Animal symbolism
Butterfly
What the tradition holds
Read as transformation, and in many traditions as a soul passing or visiting.
Where that reading came from
A caterpillar dissolves almost entirely inside the chrysalis before it rebuilds. The metamorphosis is more total than the metaphor usually admits.
Butterflies are seasonal and plant specific. If they have appeared, something is in flower.
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