Spirit Guide of the day is Dragonfly! Watch out for any deceit that may be swirling around you. Be aware that you may need to dig deep into yourself for answers rather than relying entirely on your logical mind. A transformation may be coming so don't worry too much if it happens, rather, enjoy the awakening of the magic around you. Regular meditation may be important for you right now to help with this time. The Dragonfly guide is known for it's connection to the power of light. This ancient creature connects the land and water. During the early stages of life, they live as nymphs in the water before maturing into their fast-flying, acrobatic adult stage. This connection is important to be explored and those with this spirit guide often show the highly emotional water state in their youth before maturing into a more controlled, air type of personality. Dragonfly reminds us to make sure we are healthy emotionally, to gain a new perspective, or even to make a change. These creatures are cold-blooded meaning they must fly in the warmth of the sun. Those with this guide may also have a strong connection to Summer and need to spend time soaking in the sun for health. The rainbow colors associated with the Dragonfly are actually made not through the pigment in their skin, but the light refracting off of their wings like a rainbow from the rain. This brilliant color effect connects the Dragonfly with many forms of mysticism including illusions, color magic, and the power of light. To some Native Americans, they represent the souls of the dead while other stories tell of how dragonflies were once dragons. People who connect with Dragonfly are passionate, emotional types who often learn how to contain their exuberance as they mature. These individuals need to work on regular grounding as they can often accumulate nervous energy that has them flitting from place to place. With a strong connection to nature, they often work with plants and gardening. These souls have a knack for seeing past the illusions they or others may be putting up.

Dragonfly, Anisoptera, are insects from the arthopod phylum like scorpions and spiders. Adult dragonflies have two pairs of transparent wings, an elongated body, and large, multi-faceted eyes. A strong exoskeleton of hard plates held together with flexible membranes makes up the head, thorax, and abdomen of the Dragonfly. They often are mistaken for Damselflies which have a lighter build and wings that are folded along the abdomen at rest while Dragonfly wings are always held flat and away from the body even in rest. The smaller damselfly is also a weaker, more fluttering of a flyer while dragonflies are known for their acrobatic, fast flight. Dragonflies are such great flyers that some species even migrate across oceans. A dragonfly is incredibly agile, able to move in any direction at a seconds notice. They possess four different styles of flight: counter-stroking when the hindwings and forewings beat out of phase in order to hover or fly slowly, phase-stroking where the hindwings beat 90 degrees ahead of the forewings for faster flight, synchronized-stroking with both sets of wings beating together for rapidly changing direction, and free gliding where both wings are still for a few seconds in between bursts of powered flight. The multi-faceted eyes of the dragonfly provide complete vision in front of the creature with no blind spot. The mouthpart of a dragonfly is adapted for biting with a tooth jaw while also possessing a labrum, or flap-like upper lip, which can be shot out to capture prey. Their large head has a unique system of muscles that enables them to lock it in place. There are around 3,000 species of Dragonfly and can be found on every continent except Antarctica. Many species of Dragonfly can be found in wide ranges such as the Blue-eyed Darner found from North America and Central America. The most widespread dragonfly is the Globe Skimmer, Pantala Flavescens, which occurs within the warmer regions of every continent. The diet of a Dragonfly is nearly entirely carnivorous. They will dine on a wide variety of insects such as mosquitos and midges to butterflies, other dragonflies, damselflies, and moths. Dragonflies are known to capture their prey and land on a perch where they will tear off the wings and begin eating from the head of the prey. They can eat up to a fifth of their body weight each day. As larvae, they are vicious and will eat anything that is smaller than them such as bloodworms, other insect larvae, as well as tadpoles and small fish. Unlike other insects that undergo metamorphosis, Dragonflies do not have a pupal stage and go through a series of nymphal stages. A Dragonfly will lay up to 1,500 eggs inside plant tissue where they will take about a week to hatch into aquatic nymphs. The dragonfly will spend most of it's life as this nymph form which will moult between six and 15 times depending on the species. This stage can last up to five years in larger species while between two months to three years in smaller species. When the nymph stage is ready to mature, it will stop eating and perch near the surface of the water with its head out of the water. It will remain still while its respiration system adapts to breathing air then climbing out of the water on a reed or other plant where it will moult once more. An adult dragonfly is cold-blooded and requires a warmer temperature in order to fly. In the early morning, they will perch in a vertical position in order to soak in the daylight. Larger dragonflies will warm their wings by wing-whirring, or rapidly vibrating their wings in order to build heat in their flight muscles. When it is too hot, a dragonfly will hide in the shade in order to avoid overheating.