This is a carving of Thurisaz, today's Rune, that I made on January 11th, 2021. I used it many times in rituals and carried it often with me when I went out. Exactly one I year after I carved it (I realized this just now as I was writing this post, btw,) I took it along with most of my household carvings and crystals as well as other implements to the Ávila, to cleanse them with mountain water. At home, I put everything back on my altar but at some point, I stopped seeing this particular carving and I assumed it'd fallen down underneath the bed. That was indeed the case, I recovered a part of it and then had to move the entire bed to recover the remaining pieces. It was completely shattered, literally as if a lightning bolt had stricken it (you can see it below.) It had taken some discharge of energy, no doubt, and it's more than obvious that it fulfilled its purpose. I don't always know which purposes my carvings are supposed to fulfill, but I don't worry too much about that, I'm just happy to make useful things that have meaning.
The last weekend of April came with some anxiety for me, again mostly about not being able to activate my cashflow even though I'm doing my work with dedication and honesty. I know these moments of doubt are necessary and unavoidable, my task has very little to do with money anyway, so I work on accepting my situation and not let it become a burden. I don't like to complain, it only brings trouble, and moreover, every time I go through a crisis of faith, I always emerge renewed. Yesterday, as I was returning home from an event at night, I went through a place in the city where I'd recently left a carved stone and when I checked the location, it was gone. When that happens, it means that its purpose in the area was also fulfilled. I don't have any control over who finds it and takes it, where it might be at the moment or whether it's being used for something else. I only know that my service is good and it can't be easily or safely co-opted with ill will.
Today, when I woke up again with a bit of anxiety, I reflected upon this before I pulled the Rune for the reading and I realized that this decision of leaving my carvings across the city and elsewhere has been exposing me to various levels of attention, some of them less than savory. Wherever the carvings that have been removed from their original placements have gone, I'm always connected to them and the quality of the energy in their new locations is likely affecting me. It's ok, I expected as much, and knowing it brings me clarity about the situation I've been experiencing, which isn't truly bad, just a bit challenging, and mostly at the material level. Those carvings are still part of the Runic Network that I'm building and I won't deactivate them, on the contrary, they'll remain empowered for as long as I'm alive and probably for centuries afterwards. It's really difficult to destroy stone, after all, and most of them are sufficiently well-hidden.
These realizations embolden me to continue placing these Rune staves, steles and watchtowers in as many locations as I deem necessary. They're clearly doing what they're meant to do and whatever prices I have to pay personally for them to continue functioning, I pay them willingly and gladly. I've also opened myself to receiving the rewards arising from the service which have manifested mostly in greater social activity of late. Despite the short bouts of anxiety that might come from time to time, I'm sure my financial status will improve from this too, simply because, in this material world, I require them to be better if I'm to continue working effectively and helpfully.
Rune of the Day: Thurisaz
Conflict becomes necessary to break a boundary and cross to a new level of the process. Do not try to avoid the confrontation when it emerges, it will only increase its potency; sometimes the clash is indispensable to clarify a point and disperse the risk of explosion. Lightning is a gigantic energy, but one can attempt to redirect it with the appropriate instruments; this operation, however, requires exposure to its power with firm connection to the ground. Activate your body, electrify it with the strength of the elements and allow it to carry you to where you want to go, the main work is always done by the world around you. One single flame can destroy or unite depending on where it is placed and its direction; similarly, your anger is a tool that may serve you, it does not have to harm you or anyone else, observe what you do with it attentively.