LIR 92315 Weekly - FehuR

Fehu is the rune of the energetic flow - the energy of work flows into the matter of nourishment (money) which fuels energy for work.  FehuR indicates the cycle is not the main focus of this coming week.

For many of us, it can be easy to get caught up in the loop of wondering if we're producing enough to receive the nourishment we need. When we do that, our focus shifts away from the work, which can make the work feel meaningless or insufficient. For us, FehuR says practice just doing the work. Really doing the work. Because the more we focus, the more solid the work is and therefore, the more valuable in terms of energetic return.

On the other side of the viewpoint, some of us have already been focusing just on the work. For those "us"es, FehuR suggests it's time to come out of that cozy cocoon and see how the work translates into nourishment. (Re)establish the connection with the cycle.

FehuR - your work can feed you. Be fully present in the action of work; and let the work be an easily flowing part of the nourishment cycle.

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Hello to you! Gonna keep this one short as I'm taking this post pretty personally - it goes along with my personal reading, which I heard as an exasperated "No, you don't need any help. Just get to work!"

Of course, that's easy to say. I have created a big distraction for myself..., no, wait, I am not going to phrase it like that. Rather, I made a timely and necessary decision to replace hardware, and now I am relearning how things work. Change is good. Change is good. Release the fear!

Meanwhile, things are taking longer than usual - which is just temporary, but something I must accept at this time. So. Thank you. I'm breathing. And working. Yay us!

I hope you have a great week!
-Lila

122713 FehuR, AnsazR

It may feel difficult today to get your ideas to flow into the productivity stage.  Two 
options:  change your focus (go AROUND the block), or chuck it for the day (go for coffee.)

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And so we see how pride goeth before a humble admission of being just like everyone else.

Ansaz is a communication stone, and it may not be evident in the post above, but in my head yesterday's reading was about communication.  Maybe it was so just for me.  Anyway.  I found it amusing because, well, I consider the posting of the rune readings to be communication.  Just reading the runes is communication.  So, I'm posting that the ideas (interpretation of the rune) may have difficulty getting to the productivity stage (actual posting of said interpretation.)  Nya nya, not for me.  Lalalalalalalala.

(Side note - I pulled an Ogham card yesterday which spoke of free expression.  Share your ideas!  Ha!  Ogham trumps Rune.)

So I did my rune readings, I sent some emails, I sang some, I talked to my person.  Very very productive day.  Except.

Except.

One of my goals yesterday was to get to the personal bookkeeping, and part of the bookkeeping means going through the emails to check for bills and payments, etc.  And I knew there was an email in that category I really needed to answer (or at least acknowledge.)

Every time I sat down, something else popped up.  I tried 3 or 4 times.  And finally, at the end of the day, I realized this was my production block.  Each different approach had failed.  So, I raised my eyebrows at my computer, and did the equivalent of going out for coffee.

I really do hope I get to them today.

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122813 Ehwaz

Transformation does not mean everything must change; nor must all be lost.  Comfortable habits from the past can facilitate relationships in the future.

I hope you  have a great day!

113013 - FehuR

Today is a good day to focus less on how your income flows in and more on how you use it to make yourself happy.

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For me, Fehu this time was less about the actual financial income than it was about the energy. The difference in the feel of energy when I purchase something for myself versus the feel when I allow someone else to purchase it for me.  Specifically, this weekend, it seemed to be about food.

Food is essential.  One of the "Basic Needs".  Food is very symbolic: breaking bread; the bread winner; bringing home the bacon; the hunter.  So when someone pays for another's meal, it is, in effect, receiving the food from the payer's hand.

I was one of those persons who insisted on paying for everyone, if possible.  Often  I felt this made up for not remembering birthdays or other holidays.  So the intention was truly to gift.  But... when someone receives a gift they do not want, it can feel more like a burden or an obligation.  And, in the case of allowing someone to purchase food for you, it can feel like giving away your power.

As I have been required to keep a closer eye on my finances (and have turned from financial gifts to energetic ones), so it is time to start looking at how I feel about receiving certain gifts.  When I go out with someone, am I happier paying for half, allowing them to pay for the whole meal, or each paying for their specific expenses?  Does it depend on the person, on the circumstances, on my mood?  Does it need to be spelled out beforehand, if only to myself?  What is going to make me happy?  Because eating food someone else provided while resenting that they provided it makes the meal sour.

Maybe part of it is being in tune with how the other person feels about purchasing/ receiving.  Is it an expectation, based on past practices, and thus feels more like an obligation and less like a gift?  Are they truly giving, or just doing what has become, in effect, their job?

I haven't quite worked it out yet.  Even now, a few days later.  I think I'd forgotten how symbolic food really is.  Something to continue pondering.

I hope you have a great day!

-Lila

10913 - FehuR

FehuR in Air:  Today is a good day to focus on the practical, to bring our attention to the actual work, as opposed to how wonderful the payoff will be.

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There are two ways I could have gone with this.  The "actual work" for me could constitute my business: getting the personal rune readings reading for launching (which means figuring out how to set up an order system and do a trail run); working on the bookkeeping for clients; and marketing for my e-book versions of Not Really a Murder Mystery.  (notice how I did some subliminal advertising there?  Oh, the things we learn.)

But, my other list of things to do were related to the provisions and the chores of the household itself.  Grocery shopping; sort bills; laundry; dinner; schedules; even communication.  These are the things I decided to focus on today  1) because they are what I consider actual work  (My "job" is great fun.  Household stuff, not so much.  For me.);  and 2) because that is what I currently contribute to the household/ provision area.  While I do believe all of my working and stubborn holding fast will pay off in the end, today's practicalities mean I am the grocery shopper and the dish washer.'

They were chores I needed to do anyway today; chores I had plans to do today.  But because of the rune reading, it was easier to gently nudge myself to do them, to do a little more work before taking a break.

I know that I try to ride the currents -- what feels right to do, what should I really be striving to accomplish today -- so my end goals will become a reality.  So it's nice, for me, to have a rune to help nudge me onto the productive course.  Cuz I sure do use them as a good reason to do what I want when they fall my way! *G*.

I hope you had a great day!

-Lila