent light – the sentinel who watches as well as guides along the darkness, they talk about commitment to relationships as well as the need of group security. Victims much? If you are involved in climate change XR Rebellion demonstrations, you might relate cockatoo with the name-calling and judgements from some narrow-minded people.Cockatoos have an important role in the mythology of Australia’s Native peoples, recognized for their involvement in the landscape’s lifecycle of plant origin, mortality, and reborn. Cockatoo is sometimes viewed as a nuisance and ‘dealt with’. Cockatoo is an easy target, and spectacular. I mention this as it is a fact there are people who do not think twice of killing for pleasure. I remember jackaroos on an outback property taking delight in shooting cockatoo nests because they exploded in a burst of white feathers. If cocky in this state makes you feel cold, cover up, on some level! If this is how Cocky crosses your life’s path, be prepared to look at issues around aging or being dependant or maybe bald Cocky tells you it’s time to be getting beneath the surface of someone or something. Older birds of over forty or fifty years of age are often ‘naturally’ bald, looking like overgrown fledglings. Is this the case for you? Some birds become so bored alone, they pluck their feathers out of frustration – do you self-inflict something similar? Or have some obsessive compulsive patterns? Your interpretation of cockatoo here would depend on the personality of the bird – was he loud and talkative, quiet and subdued, young and raucous, or old and bedraggled?Ĭockatoos can be affectionate and social pets, much happier with a partner than solo. White cockatoo is a popular caged bird worldwide. The result – immortality through rebirth in the transformation of the egg, caterpillar, coocoon and butterfly. In another Dreaming, ( see Butterfly) it is the cockatoo that is the first creature to ever die, causing the beginning of a quest to understand mortality. If you relate to this Dreaming, where does ‘black humour’ fit into your life? Or could you try the Faster EFT trick of fake laughing to unhook yourself from the Yowie spirit? Imagine if these cockatoos turned back instead of pursuing Yowie what would they tell you? This is a comical visual for something so serious. They are the left and right stars in the Southern Cross, the vertical part being the tree. The death spirit, Yowie, takes the first deceased person into the sky in a tree and two white cockatoos follow, squawking angrily as they chase their home. The white cockatoo has been linked to the first death in one Dreaming ( see Southern Cross). Explore, satisfy your curiosity! Tho’ do consider cockatoos are not popular with everyone due to the damage they can make with those bills and in agriculture. These characters get into all sorts of mischief and comical situations exploring the wonders of life, and they appear to enjoy themselves thoroughly! If Cockatoo has flown into your life, singly or as a noisy squawking cloud, perhaps you need to be more aware of what is going on around you. A cocky was needed as a warning of approaching police! The issue of protection may be important too in your life, so be a cocky and keep a look-out! One well-known context for this was for the illegal gamblers and prostitutes in Sydney in the early part of this century. This has become part of Australian colloquialism, a ‘cocky’ being a lookout.

Wherever Cockatoos are, feeding or resting, they always have a sentinel on guard, ready to warn them of approaching danger. Do you need to dig yourself out of a situation you feel caught in? Or do you feel isolated, not at home where you are?Ĭockatoo also brings up issues of climate change with the floods that entrap the woman – or of feeling drowned by your emotions on some level. To this day, cockatoos nest in hollows and retain their hooked beaks. Transforming herself into a cockatoo, the woman used her powerful bill to dig her way out of the top of the tree. The water rose higher and higher, trapping her. One time, while her husband was away, it flooded, so she climbed into the hollow of a tree. In their natural state, cockatoos nest in the hollows of large trees a Dreaming accounts for this: a woman lived with her man out in a swamp land, however she could not swim and missed her plains country. Both types represent powerful spiritual symbols in the Dreaming. The Australian cockatoo is either black with striking red or red and yellow tail feathers (the female also has yellow feathers on her head), or more commonly, white with a yellow crest.

Albino yellow tail black cockatoo