The gods have offered us wisdom and guidance through the runes today. I find Ihwaz so enticing because it speaks to the energy transmissions fostered by the eastern understanding of the Chakras. By ensuring that our chakras are healthy and working as necessary, we are able to move energy through our physical form to determine where it is needed for restoring our body’s health and wellness. As per our reading today, it would seem that we have accomplished a deep understanding of how this affects us, and more importantly, how we can direct this energy for our own benefit. Today, Ansuz reveals that those around us may have their best intentions in mind when offering any advice, and not yours. Exercise caution when accepted advice from others, and pay particular attention to those who attempt to force us to change. They are obviously struggling with their own understanding and may be delusional in the difference between our journeys. Be careful with your heart today, do not be so generous today as there may be some who wish to damage it. Nauthiz reminds us that our future relies on our continued steps toward our destiny of enlightenment. Like falling a tree, we must swing the axe, this is our physical effort necessary to gather the wood for the fireplace. There is a necessary component of "actively" seeking something in which to find it. Therefore, in much the same way, we must continually maintain our active state of seeking. This is our energy contribution to bringing that which we want or need to fruition. For each thing here on the physical plane, there is a level of action in which we must engage it. To understand what influences we should retain, we have drawn the rune Ehwaz, and today it offers us a cautionary revelation to retain. Ehwaz is the trust between two individuals, it is the underlying model in which authority is built upon. For us to properly maintain the pillars of knowledge within our mind, we must know that the base intellect is sound, and that soundness is provided by placing a level of authority in the source that has provided it. Ensure that we retain the cautionary aspect to ensure that we continue to maintain a trust between the self and the source, otherwise, do not let the intellectual energy disturb what you have already built.