Draw for November 20, 2016: Active Influence: Angrboda/The High Priestess Rune: Sowelu/Sun Hidden Influence: Sigyn/Temperance For the second day in a row, both cards in the draw are Major Arcana. Things Are Going On, and you must deal with them directly and honestly. Sowelu brings in the light of the sun for clarity, and the […]
My Sister Does Not Write Poems ~ Wislawa Szymborska Translated from Polish by Magnus J. Krynski and Robert A. Maguire My sister does not write poems and it’s unlikely she’ll suddenly start writing poems. She takes after her mother, who did not write poems, and her father, who also did not write poems. Under my […]
Draw for November 19, 2016: Active Influence: Mimir/The Hanged Man Rune: Sol/Sun Hidden Influence: Fenris/The Devil There may not be much you can do to control, or even influence, the external circumstance. Sol says you need to take the light and go down to the cave to see your demons. You don’t have to heal […]
Today’s poem is from Margaret Atwood, in honor of her birthday. Sekhmet, The Lion-Headed Goddess of War ~Margaret Atwood He was the sort of man who wouldn’t hurt a fly. Many flies are now alive while he is not. He was not my patron. He preferred full granaries, I battle. My roar meant slaughter. Yet […]
Draw for November 18, 2016: Active Influence: The Volva/Four of Swords Rune: Inguz/Fertility Hidden Influence: Angrboda/The High Priestess Finding creative approaches to your problems means that you stop thinking about them in the same way. You’re caught in a mental loop, and until you can shake yourself out of it, you’re going to be stuck […]
