Illustration by Angela Werneke

Badger…

Badger…

Badger…

Until you reach your goal,

Know the inner power,

That lives in your soul.

Badger ~ Aggressiveness

Badger is vicious and attacks with powerful aggression.  Badger is quick to anger and quicker to pounce.  The power of Badger’s medicine is aggressiveness and the willingness to fight for what it wants.

Badger is the medicine of many powerful medicine women, for Badger is also the keeper of the medicine roots. Badger sees all of the roots of Mother Earth’s healing herbs hanging in its burrow home.  These roots are a key to aggressive healing.

Roots can ground negative energy into the Earth by allowing illness to pass through a body into the ground as neutral energy. Badger medicine people are quick to act in a crisis, and they do not panic.

If Badger is a part of your medicine, you are quick to express your feelings and you don’t care what the consequences are.  Badger people often insist on carrying the ball for the touchdown. This attitude, however, does not endear them to their teammates.

Badger medicine of badger may also point to the aggressive healer who has the courage to use unconventional means to exact a cure.  Like the mother who sits for days nursing a child with high fever, Badger is willing to persist.

When Badger medicine is out of balance one might find that they become vicious gossips.  They may show signs of having that proverbial “chip” on their shoulders. Whether in or out of balance Badger people will always be aggressive enough to make it to the top of their chosen fields because they will not give up.  They will also be the finest healers because all methods to ensure healing takes place. You won’t find a Badger person giving up even for the critically ill patient.

A Badger person is often the “boss”, and the one everyone fears.  That same boss will surely get any company afloat. Badger gets the job accomplished. Badger’s certainty is a source of strength.

If you were drawn to this card today, Badger may be telling you that you have been too meek in trying to reach a goal. Badger asks you how long you are willing to sit and wait for the world to deliver your silver spoon.

In this medicine the key is to become aggressive enough to do something about your present situation.  Badger is teaching you to get angry in a creative way and say and say “I won’t take it anymore”. You must follow up by keeping your eye on the goal. Honor the healing process as you express your inner feelings.

Be aggressive but don’t cut others to ribbons on the way — that is too much aggression. Use your anger to stop your lolling around, so that your doldrums of apathy are a thing of the past. Badger is a powerful medicine when it’s used for self improvement.

Remember that Badger may be signaling a time when you can use your healing abilities to push ahead in life. Heal yourself by aggressively removing the barriers that don’t “grow corn”. Cut away the dead wood and use Badger’s aggression to seek new levels of expression. Use badger’s medicine roots to keep grounded and centered in the process.

Medicine Cards by Jamie Sams and David Carson