{"id":6169,"date":"2016-03-02T04:34:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T11:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=6169"},"modified":"2024-12-23T23:39:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T06:39:25","slug":"what-do-cicadas-symbolize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/what-do-cicadas-symbolize\/","title":{"rendered":"What do cicadas symbolize?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You might ask, what do cicadas symbolize? What are cicadas a metaphor for? <\/p>\n

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Cicadas, for many people, represent personal change, renewal, rebirth, and transformation<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Unlike a butterfly, moth, or other insects that undergo complete metamorphosis, cicadas have no pupal state. They transform from one fully-functioning state (instar) to another — one viable form, in a small amount of time, changing to another. The cicada’s transformation is like that of human beings. If a person wants or needs to make a change in their life, they do not enclose themselves in a pod and emerge next spring (I suppose some might) — more likely they remain in their human form as they change.<\/p>\n

People use cicadas to symbolize their own personal transformation, in art, song, poetry, or even a tattoo. The cicada inherently symbolizes what they were — earth-bound, nymphs –and all the glory of what they have become — adults with wings & a song.<\/p>\n

Cicadas can also be a symbol for a musician<\/strong> or singer<\/strong> since they sing.<\/p>\n

Since cicadas sing mostly during the summer months, they are a symbol of summer<\/strong> and a precursor to the harvest. <\/p>\n


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Watch some cicada transformations:<\/p>\n