This week brings ice, sunlight, and a second wind.
Sowliu is the half-month rune through 27 February, at which point Tiwaz steps in. Isa is the intuitive stave. The half-month rune is set by the traditionally accepted runic calendar, and governs for a tad over two weeks. Read right to left is Sowilu above, Tiwaz below, followed by Isa. The intuitive stave brings the focus of the half-month rune into sharper focus for the present week.
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Moving fully into Sowilu brought relief to a busy start of the year. Later this week, our merger from it to Tiwaz presents quickly resolved drama, if we let it.
Where Sowilu reminds us of our place in divinity, it also wraps up our experience of the second aett. Tiwaz begins our journey into the third aett. Before that though, we get a little break. Every closing stave comes with degrees of acknowledgment of what has passed, what is, and a sense of closure. Sowilu specifically posits a betwixt spot, in which we realize we’re part of the Divine process, yet have our own plans, our own role. In carrying out that role, it suggests we sit for a spell and come into that knowledge, without necessarily making plans for what should be done with it.
Realize all is connected and flows through us. Take the reprieve given at this time to figure out what to do with it.
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With Tiwaz, how this plays out demands radical change. Resistance to that change is what generates distress. Indeed, change ripples out alarm. In the heat of battle, realizing the current plan isn’t working and refusing to change it is what causes fatality. The ability to release Plan A and let it be dead is key.
Isa provides ample opportunity to find that sweet spot and get comfortable with it–and I do think comfort is a component of this cast. “Ring not pass” is a phrase associated with Isa, in that until specific knowledge is gained in the current circle, we cannot pass through to the next. Sowilu and Isa both represent holding patterns, where Tiwaz is about redirected focus with decisive new action. Plan A has already revealed itself. It’s in the midst. Plan B, however, may not be so clear. Isa brings the clarification needed to recognize Plan B for what it is, and in doing so, provides the impetus to go with it.
Expect the unexpected this week, and to handle it better than seems possible.
Isa is not only a time for reflection, of stepping back, of slowing down, of solidification, it’s also destructive cold hard and unrelenting like the great glaciers.
It is that frozen lake we tentatively step on, that infuriating burn of frozen nerves within the teeth or the brain freeze that seizes our consciousness and seers into our minds.
It is a time of contraction, of going deep within and confronting those things of ourselves that keep us from moving, evolving, transforming, and becoming.
Thankfully, one of the greatest gifts comes as the ice melts, as the flowers peek through the snow, as animals forage for food: life. It is a thing to be celebrated, honored, and revered.
Don’t be discouraged with Isa: Slow down, pay attention, and give thanks.
For as certain as the sunrise, so this moment will melt away, and with it, the resistance and obstacles that have blocked/frozen the energy from flowing.
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To learn more about the impact of Sowilu, read the full runecast.
Isa is not only a time for reflection,
of stepping back,
of slowing down,
of solidification,
it’s also destructive
cold
hard
and unrelenting like the great glaciers.
It is that frozen lake we tentatively step on,
that infuriating burn of frozen nerves within the teeth
or the brain freeze that seizes our consciousness
and seers into our minds.
It is a time of contraction,
of going deep within and confronting those things of ourselves that keep us from moving, evolving, transforming, and becoming.
Thankfully, one of the greatest gifts comes as the ice melts, as the flowers peek through the snow, as animals forage for food: life. It is a thing to be celebrated, honored, and revered.
Don’t be discouraged with Isa:
Slow down,
pay attention,
and give thanks.
For as certain as the sunrise,
so this moment will melt away,
and with it,
the resistance and obstacles that have blocked/frozen the energy from flowing.