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What does a crow/raven flying over your head mean?

1/27/2016

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QUESTION - Today I was leaving work and before I walked out there were 2 ravens or crows sitting outside by my car then as I stood there they flew on top of my car. A little freaked I went to my office grabbed some crackers and went outside. One flew to the nearest tree and the other on top of the building but still close enough to my car. I broke up the crackers on the other side of my car and turned to get in my car. The bird that was in the tree flew so close to my head that I had to duck so he wouldn't hit me. All I have been able to find is dreams about black birds, however this was no dream.  My grandmother used to say it is a bad omen. And bad luck always comes in 3's in my family. Please help.

ANSWER - I’m always a bit sceptical about the idea of messengers from the animal kingdom being bad omens. Usually when an animal or bird goes out of its way to interact with you it is more valuable to try and work out what the symbolism means and what, if any, wisdom the animal may be trying to impart. Rationally you know this raven is incapable of making any material different to your life (unless it behaves like a seagull and decides to attack you!) so linking its appearance to your levels of luck seems a bit too tenuous a link.
It’s a shame we don’t know if the birds were ravens or crows. Ravens tend to be the bigger of the two but that’s only a useful comparison if the two birds happen to be standing side by side. I’ve had a look at birds in your local geography and ravens tend to be the more common. Ravens apparently also tend to “soar” more so if the flight you observed was more of a soar than a flap chances are the birds you saw were ravens.

Ravens are traditionally associated with being the messengers of death (so I suppose it is easy to see why they are viewed as ill omens…). However in much the same way that the Death card in the Tarot deck doesn’t mean it is time to start booking your funeral, in the same case with animal symbolism “death” does not always mean in the literal sense. Death can refer not just to the end of life but to the end of a way of life and to the new way of life that would necessarily entail.

I think the idea of self change is echoed by the bird’s flight toward you. Put literally you faced injury (if you hadn’t ducked you would have been hurt) but by your own actions you changed your fate. This fits in with the bigger picture – the association with death isn’t your own death but a death of the path you are currently treading. By making positive changes (symbolised by the ducking) you avert negativity and move forward with your life in a positive and fulfilling manner.

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14 Comments
Lisa
2/1/2017 01:16:54 pm

Question - twice this week, and out of nowhere, a crow/raven flew over directly above me while crowing loudly just when above. I am not superstitious, but I was on my own each time and now has wondering if this means anything? I just recently lost a very close family member. Am certainly growing concerned. Should I be??!!

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Xavier reid
7/5/2018 02:34:03 am

Listen to message he is trying to tell you, something in your life is about to enormously change . Hold on tight to your fate is what he telling you.

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Samantha Jagroop
4/11/2017 03:20:27 pm

Today a blackbird soared down twice whiles I was walking and attacked my head with its' beak. It followed me for a bit. I don't know if I walked next to its nest and was trying to protect or what this means. 😰

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William Croall
11/9/2017 10:25:34 am

I was walking along canal, I was carrying bread to feed the swans. A raven scooped over me close to my head from behind. It perched on a tree and then did it again. I threw it some bread. Has this got a.meaning.

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Donna
12/17/2017 02:34:29 am

What dose it mean when one crow watches you all day then at six
thirty at night I sit on my padio and he swoops close over my head and hits the wall

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JZ
1/5/2018 08:42:33 am

Yesterday after work (5:00 p.m. CST ... just before sundown), there were HUNDREDS of crows/ravens flying around tall buildings downtown where I live (central Canada) ... it was surreal!!! Freaked me out a little, but when I returned to work this morning at 8:00 a.m. (dark outside ... sunrise a full hour away) it REALLY freaked me out to find that they were flying around (still, or again ... no idea)!!! WTF is up with that?!?!?!

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Karen
6/2/2018 08:50:47 am

Two small black birds flying around me made me run feeling they were going to attack me. And as I ran they followed me. I was in the parking lot of a park. On my way to walk the path.

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Danielle Brady
7/26/2019 03:51:10 am

At the tail end of moving out of my place, a crow flies directly over head. I didnt duck out if fear, just a little bit though bc I'm thinking all birds shit on people. But they have been following me. Cawing to get my attention. Also going for back surgery and my cat has been up my ass. Dont get me wrong the lap cuddles are great, just would like for him to stop walking in between my feet , causes me to trip and hurt my back more lol.

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Lydia
7/31/2019 05:10:57 am

So, the other day... I was walking, and a bird. May have been a raven or a crow... Swooped gracefully over my head. And glided straight in front of me. I have no idea what it means. It wasn't violent but it was oddly calm.

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Rhonda
7/2/2020 03:07:12 am

A bird black crow flew over my head what does it mean

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Linda
1/9/2020 01:14:41 pm

What does it mean when raven by itself sits near you and starts crowing for a lil while..

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Tinisha Ruffin
4/28/2020 12:28:44 pm

What does it means when a black crow flies around your head?

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Mickie J Torrence
6/19/2020 09:10:04 am

As in the first incident were Crows or Ravens flew over his head and he had to duck. I had just taken walk out of the back door to take our puppy out. When a Raven
flew over my head. So close I could hear it's Wings and feel the wind from them after it came over the front of the Garage. It had to be A Raven with some food it had taken from some Seagulls in the park behind the garage. What does this mean?

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Tina
7/23/2020 08:33:33 am

I was at home by myself chilling, when at the corner of my eye I noticed a crow staring at me on a roof, as soon as I went to the window it swooped down and flew near the window and flew away, it kinda feels like it didint want me to see it

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