--------------------------- Rainfeather is a G1 Pony. Her special talent is being able to make it rain through the use of a magical blue feather. However, to me, her "Cutie Mark" means a whole lot more.
Whether she is a Baby Pony, or not, doesn't matter. What does is her Cutie Mark and its depiction of a duck carrying an umbrella through the rain.
I've come to make psychological associations with her symbol. Please allow me to elaborate.
------------------------- Our lives can often seem like an endless shower of hardships. However, with the right supports, confidence, and determination we can weather each-and-every difficult time in our lives.
The duck's umbrella is what we all need during hard times. The rain may fall, but we can deflect it with love, friendship, and faith in ourselves to cope with all that negatively falls upon us.
Unfortunately, challenges just don't go away. This is where the raindrops going in front of and behind the duck are relevant. The drop falling behind is symbolic of our ability to see past the traumatic time while the one moving forward is to show how there is still work to do in fully coping with and moving beyond the trauma.
Being a duck goes with the saying, "Like Water Off a Duck's Back". Ducks are also often seen as enjoying the rain through the saying, "It's Duck Weather". If we can be like the proverbial duck when it comes to life challenges we can make the most of our trials and tribulations. We learn from them with each step we take through the moist, muddy, and unstable ground. Our feet becoming proverbially webbed like the ducks so we are more able to proceed through the swamp that lies before us.
Lastly is putting it all together. Being the proverbial duck with the umbrella in the storm and finding someone who may not have an umbrella and/or spirit of the proverbial duck to cope with the torrential conditions life has given them. In this sense you lend your umbrella of support to that individual to let them know they are not alone in the storm. You remind them how your umbrella is how you know your friends, family, and other loved ones are always there for you just as their loved ones are there, too. In sharing your umbrella you provide support that allows the other individual to know they, too, can be like a duck in coping with difficult times. Moreover they too can create an umbrella of support to help lessen the chill and dampness of hardship. They, too, can become a duck with an umbrella to lend to others upon knowing their traumas are not isolated to just themselves. More importantly their supports and experience can help lesson the pain of someone else who may be lost in the rain.
-------------------------- Thanks for taking the time to read my thoughts on this particular symbol. I've always been one who is big on symbolism. Perhaps you can share a similar story of how you identify with life in some way?
