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•Libra Full moon Channeled Collective Reading•

A message from my guides to the collective.

It may seem as though time is moving so fast because when you focus so much on the importance of change and growth it can deter you from the journey that is right in front of you. Acknowledging the patterns you have changed and conquered can make the madness dissipate. When we seek the stability of how we create our reality it is important to recognize that within contemplation we seek knowledge. When we acknowledge how we manage our day to day it helps us to understand how we let ourselves cope and manifest. When we seek manifestations we recognize that there is a limit between want and need. When we need to manage our own lives we need to seek balance within to create what we truly need. Sometimes recognizing how far these challenges have led you and made you be the person you are meant to be, alleviates the source of instability. It is time to release and let go of the eternal madness that has been dwelling within us In terms of, emotional chaos and maybe even chaos with others. Everything happens in the time that it needs to, but also it is important to understand the meaning of how change progresses and how we create our own realities. You are the source of your own manifestations. Let yourself be known to the world, there is time in this life to be who you want to be.

Wheel of Fortune, The Star, and King of Swords

Marigold Tarot

I Rejuvenate with Rest, I Deserve Better, and I Release What is Heavy

Shadow Work Deck

Mannaz, Gebo, and Jera

Heart Dragon Elder Futhark Runes

I can confirm

•Rune & Card of The Day•

Happy þórr's day!

For whoever this may resonate with.

Ansuz reversed ᚨ and 5 of Swords

You may feel as though you've managed to let go of the conflict you were facing. Disagreements may have come into play. You were left the last one standing holding onto old patterns with others that are not helpful to you and your growth. You're realizing that within the realm of possibilities, that change is necessary to move on. Letting go of these patterns and who you once were with these people will help you to rebuild the foundation of growth.

See if you can take some compassion with you today. Focus on your supportive thoughts and remain centered in your heart. You’ve got a great week ahead, dear one.

•Reveal of Rune and Tarot Card Collective Pull•

Take what resonates and leave the rest!

First Card and Rune Meaning:

ᛖ Ehwaz & The Death Card

When you seek knowledge about how to move on from connections that were not helpful to you, you find out that the answers come from the knowledge you already have. The guides that surround you help you to realize how important it is to let go of these connections so you can continue to go on the journey you are going on. It may feel like the end, but this is only the beginning of a new start and progress with gaining that stability that is within reach.

Second Rune and Card Meaning:

ᛉ Algiz and 8 of Wands

The opportunity that you need to call back your power is right in front of you. When you feel as though you need to balance between your needs and others' needs, you understand that putting up those boundaries creates that ability to give you your power back. Taking a stand for yourself and acknowledging where you are, will keep you on the path that you are going on.

Third Rune and Card Meaning:

ᛗ Mannaz Reversed and The Judgement Card

You are giving yourself the life force you need to continue with the journey you are on. Healing and having some self care for yourself will revitalize the growth you have been making. It may have been hard to continue with this journey as of lately. There may have been others not understanding why you are on this path. You may have felt stuck with old patterns that are not helpful, but you know and are acknowledging this so you can get back on track again. Keep continuing on this path. We may not always have the answers or control over what happens, but you know that it is important for you to take care of yourself and to continue healing and growing.

•Rune & Tarot Card Collective Pull•

I figured I'd do this because I enjoy doing these kinds of posts, and I know how much other people like it. This is for whoever resonates with one or more cards & runes. Choose whichever you feel drawn to, could be one or all of them.

I will post the reveal tomorrow!

Deck used: Runic Tarot

Runes: Heart Dragon Elder Futhark

Valid topics that still to this day need to be addressed. It is super important for me to stand against those who give Norse paganism a bad name. We need to reclaim the symbols that were stolen from us and acknowledge how inclusiveness is so important. Especially the lgbtqia2s+ community as well. You are valid and deserve to be heard. I do not stand with those who imbue racism, na**sm, gender discrimination, or sexual orientation discrimination. This is all a part of standing with communities that need to be heard more often.

Release bitterness stored in your heart by thanking your past experiences for the lessons they’ve presented you. Forgive.

•Rune Journey•

This was the first rune set I ever truly connected with. I bought this back 8 or 9 years ago. I never thought I would move through the wyrd and connect with them more than I ever have now. It's a slow process that I am taking at my own pace. I feel sometimes some runes connect with me more than others. Algiz was the first rune I ever connected with. It lead me to a whole other world. In 2009, I bought an algiz necklace without knowing where I'd be today. I've always known that I connect to the natural world more than other aspects of being. I hope one day I will be able to make my own rune set. I feel making my own set would be an amazing and powerful experience. Being a rune reader for others has helped me build community and my knowledge of the runes. Reading runes for others also helps me to build more meaning and connection with other means of divination. Tarot and oracle cards are still a part of my practice. To me, they can all connect.

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Sara Lynne | Healer | Channeler on Instagram: "ᚲ Kenaz ᚲ There are three main ways to deepen your connection with the runes: •Chanting •Creating a rune altar •Meditating with the runes I personally like to use trance journeying (seidr) and. 1 Likes, 0 Comments - Sara Lynne | Healer | Channeler () on Instagram: "ᚲ Kenaz ᚲ There are three main ways to deepen your connection with the runes: •Chanting ..."

•Rune of the day•

Nauthiz reversed ᚾ

Needfire, need, resilience

You know the steps you need to take to overcome the stagnant energies that have been put forth throughout the past few months. Deciding to continue going on the path you were going on will make the feelings of uncertainty dissipate. It may seem like your journey is not going the way you want it to, but this is all a part of the process. Sometimes taking that leap of faith to push forward makes it easier to accomplish what you set out to do. The Norns weave our webs of fate to make us understand the path we need to take. Utilizing the strength that comes within will allow stability to come without.

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Some great information that I thought I'd share with those who are interested about my practice. This is one of the main nordisk magic traditions. Sourced from a heathen group I'm in. I didn't know how much I was already doing most if not all of this. It's been a journey with this path, and I'm still weaving the webs of wyrd through it. Thank you to those who I connected with today, and thank you for being with me on this journey. 🙏💙

Seiðr
**When it comes to Norse/Germanic magick, it is important to understand a bit of terminology to help you grasp who did what. Traditionally, “völva” was the term used for a “prophetess”, a “sybil”, or otherwise a “wise-woman”. Likewise the term “Thul” meant “wise-man”, “sage” and “bard”. It also means "Thor" in old Norse.
Under these names, there were subsets to describe the type of magick they were most adept in. “Seidkona/Spákona” is the term used to refer to a woman who practices seiðr. “Seidhmadhr/Spamadhrmadhr” is the male version of this. There are many types and varieties of “Norse magick” but this information will only be dedicated to one main type: Seiðr. It also can be spelt: Seid, Seidhr, etc.**
Women and Seiðr
Typically, women were the main ones who practiced seiðr. Völva was the term given to the women who traveled and taught/practiced seiðr (specifically oracular seiðr). The term völva can mean a variety of things: “staff barer” , “soothsayer”, “seeress”.
These women were not associated with any clan, or specific lineage. They often lived isolated, and would travel to and from villages to do seiðr work. It was typical for these women to travel, sometimes in groups, to various towns and villages.
Essentially, the leader who practiced seiðr would sit atop a seat and if she was accompanied by others, they would begin galdr, or the singing of spells (calling the spirits, etc) and weaving of songs to put her into an altered state. During this, the volva would “fall into a state of ecstasy” by trance-work or similar means. While in this state, the one practicing seiðr would seek answers to questions through a sort of divination with the spirits, the deceased, etc.
In Erik’s saga, there is a description of what most of these women wore. “Animal skins: including boots of calkskin and gloves of catskin”(Paxson). It is also common to see these women depicted as carrying a staff in their main hand. Hence why they were sometimes just called “Staff-barer”.
The staff itself was important, as it was seen as a “rod” that channeled some of the energy needed to work Seiðr. It is also said that is was sometimes customary for a sacrificial/offering meal to be made for her using the hearts of any living creatures that were available at the time of her visit.
You won’t come across much, if any, solid information on men who practiced seiðr traditionally. “When we find hints that seiðr was also practiced by men, we are reminded of the ceremonies (said to be shameful) associated with Freyr.
One of Harold Fairhair’s sons was said to have worked with seidr with a company of eight followers.. His descendant Eyvind also practiced seiðr. However, it is clear that there was great hostility against these two men and both were killed by members of their own family.”(Davidson)
Freyja: Goddess of Seiðr
“Snorri tells us that she (Freyja) taught the craft of Seidh to the Aesir.”(Paxson) and it is thought that Freyja was Priestess to the Vanir. Because Odin, at one point, shows that he knows Seidh magick- it is thought that Freyja was the one who originally taught it to him. More evidence for Freyja being the one to teach this type of magick: the volva that I mentioned seen in Saga of Erik the Red is wearing clothes made from catskin, which is a sacred animal to Freyja.
She is seen as a mentor to some who seek guidance in learning Seiðr, so it is common for women learning this to cover themselves in gold, amber and other jewelry (some prefer cat symbols in their jewelry).
Basics of Seiðr
*I will be largely avoiding oracular seiðr, as that would take far too much time to discuss. I’m keeping this very basic.
“The magick of Seidr as described by Edred Thorsson and Freya Aswynn, includes divination, soul travel, shape shifting, necromancy and cursing.”( Ed Richardson)
Seidhr is seen to be similar to shamanic practices from other cultures, and often involves things such as altered states, trance-work, divination and many more.
It is a type of magick that rarely dealt with the runes at all. Instead, it was more centered around the spiritual aspect of things. Most commonly you will find mention of it throughout the sagas such as Saga of Erik the Red, Heimskringla, etc. It is mentioned once as being a power Odin possessed.
There are three basic pillars to Seidhr.
1)The first pillar and the key to seidhr is learning and practicing altered states and getting into a trance.
Refer to the articles I have posted about the various paths for different aspects of altered states to get a brief introduction to each one. Sometimes reaching these altered states is referred to as “seething” because it is common for a trembling/shaking to occur when someone has hit the peak of one of those states. This really is a paramount step in the entire process of seidhr.
Once must learn to “block out” the world around them. Ideally, this should be done through meditation and will. But, of course, there are other ways. Drugs, herbs, etc have all been used before. The song used falls under this category. It is very important to getting into the state you desire.
This song is supposed to b e sung as if from a higher power- so it does involved “letting go” so to speak, to achieve the ecstasy. It also has a very straightforward and clear purpose.” We sing open the doors to the otherworld. We sing out to our spirithelpers, so they may know we're calling them. We sing to a tree to honour its beautiful power.
We sing the invisible threads between us and our spirithelpers stronger. We sing a mound open, so we can talk with our ancestors. We sing pains and spirits of illness away. We sing thanks to the plants we harvest. “(Annette Høst)
2)The second pillar is the soul-travel that is done after the trance is achieved.
This is where the “bulk” of all the working is going to be done. Soul travel is also known as faring-forth, sitting-out, pathwalking and journeying. During this stage, a lot of different things occur- which is why this stage is important and probably the most complex to explain.
“Soul travel is related to divination so shall now be considered in more detail. Shamanic traditions work on the basis of different levels of reality: the consensual, everyday reality and the other world/s.
The World Tree appears in most shamanic cultures and acts as the axis-mundi, or centre of the universe, connecting the different worlds and realities. In the Northern Tradition, the horse has related symbolic meaning, representing a means of transport to the other world (the shaman being the rider).
Similarly the world tree is called 'Yggdrasil', or Odin's steed.”(Richardson) In a sense, “soul traveling” is “climbing” the World Tree, or traveling the threads connecting the realms.
Once you’ve directed yourself to where you need to be for whatever type of working you intend to do, you can begin right away.
Some use this state for healing (whether it be the healing of ones self or of another person.) It’s been said that sometimes the first time a new shaman enters this stage of Seidhr they can awaken “Shaman Sickness”.
“The term denotes a period of illness (often seriously life-threatening in some way) which is caused by the Gods and wights in order to completely remake someone and turn them into a shaman. The phenomenon of shaman sickness is found in tribal cultures around the world, with remarkably similar sets of traumas.
It is the hallmark of the classic shaman in many parts of the globe.”(Raven K., keep in mind we are using these terms under a Northern-Shaman approach). Healing can also be approach for other reasons, including healing of the soul.
There is such a thing as a “soul map” in these traditions that is a divinatory chart. Different parts of this map represent different parts of the soul and the body, and is then used to “divine” via runes and stones.
During the state of seidhr, this would be an ideal time to seek answers to problems the person you are working on is facing from a health aspect. Providing I have time I’ll write an article on hyge-craeft, which is essentially “craft” work with the soul.
During this stage you may work with your spirit guides and animal totems. We refer to our animal totems as our animal fetch. Sometimes certain animal fertches may be called: fylgja. These are the animals/creatures that accompany us throughout our entire life.
This animal conforms and molds to the person’s personality, and it is believed that our well-being depends on the well-being of our animal fylgja. (Be careful, sometimes fylgia is a term that refers to a female spirit that is attached to a person throughout their life as well, hence why I support using the term “fetch” to differentiate the two!)
“In Scandinavian folklore, each person has an animal shape which follows him like a shadow and can be seen by the second-sighted (although what is seen may be the hamingja, see below).
Shamans can shape-change astrally into a variety of animals to go journeying. In the Ynglingasaga, Snorri tells us that among the seidh skills possessed by Odin was the ability to go forth in animal form while his body lay as if sleeping. His ravens may also be projections of his consciousness. Freyja can take the form of a falcon and possibly a sow or a mare (the latter are two of her epithets).
Someone who changes form easily is hamrammR-- "shapestrong"; a journey taken in another shape is hamfarir; hamask means to fall into a state of animal fury; hamslauss to be out of one's shape; and hambleytha is the act of leaping out of one's skin.
One is reminded of the Navajo term, "skinwalker" for a witch who takes wolf form. For simplicity's sake, I favor referring to a spirit guide who appears in animal form as the hamingja, and the shape which an experienced practitioner of seidh uses for astral travel as the hamR.” (Paxson)
I’ll go more into this idea by itself in a separate article. There’s just too much to write for now.
Another thing that is done, though not commonly, is spirit possession. During this part of seidhr you open yourself up as a vessel to let a deity/spirit work through you. You become “the horse” and the deity “rides” you. There are different purposes for this:
1) Training/Practice
2)Gaining information or knowledge
3)Display of devotion
4)Errands for the deity
4)Becoming a channel.(Raven K).
I am just now starting to learn and practice this path, so bear with me-as I have not yet figured out some aspects of it.
3)The third pillar is rhythm.
This pillar is apparent from the start through the entire process of seidhr. Often, the most common rhythm used for this type of work is Sleipnir. Sleipnir is the magickal horse of Odin, which is said to have glided between realms upon the web known as Wyrd. This is fitting, considering Sleipnir is often depicted as having eight legs, like a spider.
In shamanistic practices, the rhytm of the drum is the Sleipnir: "Sleipnir is like the galloping of the shaman in his journey, the constant sound of his hooves is like the rhythm of the shaman drum, in which he journeys to the other side searching for protection and knowledge, from the spirits and ancestors, sleipnir alludes to move fast, and to everything that escapes the fiscal control, like climbing the world tree of Yggdrasil into other realms, other worlds, the great journey, riding in a altered consciousness." This beating of the drum is used often to help the shamans go into their trances.
Other rhythms can be used as well, so keep that in mind. You want a rhythm that is easy to focus on and one that will help narrow your focus.
This does not even cover the beginning of Seiðr, but it takes so much to explain the entire process.

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ᚠ Fehu ᚠ

I decided that I wanted to share my runic knowledge with you all as I continue to learn more and more about the runes.

First rune of the first ætt:

Associations I've learned and use with this rune:

Wealth, cattle, motherly energy, new beginnings, inner power, fulfillment, cycles of life, abundance, growth, and stability.

The tarot card I associate with this is the ace of pentacles, which is also all about wealth, abundance, stability, and new beginnings.

Gods and goddesses Associations: Freyr (frey): new beginnings, growth
Freyja: sexual energy, inner power
Fr**ga: Motherly energy
Nerthus: inner peace, stability
Njord: wealth, abundance

On my journey with this first rune, I've realized how much it resonates with who I am and where I am going. My purpose on this plane is to be a selfless and kind person to others so I can fulfill my soul's destiny. No one truly gets their rewards unless they are being their true selves on their soul's journey. Cycles of life begin and end, and do so again and again. With fehu, it gives you that inclination to begin your first step on the journey that you are taking. Wealth, abundance, and stability come along with giving yourself that purpose. We reap what we sow as they say.

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~ Sōwilō ~

This rune can sometimes mean that you need to put forth just a little more effort in order to dig yourself out of the rut you find yourself in. It encourages strength and willpower, fostering hope that better times are ahead.


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• General energy reading •

For whoever may resonate with this, take what you will from this.

Growth, Stability, and connections

I'm getting that there's been transformative energy within you and your life's path. You've been holding on to what is most important to you. You may feel like yes I made the right choices. The options that came through for me helped me through the struggles I've been facing. You are giving yourself the chance to be patient with the next steps that need to be taken. Raidho tells us that the experiences we face on our journey can be there for a lesson, a reason, or both. With new beginnings on the horizon, there is a new way and a new start to how we can handle ourselves and those surrounding us. This is the whole process and the start of something that may make parts of us uncomfortable, but we have that foundation to allow us to grow and change into the person we are meant to be.

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We weave the paths of our fate.

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Runes used: .woman


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Goddesses of the Norse ⚔️🛡

•Leo full moon energy reading •

Take what resonates and leave the rest.

You may feel like you are not doing what is best for you, or what you are doing is causing those to not care about you in the way you were hoping for. Sometimes we need to surrender to our feelings and allow ourselves to feel what is necessary for us to feel in the moment. Grounding yourself in nature or other ways can be helpful to induce better management of feelings. There may be a calling to search for what is right and what is better for you. You may not know what is right for you at this moment, but sometimes having discernment with your truth will allow things to come into reality. We need to acknowledge where we are now, and we need to understand that we are in control of our actions. We can be our valid protectors. Embracing who we are, and giving ourselves the strength to take action can make the alignment happen. We may feel lost and stuck with how much we are lacking in the care and thought that we give ourselves at the moment. Release these feelings, and let go. You know who you are and who you are becoming.

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Runes used: .woman

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