Hummingbird

The hummingbird is joy that hovers. Aztec tradition associated hummingbirds with Huitzilopochtli and with the returning spirits of warriors — a small body carrying enormous meaning. Many Indigenous traditions of the Americas treat the hummingbird’s visit as a blessing. Jungian analysis reads hummingbird-dreams as the arrival of concentrated delight, often after a long gray period. The bird’s precision — its capacity to hover exactly where it needs to be — mirrors the dreamer’s recovering attention to small pleasures. Notice what flower or person the hummingbird approaches.