Hagalaz – Hail – Blunt, external change is upon us this week. Whether it’s cooler weather settling into much of the northern hemisphere, a chill skating through life, or some other frozen state breaking wide open, the elements prod our wyrd bring a wake-up call.
When we talk about hail, it brings out strange reactions. It fascinates us, because it doesn’t happen often. Fear is part of our awareness of it, as it is a destructive force. It disrupts our flow, and has radical potential to take away livelihood, mobility, sustenance, protection. Hail can be a nasty force. Yet, while it holds aspects of frozen Nature, it’s also in motion, changing our landscape, possibly our lives. Find the full Weekly Rune on Patreon.
Thank you so much Amy. What you said means so much to me right now. You have your own family now, Hagaz signalled the end of the old one? A damaging one…I see that is what it means for me now too. Change can be painful but it is well worth it.
Love to you and thank you so much for testifying in court. One day I hope I can do the same to my abuser.
I recovered my childhood memories spontaneously during a meditation on Winter Solstice over 20 years ago. After me, my abuser had gone on to open a gymnastic studio, funded by my parents, where he took only female students. He systematically abused over two dozen girls, selecting those with absent fathers. When I found out, he was on his second grand jury indictment, something my family hid from me. Going public would be traumatic, but I knew it’s what I had to do. Still, I resisted. So I centered myself and threw a series of runes. Four times in a row (4!), Hagaz came up. I screamed and cried for over an hour. Then I called up the girl in the second indictment and said I’d testify. My family kicked me out. I never saw my parents alive again. My abuser plead guilty rather than face me in court. While it may have felt like hail/hell, from that release was born an incredible community that met on Winter Solstice for 20 years, celebrating the regenerative power of darkness and the redemptive power of light.
{{Amy}}