The gods have offered us wisdom and guidance through the runes today. They reveal to me today, Today, Ehwaz reminds us of the research and discovery that we each did to reveal the value of friends and family. We have watched, sometimes with critical eyes, those within our clan to establish a level of trust with them. These lessons of learning to trust others will serve us well as we move forward into our present, and on into our future. We must always remember the "safe harbor" we have when we reconnect with friends and family. A haven against the foes of negativity and segregation. With Uruz in an inverted state, and in our present, we are given cautions to retain control of our emotional spectrum. For in this state Uruz reveals that we could be swept away on an emotional interchange that can cause lasting damage to our potential for harmony with those around us. Its energy is powerful, so we must remain on our guard that we are in charge of how we feel, and how much we feel of it. There are those around you who wish to see you lose your temper, do not succumb to those influences, retain the control of your emotional state. Contained within our future is the outline of righteousness and honor, but don’t wait for our future before initializing these traits of yours, begin this very minute. The rune speaks of even-handedness, honesty, and mildly important, victory. Victory over those who would see us fall, those who are waiting for the weights of everyday life to burden down our shoulders to the point of collapse. Do not allow this to become your fate, stand tall, for you have already accomplished so much, do not surrender now. This rune is the rune of listening. Really listening. Observing the cautions issued by the runes, indicates ensuring that we do not subscribe to those who would undermine or destroy our divine link between us and our deities. The energy of Algiz is that of the Valkyries, or the shield-maidens of Frigg. Draw upon this energy to provide a defensive perimeter around our hearts, maintaining our connection to the divine above, and we will withstand these onslaughts.

The gods have offered us wisdom and guidance through the runes today. They reveal to me today, Ansuz speaks of our mental stability. It tells us that the lessons that we have struggled within the past are now coming to fruition in that we are beginning to recognize the self-confidence that is beginning its bloom. Our evolution from our past brings forth an understanding of open lines of communications, receiving intellect, and most importantly, the power of transformation. Today we are certainly receiving divine inspiration as we move closer to our destiny. Today, Berkano ensures that we have laid a solid foundation for the intellect within us to mature soundly. The rune reveals that we are best to learn and grow in silence and secrecy, for we may not yet be ready to face the negativity of those "naysayers" of the world. However, Berkano is the rune of new beginnings and birth, so you are now entering a new phase of your life where this mature wisdom that you have been cultivating has taken to seed, and initiated its growth. Much like the art of listening with one’s ears, we must remember to listen to one’s heart. In the truest form of communication, we are not "waiting to retort", but truly engaging in hearing the sounds, and processing the understanding as to what the speaker truly said. Pushing away the interpretations through our own emotional filters, we search for the true meaning of what is conveyed. So too must we remember to use this same process when listening with our heart.While typically Hagal surrounded himself with the chaos of a dramatic life, he also understood the balance of order. So too must we, as we move forward in our existences, Hagalaz is typically indicative of inner harmony, completion, and controlled crisis, keeping in mind that the alterations to our understanding are for the long-term good, and that these changes do align with the intrinsic ideas you had arriving at this point. 

The gods have offered us wisdom and guidance through the runes today. They reveal to me today, Sowilo represents the wholeness, so being that it is in our past today, I am getting the understanding that you have come to realize the entirety of the self. Connecting now our two parts, the spiritual, and the physical sides, becoming whole. Most often this brings with it an understanding or our life’s purpose, restoring our faith in the outcome of our journey. Using the energy of hope, we have initiated a connection between our two halves, to fully embrace who we have become. As we know, there can be no order without chaos, it is a required part of our existence. Chaos shakes things up and makes it different, sometimes not better, sometimes not worse, within our perspectives, just different. Today, Hagalaz being within our consciousness, or present, we find it recognizing the changes within our past experiences. However, it is through this balancing of the selves, that we find an inner harmony, can changes for the long-term good. A great rune to have within our present. Thurisaz represents those struggles we maintain against the unconscious, or spiritual mind. While there exists much negative energies here, they are purely cautions we must ensure to embrace to remain clear of thinking, or accepting this type of energy into our self. For if we can see the warning signs before arriving at these negatives, we can surely avoid them, simply by not venturing down those paths. Sometimes it can be fairly easy to fall victim to these types of energies, so knowing they are out there, be cautious. Odinn’s rune indicates that the gods were unable to fully come to a decision prior to us experiencing this rune tile, however, I engaged in further prayer about energies we should retain. The main thread I received was that of "lessons not baggage". This indicates that we need to ensure that the memories we have do not have any additional baggage that has no value to us in the current day. These are lessons we learned, it is time to move forward with our lives. Memories that have no value to us to learn any more from us, can be discarded in trade for those memories that bring joy, peace, and love, to our current lives. 

The gods have offered us wisdom and guidance through the runes today. They reveal to me today, In an inverted state, Ehwaz is issuing us a cautionary tale of remembering the trust you have establised within yourself, as well as with others. Ehwaz is the rune of trust, while there may have been betrayals, and disharmony in your past, we must be reminded that we need to leave it there, in our past. Moving forward means leaving unproductive, and valueless memories behind as we seek a new path of growth and love. While Dagaz indicates that we are experiencing a paradigm shift in our thinking about our spiritual path, which means we are breaking free from the molds of understanding that have pre-dated our existence by several millennia. Dagaz represents the spiritual awareness and awakening that we seek, and being in our present, this would indicate that we have engaged a journey toward that goal. Today, Algiz in an upright state indicates that we have begun in earnest, to seek that which lies outside what the physical sensory input can absorb, the realm of the spirits. We will begin a journey of discovering what lies out there in the unknown of our future by connecting to our deities, the spirits, and especially our ancestors. This rune, in this position, indicates that we have begun a connection to the higher form of life for ourselves. Othala, which is the rune of the ancestors. It speaks to us today about embracing the ancestors, as well as the wisdom they offer us in our modern-day existence. As we further embrace our ancestry as a needed resource in our life, we will find mental freedom as they offer us the knowledge, of both our present and our future pathways. Have conversations with them to receive more intellect and knowledge in which to construct the wisdom about existence. Othala unites us with the entirety of our ancestry.  

The gods have offered us wisdom and guidance through the runes today. They reveal to me today, Algiz represents the state of listening. Hearing the whispers of our past teaching us the lessons of growth of consciousness. Typically, Algiz indicates that we are awakening from our mindless existence of succumbing to the fates and beginning to initiate the control of the emotional energies that drive our perception of reality. Our experiences now connecting to energies of the deities, and a concentrated effort to achieve a higher form of life. As well, Thurisaz issues us warnings about carrying some of those negative energies from our past in into our present and beyond. Cautions about strife we have caused or been the recipient of that cause, disease, explosive violence, even only in word. These are negatives of our past that it would be good to control and remove from our focus. We are in control. This should become our mantra moving forward. I control how I feel. Ehwaz reveals the necessity to trust in oneself. When building bridges of trust to other positions within the cosmos we must remember that our destination will only materialize when we have built this bridge from an origin of trust. In other words, we need to have trust in ourselves to establish it to something, or someone else. It is critical that we remember that our point within the cosmos ensures that we must work at building our end of the bridge within ourself first

The gods have offered us wisdom and guidance through the runes today. They reveal to me today, Dagaz in our past indicates that we have begun a journey or inspired a journey to be undertaken. Dagaz speaks about the paradoxical truth that we all seek within our lives. A daily engagement is required by our physical mind to ensure that we take the time to recognize the season that is upon us. Dagaz represents a drastic change within the mind of the individual, so our past includes the initiation of a journey to enlightenment through the conceptual realization of the incommunicable experience we have enjoyed. Jera represents those cyclic energies within our existence, whether it be the inhale and exhale of our own selves, or the changing of the seasons here on Midgard, it represents those which changes with the appropriate seasons. The thing to take away about Jera being in our present is the understanding that each experience that occurs is happening for a reason. We need to take a moment to consider what that reason is and be willing to learn. Laguz within our future is indicative of the emotion of love. A powerful energy that draws from within the spiritual mind that energy of hope. This typically brings spiritual consciousness mental processing as we connect across the spiritual realm to ancestors who will offer us wisdom and guidance along our path. Laguz speaks of these crossings into the spiritual realm may occur during the hours of sleep as we drift effortlessly across the veil between that realm and this. Ehwaz is the rune of trust, and just as importantly, trust between peoples. Our cautions today indicate that we should embrace the trust within ourselves, focus on trusting our heart to lead the way into our future. We must prevent ourselves from overthinking the movements toward the future, but instead, let our heart and feelings lead the way. Trust in yourself. You are indeed strong enough, brave enough, beautiful enough, and are worthy of the love you receive.