If you’re on a spiritual path, you know how important it is to look for the signs and symbols in nature. Animal spirit helpers are among the most powerful signs and easy to interpret once you understand their unique meanings. You may start to notice that specific types of birds frequently visit you.
Crows are particularly significant as spiritual symbols. Many cultures since antiquity have recognized the importance of seeing crows. Once you understand the importance of crows, you’ll be able to interpret the signs you’re receiving from nature.
Crows have symbolic meanings ranging from adaptability to collaboration. In some cultures, they even signify psychic abilities. Crows also draw attention to matters such as communication, learning, teaching, writing and networking.
However, the number of crows you are seeing also have significant meanings across various cultures? One such important spiritual aspect is with respect to ‘Four crows’. So, What does it mean if you see or come across 4 crows? What do they symbolize? Let us see..
Spiritual Significance of Four Crows in Various Cultures
When you see four crows together, the power of adaptability & creativity is multiplied and combined with the number four in numerology. Indigenous people revere crows in some traditions, crows are seen as competition for food. Thus seeing four crows can mean you’ll face four adversaries or that a group is competing with you.
Crows are also seen as opportunists. In the Bible, Noah releases a crow from the Ark to find dry land after the flood. The crow never returns. It is believed that the crow wasn’t reliable because it found food elsewhere and did not consider its original mission.
Through this lens, seeing four crows can indicate there are four people around you who are only out for their own personal gain. Others may be plotting against you and it’s best to be on your guard.
In Celtic lore, crows are powerful warriors, associated with the battle Goddess the Morrigan. They are also associated with death, transformation but also with victory in battle. They are considered magical tricksters as well. In this light, four crows can indicate four victories or four separate problems you’ll soon solve. You may be part of a team of four and through collaboration, you’ll soon succeed in winning an important symbolic battle.
In Hindu lore, crows are lucky because they are seen as ambassadors between the worlds of humans and spirits. Seeing a crow is a sign that you are receiving a visitation from your ancestors in the spirit realm. Add the meaning of the number four to this depiction and you could interpret the sign as good luck coming your way in four situations.
Seeing four crows can indicate that you are being visited by four ancestors. You may also receive a message from four crows that you need to find a balance, straddling the material and spiritual worlds.
In some aspects of numerology, four is associated with the need for protection and boundaries. Four can also be associated with home and family, thus four crows around your home may indicate good luck in family matters if you draw from the Hindu view of crows.
When you see four crows, you may be close to creating stability but need the help of others. You may actually have to rely on the help of three other people to make the ideal team. The sighting could indicate a time for celebration. Consider inviting your core group of loved ones to your home.
This could also mean a group effort will bring wealth and success, so be open to teamwork. Four crows can indicate the need to use your intelligence and creativity to problem solve an issue with family or home, but things will work favorably.
It is also believed that seeing four crows flying around your house can mean that money is coming your way. Wealth and good fortune will come to you and your household and you may be able to enjoy greater comfort.
A folk rhyme states that different numbers of crows are associated with various predictions. Four crows are associated with a new birth on the way, especially the birth of a boy.
You can also expand on this rhyme and view a visit from four crows as a new beginning coming your way. You may have a new opportunity on the horizon and this is a good time to be receptive.
Other spiritual traditions associate the sight of four crows with a fulfilling life. If you see four crows you may live your life with purpose and make the most of every situation.
Conclusion:
Now that you know the meaning of seeing four crows, you’ll be able to prepare for the circumstances that this symbol portends. Whether you buy into the idea that four crows symbolize transformation, psychic abilities, or wealth on the way, you’ll be able to read the signs in nature.
You may be getting a message to emulate the special talents of crows in order to achieve the things coming into your life. This is a good time to put your adaptability and cleverness to good use with the help of a team.
Angela Kaufman is a Certified Intuitive Consultant, Psychic Medium, Intuitive Empowerment, Life Coach and an LCSW. She is an amazon published author and was Featured on several shows like Discovery Channel’s A Haunting, Echoes from the Past (2007) 14 Degrees: A Paranormal Documentary, Tune In to Wellness Today with LisaMarie Tersigni, and Empowering Entrepreneurs with Melissa Carter as well as numerous radio interviews. She is the author of Queen Up! Reclaim Your Crown When Life Knocks You Down - Unleash the Power of Your Inner Tarot Queen and also co-authored three books on metaphysical spirituality (Sacred Objects, Sacred Space; Everyday Tools for the Modern Day Witch | Wicca What's the Real Deal? Breaking Through the Misconceptions | The Esoteric Dream Book; Mastering the Magickal Symbolism of the Subconscious Mind). Angela regularly conducts workshops, the Inner Queen coaching program and loves writing articles, that blend social criticism with spirituality.