Animals often play roles in synchronicities, but this is the first one we’ve come across that involves ladybugs. We ran across this story courtesy of Google alerts. Katrina is a photographer and writer. Her blog is listed at the end of the post and under interesting websites.
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Recently, two house guests of mine had an amazing encounter with ladybugs. As they hiked along a serene trail in Muir Woods, they happened upon hundreds of ladybugs swarming on a fallen log. Both of them recognized this was noteworthy; they took pictures, mesmerized by the collection of insects. Later on, as they walked along Stinson Beach, they saw a lone ladybug crawling on a rock. Seeing hundreds of ladybugs on a log in Muir Woods was surprising enough, but here was a solitary ladybug in an unlikely place. I suspect that’s when they sat up and took notice.
When they returned from their trip, one of the first things they told me about was the ladybugs. They sounded excited and couldn’t wait to show me their pictures. That’s when I knew this visitation had meaning for them. There was a distinct feeling of awe in the room.
I knew this was a great moment to work waking life as a dream, so I asked them what ladybugs meant to them. Starting from your own meaning of symbols is important. However, in this case, nothing immediately sprang to mind for my friends, so I grabbed Animal-Wise by Ted Andrews to discover what ladybugs symbolize to others.
We learned that ladybugs are lucky in some cultures. They can symbolize wishes coming true. There was another interesting piece to the puzzle: ladybugs can also signal a time when we are pushing too hard for a wish to come true and we need to sit back and patiently wait for it to arrive in its own time.
As we talked, the number three began popping up. One of my friends mentioned her brother had a recurring dream three times that my friend was pregnant with triplets. I realized that the date was 3/9. The my friends mentioned it was their 9-month anniversary. We all got chills, which were amplified when I read that ladybugs live for 9 months. I realized their plane had arrived at 3:30 p.m.and that they were in town for three days.
The number three is about expansion, creativity, and luck. It is a spiritual number as well: there is the Holy Trinity as well as the Triple Goddess and the Three Graces.
We knew the universe was trying to say something. We talked about it for a while longer and what the signs might mean. Then, at a certain point, we knew it was time to move on.
My friends flew home the next day. That night they broke off their relationship. One of them wrote to me a few days later to tell me about it. “Maybe the ladybugs signified that something had run its course.” They saw the life span of the ladybugs as significant and realized they needed to let go of their relationship in order to expand.
They also indicate luck!
I have read not only that ladybugs are about a wish come true but also to pursue new opportunities. Reading this story, it appears that's what has happened.