woden's day

what is the sound of one all-father laughing...

of course, singingwren was correct in her usual wise-beyond-her-years way when she said:

maybe you got Wunjo because the All-Father wanted you to look hard to FIND Wunjo in the day despite all the trials that lay before you

and i had completely lost site of the bright spot of monday which was the e-mail i got from a former student who is doing well now in graduate school and owes it all to us (me and the debutante, of all people). *grin*

and the bright spot of coming home to vitaminJ :)

yesterday's rune was fehu and i found a dollar. ho ho, very funny :)

today's is berkano...to which vitaminJ promptly said in homersimpson voice "booooooooobs"

i'm dissing the celts....monday i was too exhausted and distraught. poor danu and soveriegnty^3 get screwed every monday b/c its post karate and i'm asleep on the couch right after i finish dinner at 8. i'm thinking about switching their places...celts in the a.m. dark half of the year, aesir/vanir the light, or leading up to a celtic holiday/germanic holiday or something....

but now it's lunch time...and i can't say i like the mood symbol for that in gothchick :/

misc. dp updates/end of Week 1 meditation.

weekends being what they are, i did'nt write too much about them in my paper journal, but did try to jot stuff down to remember them...so....

Friday 9/16 AM Freya - i see her with long golden (red-blonde) hair. some is in long stereotypical viking braids, some is not. i see her outside in a meadow with flowers.

rune: Tir. not sure what to make of it, other than the obvious connection with Tyr, which aswynn has as the keyword. thorssen says: justice, world order, victory, self-sacrifice, spiritual discipline. self-discipline really seems to fit. i've been doing this for 3.5 days. need to keep it up. this is the right path.

9/16 PM Mannanan mac Lir and Morrigan

9 breaths...i've REALLY got this down, much more quickly than i thought i would. yay me :)

Mannanan mac Lir appears and draws the mists slightly away. he reveals the home of the morrigan. it is dark and desolate, but not cold. she is there -- pale skin, dark hair that looks somewhat disheveled. her eyes have a wild look about them and she smiles oddly. she has nothing for me...it's not anger or hostility i feel from her, her attentions are just elsewhere. i also don't feel afraid, just respectful, and i respectfully leave her alone. Mac Lir does appear to be more engaged. and no, he doesn't look EXACTLY like skip...but close :)

Luis - rowan: P&J Guarding power, stimulus, creativity; thorssen - insight and quickening.

More about looking within myself, get rid of bad things so blessings can come in. P&R mention clean, orderly, calm home, and HEY, it's SUPERFLING BOOGIE TIME so this is very appropriate. :)

bad evil me did not do this sat or sun :( or if i did, i didn't write them down :(

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so week one (okay, not a full week...sue me...DENY ME DEDICANT STATUS IF YOU WILL :) i was more successful in both visualizing deities, 9 breaths, and 'entering cards' than i ever dreamed i could be. i'm kinda psyched to continue, but don't tell anyone!

plans for week 2:

1. hit deities i missed this week (and those i didn't!)
2. keep up with the 9breaths.
3. keep up with offerings.
4. start looking at patterns in omens (both runes and oghams)