Hawk symbolism

by Gieselle
(UK)

Meaningful Hawk

I noticed you do not have a page on hawk symbolism on your website, and I would like to know more about this beautiful and powerful creature. To me, the hawk symbolizes power. When i see the hawk, my heart races faster, so it makes me think of excitement and a passion for freedom.

I am unsure if it makes sense to identify human feelings to wild creatures, but when I meditate with the hawk, the impressions I feel from this bird are so real. It is hard for me to deny these experiences. I have also had dreams of this bird, and when i make a strict rule to write down these dreams of the hawk and really discipline myself to consider what the hawk in my life means, that is when this really clear impression of freedom, strength, power and expansiveness hits me. Have you had similar experiences?

Here is a bit I've written about potential Hawk Symbolism (it's on my blog), Avia.

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May 18, 2013
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Hey what's up (no pon Intended) NEW
by: Alma

I love the sight of hawks, it gives me the impression of power, freedom, magestic. Today as I pull down my drive way I heard the a familiar sound the hawk makes; it flew way over head and landed at the highest tip of my rooftop. I was talking to it asking what are you doing? Are you waiting on something the hawk looking down on me continue making noices just looking around steady. I took several pictures and didn't move much. Finally I went in came back out and look down on me and next thing I heard his wings flapping away... It was a comforting feeling...

May 11, 2013
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DEATH NEW
by: kcountry

WOW ITS NICE TO KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH CONNECTIONS TO HAWKS!!!! BUT IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS I HAVE BEEN SEEING THEM DEAD ON THE ROAD. I HAVE ALWAYS TOLD PEOPLE THAT I WAS GOING TO COME BACK AS A HAWK. ( DOES THAT MEAN I AM GOING TO DIE/)

Apr 15, 2013
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Hawk NEW
by: Medicine Woman

Hawk is the messenger. He teaches you to be observant. Hawk people see the overall view. You should be aware of the signals in your life, notice and receive them. Hawk may bring a message to circle over your life and examine it from a higher perspective. It also may warn of hazards in your life which bar you from freedom of flight. Hawk medicine people are aware of omens, messages from the spirit and no details slip by them. They have a keen eye and bold heart!

Mar 24, 2013
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hawks NEW
by: Anonymous

If the hawk has shown itself to you in Life or through imagry, then it is becoming your totem,accept it and learn from it.

Nov 11, 2012
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Sea Hawk NEW
by: Tanja

Reading your story @Vanessa my hart stopped so to speak! Wow! Thats a powerful experience.

It seems every time I see a picture of the eyes of a hawk it 's speaking to me. I just start to look into the matter. When my mother send me one of her drawings I was drawn into it. It was a Sea Hawk.

Nov 05, 2012
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swooping hawks NEW
by: terry feeney

ihave had hawks swooping my vehicles and my friends in one case since the beginning of this year its really freaking me out! ive also had street lights go out as i pass underneath them all my life but this year more than ever i really need some answers please e mail me at tfeeney50@yahoo.com all info is appreciated the sooner the better

Nov 05, 2012
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Nov 04, 2012
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Beautiful Hawk visit me in backYard NEW
by: Anonymous

Hi all,
About 2 weeks ago I was having coffee in the back yard with my honey. As I was coming to my chair a big bird seem like he was stuck in the fence. I said now you know you are to big to get through there, at that point he flew around my neighbors yard and came back and sat on our fence and just looked at me, for a very, very long time. Then I started to tell him how pretty he was and was he ok did he hurt his wing, but he never moved just kept looking right at me. Then I though oh, I should take your pictures, got up to get the camera, he flew to the next level of fence a bit highter, turned so he could keep looking at me. This went on for a while then I took the picture and he flew away, I've been looking for him every day since. Any thoughs out there, oh and by the way as a child my nickname is "Hawkeye".

Oct 23, 2012
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hawk flys in my patio. NEW
by: Anonymous

A hawk flys in my patio. I was staring outside the Windows when this brown hawk flys in and chills for two minutes . I stared at him and I wasn't scared at all . Then my mother said it was bad luck or somthing so I just open the door and scared him off..I dont if that's true or if it has a meaning.. I live in around the los Angeles area there's plenty of trees and a tree connecting to my padio . If you can help with any info thank you.

Oct 23, 2012
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Sep 26, 2012
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Luck NEW
by: Rebecca

My boyfriend is from Somalia and he told me that a hawk represents luck. We saw a bird a couple days ago that we believe was a hawk.

Sep 16, 2012
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My Guide, the Hawk. NEW
by: Anonymous2lup

In my experience the hawk seems to be my protector. I actually feel like the hawk I see is my deceased grandfather showing me that he is watching over me. I always ask for protection when I am taking driving trips, and its usually while I am driving when I ask and then when I'm done I always see a hawk fly right over the peice of road I am about to cross. Like my sign that the journey will be safe... I also see a hawk or more than one sometimes when I am just thinking of my passed friends and relatives. Or if I am thanking the universe for all it has given me. I believe the hawk is our glimpses to life outside the blender we spin in in this material state.

Sep 07, 2012
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Hawks /death NEW
by: Diana

I also see hawks often. We live in a rural area. If the hawk looks straight at me.. someone we know dies. I have had hawks fly right over my car windshield while driving, in a swooping motion, causing me to hit the breaks, twice i had them fly at my porch almost coming in under the roof. The first experience the hawk landed in a tree right above me and stared straight into my face for what seemed to be 2-3 min. My Grandfather passed away that week. It seems closer the hawk gets to me, closer the person who passes is. Just recently I had a dream a large bird came and sat beside me. I was very frightened by this. I repeatedly ask him what he wanted. In answer he just looked at me and smiled (he had a human face) as if to say it is all ok. Very kind smile.

Sep 07, 2012
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Jun 01, 2012
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hawks NEW
by: Anonymous

once the hawk came to my house at night he was sick the next day he die at my neighbor house .i took him and buried him in my back yard. every since i see another hawks land in my back yard someone i know die. this happen to me four times already. i don't like to see this bird at all. as if this was a curse for me

Mar 16, 2012
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hawk love NEW
by: kristi sharp

The hawk is always in my life. They have told me of good choices and bad. Would like to know more.

Mar 09, 2012
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Hawk flies in NEW
by: Anonymous

I had a huge hawk, fly into my house through the front door almost right at me! He turned around mid air about 12" from me, almost bashed into the glass doors behind me, then dropped a dead small bird on the ground RIGHT NEAR ME, and flew back out the front door. His wing span was about 5' and I was actually terrified. What the heck???

Feb 10, 2012
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Prayer and a Red Tail Hawk NEW
by: Vanessa

I had found out that I was a carrier for CF, and was at the time 7 months pregnant with my twin boys. My husband and I had just driven to a grocery store, and I was feeling desperate at the thought of my babies being born ill. I rememeber looking up at the sky with tears in my eyes, praying, and then saw a red tail hawk that was flying around the parking lot. In tears, I asked for protection of my babies and for their health, all while watching this hawk. Out of no where this bird made a rough landing on the hood of my car! I was so startled that I couldn't move. This bird was just standing there on the hood of my car, looking at me through the front windshield. It stayed there and looked at me for almost 4 minutes while I took it's picture, and other passersby stopped to do the same in amazement. I even got out of my car to take it's picture and it didn't move an inch.
A few months later, my baby boys were born as healthy as could be; no CF.

Jan 26, 2012
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hawk symbolism NEW
by: Asmara

I was sitting one cold January morning with four other women friends when a hawk perched on the fence about ten feet from the kitchen window. The hawk stayed there for over two hours facing the window where we were gathered drinking coffee and helping each other deal with life. We called a shaman friend of ours to find the meaning of the hawk, we were told the hawk symbolized feminine streingth, freedom from unnessesary clutter, and cleansing. I now see a hawk whenever I am facing a difficult day and am in need of the reminder of feminine streingth. It helps me draw on my inner streingth before facing any outward difficulties. I also see the hawk just before I am to meet a female friend and it always bolsters me to be ready to help them with their problems.

Jan 04, 2012
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hawk symbolizes NEW
by: waymaker

The hawk symbolizes many things. Hawks are one of the most intriguing/mystical birds of prey. They are the messengers/visionaries of the air. Most hawks have an owl counterpart. The areas[environment] your personal hawk is found in. Can relate to the types of energy you are/will be working in, in your life. When a hawk shows up in your life, pay attention. There is a message coming. I personally have a developing relationship with the red tail hawk. It helps me express my phychism and vision. I use it to help develop astral plane, new flights. It is my tool to help working with my Kundalini and its energys. This is just some examples of my "hawk medicine". Hope it helps you some how.

Nov 18, 2011
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hawk NEW
by: Anonymous

sitting outside praying and this hawk appeared and all these beautiful lights were around this great creature he looked me in the eye and i started to talk to him i told him not to hurt the birds in my yard because they are my friends he stayed a while and then flew off i was wondering if he was there for me because im going through life changes and trusting god and the universe

Aug 30, 2011
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Specific hawk
by: Anonymous

During the hurricane I heard a hawk in what I thought was distress. I went out to look for him but he flew up to a tree
That night I injured my foot/ankle on my stairs ( no electricity)
It has been two days and the hawk is still outside within view all day making a somewhat moaning lonely sound When I first injured myself I prayed that it was not broken and realized just how Much of life I was not living. The next day I found out it was just a severe sprain. I am not sure if this is all related but I feel I should take this as a sign, just not sure of what
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Jun 01, 2011
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HAWK
by: cudly

hi,how are you?can you help me interpret my dream?thanks. i had a dream that my deceased father is very angry and then suddenly he became a hawk.peolple also wants to kill this hawk.thanks again

Feb 10, 2011
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Hawkeye
by: Jasmine H

Hi Avia,

Thank you for your website. I have no doubt the hawk is symbolic for me. It has become a regular occurence for me to see a hawk perched on a limb, a powerline or soaring through the air. More often than not their appearance seems as if its just for me. There are times when my spirit will encourage me to look in a certain direction and there it is swooping, gracefully in front of me. It happens as least once a week and sometimes in places where I wouldn't expect.

My question is, is its repeated appearance a sign that I'm not doing what its calling me to do or is it a bi-product of my fascination for nature, animals and all thats in between? As a side note, I'm a visual artist with a proclivity for landscapes and I tend to paint all my pictures from a bird's eye view. I'd love to share some with you.

Feb 06, 2011
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My Daughter's Dream
by: Holly Howard

My daughter had a dream she looked out the window and saw a hawk on the windowsill. She then looked up to the sky and saw that the sky was full of hawks so much so, that you could not see the color of the sky. What does this mean?

Oct 10, 2010
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Touching The Sky
by: mike

I have a picture.My hand on a young WILD hawk's foot. What do you think that means. I took a picture of this event about a year ago. I was able to approch it and touch its foot. you can find my face book and see the photo there.

Jun 22, 2010
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Hawk Happenings
by: Avia

Hi Gieselle, I added the link to Hawk symbolism to your post so you and others can read it if you like. I love hawks, and have similar sensations you described when they soar above (and within). They symbolize acute (and intense) focus to me. When they come into my awareness, I know the time is optimal for focusing on something I'm after.

I take this a step further and meditate with the hawk -seeing a certain goal from an aerial view, and my consciousness circling around it as a hawk hones in on a field mouse for supper. Quite effective. Events tend to click like a domino effect and my end-goals comply to the inner vision of my "hawk-eye" Hope this & the hawk blog post inspire you to keep discovering your relationship with the hawk and vice versa.

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