Does anybody know........What does it mean if a white Butterfly lands on you?

Question

A colleague of mine is pecking my head as she feels that there is some superstitious meaning of ' A butterfly landing on you'
I think it means the poor thing was hitching a ride after a hard day, she feels it has great meaning behind it.
Any ideas???

Answer 1

It probably means you spilled some maple syrup on your shirt when you were at IHOP.

Answer 2

Symbolism
According to the “Butterflies” chapter in Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, by Lafcadio Hearn, a butterfly is seen as the personification of a person's soul; whether they be living, dying, or already dead. One Japanese superstition says that if a butterfly enters your guestroom and perches behind the bamboo screen, the person whom you most love is coming to see you. However, large numbers of butterflies are viewed as bad omens. When Taira no Masakado was secretly preparing for his famous revolt, there appeared in Kyoto so vast a swarm of butterflies that the people were frightened—-thinking the apparition to be a portent of coming evil.[43]

The Russian word for butterflies, pronounced "bah' bch ka", it also means "bow tie". It is a diminutive of "baba" or "babka" (= "woman, grandmother, cake", whence also "babushka" = "grandmother" in English, "babushka" = "a grandma-style headkerchief") and in Greek it means soul.[44] According to Mircea Eliade's Encyclopedia of Religion, some of the Nagas of Manipur trace their ancestry from a butterfly.[45]

In Chinese culture two butterflies flying together are a symbol of love. Also a famous Chinese folk story called Butterfly Lovers. The Taoist philosopher Zhuangzi once had a dream of being a butterfly flying without care about humanity, however when he woke up and realised it was just a dream, he thought to himself "Was I before a man who dreamt about being a butterfly, or am I now a butterfly who dreams about being a man?"

In some old cultures, butterflies also symbolize rebirth into a new life after being inside a cocoon for a period of time.

Some people say that when a butterfly lands on you it means good luck. The idiom "butterflies in the stomach" is used to describe a state of nervousness.

Answer 3

People with the psychic power of healing are usually attracted by butterflies. We don't know how does that happen but it does. Seems like the animals understand things we don't. A healer has great inner power, inner strength that may have never been known to him. Sometimes things are so strange. I have seen people with great power, and their personality is very weak. Unlock your power and control it the best way you can. Healing is difficult to achieve, but once you have it's a real gift. Take care

Answer 4

There are white butterfly species, it may have been a moth but it doesn't matter- the fact that it was white is what counts- white symbolizes new beginnings and I agree with the person who said it has romantic implications

Answer 5

A butterfly means "New beginnings" , a transformation.
It also means love is in the air.
Wish you best.

Answer 6

A Butterfly means you may be undergoing a transformation into a new way of thinking. : )

Love & Blessings
Milly

Answer 7

Goodluck

Answer 8

Don't mean to burst any bubbles but those white "butterflies" are moths... I guess it's the same as a butterfly landing on you... it really is supposed to be lucky I guess but I have to agree I think it just needed a rest and your buddy was the closest thing

Answer 9

For chinese belief..someone close to you just passed away has visited you in the form of a butterfly..

Answer 10

ok in native american totem animals a butterfly means major transformations and transmutations taking place, outcome is different than expected, symbol of joy, color, gentleness, and change in life.

Answer 11

that means a white butterfly landed on you