Raidho and Six of Wands - Rise up!

When I pulled my rune for today, my first thoughts where: “Not Raidho again!" But then I pulled the Six of Wands from The Wild Unknown Tarot to go with it and I realized how a single rune contains such a wide variety of meanings.

Raidho is the rune of movement, journey and travel and since I am on a sort of spiritual quest as of late, it is a very fitting rune for me these days.

The Six of wands is all about success and victory. Now you might ask if this means I have completed my quest? No, not at all but I can say I have escaped the tangled branches and the lost feeling this dark place entails.  Now the butterfly is flying upwards into the light. Although it is a beautiful place to be and it is tempting to find a spot to stay there forever, the butterfly will have to keep moving on to become the best butterfly he can be.

How often do we resist to leave that safe place of victory? It can be so scary to continue our journey with the possibility of failing or getting lost again? I am positive that if we keep this moment of success in our thoughts, it will build up out inner strength and trust, and then moving on will become a bit less frightening

Of course this card also reminds me of the devastating storm our dear friend Bev of By theSycamore Tree and her family and community had to endure yesterday.  I hope and pray together they will be able to rise up (again) from this terrible experience.

Raidho and the Queen of Cups - Trusting you inner Compass

Last weekend I have immersed myself in Norse myths, the Edda, and my rune studies. It seems that a light snowfall is all it needs to awaken my love for that part of my ancestral heritage. So with that in mind I wanted to pull a rune for today’s post and I got Raidho (wheel, travel). This rune is not only about physical travel and all the preparations this involves but maybe even more so about spiritual travel; about finding our path in life and following it. Both kinds of travels require some similar attributes which are a.o. resourcefulness, determination and flexibility.

So which aspect of ourselves can help us to keep moving forward in the right direction?
And I got the Queen of Cups form the Shadowscapes Tarot. I love that in this depiction she has risen from her throne and is walking the path with one carefully placed step at the time. She has no need to watch where she puts her feet. She is following her inner compass, which tells her exactly where her companions will emerge. It looks so easy, almost effortlessly. She is dancing on the waves for as long as she keeps moving forward because in movement we can find our balance.

I think our intuition is our most important guide on our journeys. It allows us to travel with ease. If we can muster the courage to trust this sometimes elusive part of our soul, we will able to  dance through life and over whatever waves we will meet. I also believe we can trust that we are carried when needed.

Inner Trust

Today´s card is “Inner Trust” from the Sacred Rebels Oracle. We see a woman, cloaked in white, against a dark background. All we really see is her face, her eyes are pulling us in, her soft lips are about to whisper. It looks like she is waiting for us for us to engage with her, to acknowledge her existence. 

She is the representation of our higher self, our inner voice, the vessel of our hidden wisdom. As long as we are telling ourselves we can rationalize us out of any problem which comes along, we do not get to know her and we leave her waiting deep down inside us. But when we dare to trust this voice we can be surprised at how strong and courageous this part of us is. Then it is time for her to shed her cloak, and step into the light and show us her true strength. Each time we listen to her she will grow stronger, more confident, more clear, more outspoken.

So slow down and take it one step at the time. Whenever you feel hurried and stressed, you can almost always be sure you aren't listening to your intuition, In fact you are dismissing her, denying her and taking away her strength. 

So  for today my intention is to slow down and to is to listen to my heart, to follow my gut instinct and to really find out what it is I want, I feel, I know…..