My Rune For 2010
Last night’s New Year’s eve ritual
ended with the picking of a Rune.
With candles and sage burning…
With Totem’s music drumming & shaking my soul…
I prayed. I thanked. I asked for guidance.
Ansuz answered my call.
Excerpt from The Book of Runes, by Ralph Blum:
(mine is an old edition from 1982 — looks ancient!)
ANSUZ
Signals
Messenger Rune
The God Loki
The keynote here is receiving: messages, signals, gifts. Even a timely warning may be seen as a gift. When the Messenger Rune brings sacred knowledge, one is truly blessed, for the message may be that of a new life unfolding. New lives begin with new connections, surprising linkages that direct us onto new pathways. Take pains now to be especially aware during meetings, visits, chance encounters, particularly with persons wiser than yourself.
Loki is the ancient trickster from the pantheon of the Norse gods. He is the heyeohkah of the North American Indian, “a mocking shadow of the creator god,” the bringer of benefits to humankind. Even scoundrels and arch-thieves can be bearers of wisdom. When you draw this Rune, expect the unexpected: The message is always a call, a call to new life.
Ansuz is the first of the thirteen Runes that make up the Cycle of Initiation — Runes that focus directly upon the mechanism of self-change — and as such, addresses your need to integrate unconscious motive with conscious intent. Drawing it tells you that connection with the Divine is at hand. For Ansuz is a signal to explore the depths, the foundations of life, and to experience the inexhaustible wellspring of the Divine in your nature.
At the same time, you are reminded that you must first draw from the well to nourish and give to yourself. Then there will be more than enough to nourish others. A new sense of family solidarity invests Ansuz.
What strikes me in this message is the reference to Loki the ancient trickster, the heyeohkah of the North American Indian.
This is Abuelita Margarita — I carry her picture in my Rune book. I met her for the first time in 2005 when she came to Montréal from Mexico to hold spiritual healing circles. When she saw me and heard me laugh, she affectionately called me a trickster. I’m starting to believe that maybe she was right.
And when I read that once I draw from the well to nourish and give to myself, there will be more than enough to nourish others, I feel this has to do with writing my memoirs. I’ve come to realize that by revisiting the past and making peace with everything and everyone, I’m reclaiming the energy I left behind because of the confusion and depression I was living at the time. By writing my memoirs, I’m drawing from the well. By getting my Road Trip Show on the internet, I’ll be giving back and hopefully nourishing others with the love and laughter I’m so eager to share.
So Ladies and Gentlemen, the magic has just begun.
Hold on to your hats!
P.S.: For those of you who think I was a tad tipsy when I recorded my New Year’s message, let me assure you that the Magic Potion was pure peppermint tea — I was actually drunk with joy.
Marilyn says:
Awesome! Sounds like everything is falling into place, the energy is gathering and you are about to launch into your future!
Guess I’d better get out my runes and see what mine tell me.
January 2, 2010 at 12:16 am
OzaMeilleur says:
Yes, Marilyn… 2010 is lookin’ good!
I recommend you check with them
Love ya!
xoxo
January 3, 2010 at 1:26 am