Who's Afraid of a Little Mouse?

I am!

From “The Wild Unknown Animal Spirit Oracle” by Kim Krans

I’m not gonna lie. This is one animal spirit post I don’t want to write. I’m going to try and make it a short one.

I know there are way more important things I could be writing about. What can I say? This is my life right now.

The thing about oracle cards (if you’re one of those people who uses them, you will understand) is that there are those cards that we just don’t want to pull.

The other day, as I was shuffling, the Mouse card flew out of the deck.

I have my routine of shuffling eleven times. Then I divide the deck in three piles, choose one pile, and take the top card.

But, if a card should fly out of the deck while shuffling, that’s the card I’m meant to have. Well, when I saw that it was the Mouse card, I quickly put it back in the deck, and continued shuffling. 🤭

Ok, I pulled Dolphin. Thank you!

This is not cool in the world of tarot and oracle cards. Guess what? I did it once before. With the Mouse card.

I am terrified of mice.

I have awful mice dreams.

We’re not even talking rats here.

I’ve mentioned this before. Probably more than once. For the life of me, I cannot understand why.

Well, actually, I guess I can. It might have originated from my father dangling dead mice in a trap in my face a few times.

I also have a really sensitive nervous system and anything that scurries or startles sends me right into Lucy Ricardo mode.

I have jumped onto chairs in fear from these little creatures.

I once had a mouse under my bed during a blackout in NYC. That was a long night, let me tell you.

And, I know more than one New Yorker who has had a mouse run across their pillow in the middle of the night.

When I moved to the country, I think I wrote in my first post about worrying about the inevitable mice.

Someone just asked me if I was scared by the Moose standing just yards away from me last week. No, I wasn’t.

The largest land animal in North America doesn’t scare me.

The wee mouse does.

Well, I made it two-and-a-half years without seeing a mouse here.

Today, I went into the barn to get my little battery-operated deer fly racket (Yes, Nature-loving me is going to zap the deer flies this year.) It was my fellow Nature-loving friend down the road who told me about it. So, no judgment, please.

I reached in the box to pull out the racket and noticed that the instruction sheet was all in tiny pieces. Before my brain could register what was happening, I saw the mouse in the box with her chewed-up paper nest.

I went full-on Lucy. I thought I was going to have a heart attack.

People keep pet mice.

Why am I terrified of them?

So, I forced myself to read the Mouse oracle page:

The mouse has an innate desire to tend to the details. It often spends its days fixing, preparing, organizing, and scrutinizing. Unfortunately, a Mouse personality doesn’t notice when they’ve gone too far. Soon they begin to have a limited and fearful vision of life, and try to control every detail. This can be quite a painful experience for both the Mouse and those around them. When Mouse energy is at play, step back for a moment. It may be time to find a more purposeful project to delve into, one that’s worthy of your exacting eye.

—”The Wild Unknown Animal Spirit Oracle” by Kim Krans

And Ted Andrews in “Animal Speak” writes:

Mouse medicine can show you how to focus and pay attention to detail. It can show you how to attain the big things by working on the little things. Whenever mouse shows up there are lessons associated with attention.

Lack of focus? Attention? Me?

Am I a “Mouse personality??”

I am embarrassed to admit that much of this is true. I’ve been blaming it on Vata dosha overload. I catch myself spinning my wheels more times than I’d like to admit.

Funny that Mouse follows Moose in “Animal Speak.”

I guess putting that Mouse card back in the deck wasn’t so wise.

Did the Universe have to send me a real live mouse instead to get my “attention?”

I will NEVER put a card that flies out of the deck back again.

Today I shuffled the deck and had another fly-out. This time it was Dolphin, again. Phew. I love that card!

And then I pulled a card from a new deck called “The Herbal Astrology Oracle,” that was a gift from a beautiful friend.

It was Valerian. All about acceptance. Check out what it had to say!

Guidance: Valerian supports us by widening our trigger points and helping us to zoom out of a situation that might be overloading you with anxiety or stress. Remember, go easy on yourself, and don’t push yourself too hard to meet goals. Valerian remedies the internal parts of ourselves that can embody Mouse energy when we’re overly analytical, and judgmental, in high trigger mode. The message here is to take measure. Although your foundation can be established with great order, there is a certain amount of flow needed in order to enjoy creativity and growth. Don’t exhaust yourself in the details; embrace your imperfections. — “The Herbal Astrology Oracle” by Adriana Ayales

Some food for thought for me.

Unfortunately, we don’t choose the animal spirits that show up for us. Like it or not, I will be pondering what Mouse medicine means for me.

Please tell me there is someone else out there who can relate to this. Am I the only one afraid of a little mouse?

My friend here with a cat who drops dead (or live) mice at her feet (or sometimes in her bed) will probably have a good laugh at this. She is obviously not afraid of mice.

The question is, will I ever be able to enter The Little Barn again?

Stay tuned.

Much Love,
Barbara