Comprehensive Teaching on Trickster Energy and Spiritual Discernment

Comprehensive Teaching on Trickster Energy and Spiritual Discernment

Trickster energy is a powerful archetype that exists across both physical and higher-dimensional realms. It challenges perceptions, disrupts comfort zones, and ultimately serves as a catalyst for transformation. However, this energy demands discernment because it can manifest as a guiding influence or a deceptive presence.

This teaching explores how to navigate trickster energy, distinguish between empowering guidance and harmful interference, and understand the sacred role of Heyoka energy—a revered embodiment of the trickster archetype in shamanic traditions.

Understanding Trickster Energy

The trickster archetype operates within the duality of light and shadow. It can liberate by breaking through illusions and attachments, or it can mislead into confusion and stagnation. Trickster energy often emerges during times of transition or uncertainty, testing your awareness, intuition, and willingness to evolve.

Four Primary Roles of Trickster Energy

1. Challenging Perceptions

• Trickster energy reveals blind spots and challenges rigid beliefs.

• It pushes you beyond surface-level understanding, unveiling deeper truths.

2. Instigating Growth

• It disrupts comfort zones, encouraging you to face discomfort and embrace change.

• This accelerates both spiritual and personal evolution.

3. Balancing the Ego

• Trickster energy humbles the ego, encouraging self-awareness and a sense of humour.

• It helps you recognise the limitations of pride and control.

4. Teaching Adaptability

• It fosters resilience by encouraging flexibility in uncertain situations.

• Learning to flow with changes instead of resisting them is key.

The Duality of Trickster Energy

1. Empowering Trickster Energy (Higher Vibrational)

Higher vibrational trickster energy serves as a teacher, using disruption to liberate and promote growth.

• Acts as a Guide: Assists you in recognising and overcoming limitations.

• Humour and Synchronicity: Reveals truths through playful chaos or meaningful coincidences.

• Encourages Shadow Integration: Helps bring hidden aspects to light, promoting healing.

• Outcome: Leaves you feeling clearer, lighter, and more connected to your authentic self.

Example:

Experiencing unexpected delays that lead to an encounter or insight aligning you with your soul’s purpose.

2. Disruptive Trickster Energy (Lower Vibrational)

Lower vibrational trickster energy thrives on manipulation and misdirection, preying on fears and unresolved wounds.

• Seeks to Mislead: Offers false guidance that creates dependency and confusion.

• Drains Energy: Leaves you feeling depleted, anxious, and stuck in cycles.

• Outcome: Creates doubt, confusion, and disconnection from your inner truth.

Example:

A seemingly supportive person subtly undermines your confidence, making you reliant on their validation. They might use shame, anger, or gaslighting to instil doubt.

Distinguishing Between Higher Guidance and Lower Vibrational Energies

Discernment is crucial when encountering trickster energy. Recognising the differences can protect you from being misled.

Signs of Higher Guidance (True Light Energy)

• Clarity: Guidance provides deep understanding and insight.

• Empowerment: Leaves you feeling strong and aligned with your authentic self.

• Synchronicity: Events unfold in meaningful ways, even if chaotic at first.

• Constructive Challenge: Encourages growth without fear or dependency.

• Consistency: Messages remain clear and aligned over time.

Example:

True light guidance answers repeated questions with patience, respects free will, and does not manipulate or shame.

Signs of Lower Vibrational Energies (False Light Energy)

• Confusion: Leads to mental fog and difficulty trusting intuition.

• Draining Energy: Creates exhaustion and inner turmoil.

• Ego Manipulation: Appeals to pride and creates unhealthy attachments.

• Fear and Control: Uses urgency and fear to force actions.

• Conflict and Chaos: Draws you into unnecessary drama.

True Light’s Quiet Integrity

True light energy never forces guidance or overpowers free will. It patiently holds space, waiting for your readiness to receive. When asked with genuine intent, it responds with clarity and truth—without ego, manipulation, or coercion.

Unlike false light, true light honours your journey, allowing you to grow at your own pace while staying aligned with authenticity.

How to Test for False Light

1. Persistent Questioning: False light will resist scrutiny, grow defensive, or evade answers.

2. Emotional Resonance: True light feels empowering, while false light creates unease.

3. Physical Cues: True light feels expansive, while false light feels heavy and draining.

Strengthening Discernment

1. Listen to Your Inner Knowing: Trust intuition over external appearances.

2. Observe Emotional and Physical Reactions: Tune into how energy feels in your body.

3. Stay Grounded: Practices like meditation and nature walks enhance clarity.

4. Question Repeatedly: True light welcomes questions; false light avoids them.

5. Protect Your Energy: Use visualisation, affirmations, and energetic boundaries.

Common Pitfalls in Discernment

• Overthinking: Relying solely on logic without intuition.

• Seeking Shortcuts: Falling for quick fixes rather than true alignment.

• Ignoring Red Flags: Overlooking intuitive signals due to external charm.

The Heyoka Energy: Sacred Trickster in Shamanism

Heyokas, the sacred tricksters in Native American traditions, use humour, paradox, and unconventional methods to awaken and heal. They serve as mirrors, helping individuals identify blind spots and release attachments.

How Heyoka Energy Works:

• Uses humour to disarm fear and break rigid thought patterns.

• Encourages deep self-reflection and awareness.

• Guides individuals toward authenticity with love and wisdom.

Why You Shouldn’t Fear Trickster Energy

Many teachings instil fear of trickster energy, but true empowerment comes from understanding, not avoidance. Fear feeds trickster energy, creating cycles of disempowerment.

The key to mastery is facing it with intelligence, awareness, and discernment. Trickster energy offers growth opportunities by sharpening awareness and helping individuals recognise illusions without falling victim to them.

Final Thoughts

Discernment is the cornerstone of navigating trickster energy and aligning with truth. Words alone are not enough—energy requires action, and actions reveal alignment.

By learning to read the unspoken language of energy, tuning into your body and heart, and observing behaviours rather than words, you can maintain alignment with your highest self and avoid the traps of trickster energy.

This is an extract from my upcoming book, Fatima’s Alchemy.

The teaching I have placed within the book is more comprehensive.

By Delahrose

Author | Astrologer | Alchemist