Balance as Our Catalyst ~ Rune & Tarot for 28 Nov 2016

Good luck and material gain are present in the 9 of Disks. With Venus in Virgo, balanced structure and managed effort are favored with this card of Elemental Earth. The card itself is so beautiful, with its shades of blue and green. Three orbs appear above and below in balance with three larger orbs in the middle, a golden orb at its center.

Rays extend outward in all directions blending colors from the center orbs. Balanced energy is felt with this card indicating productivity and abundance. A sense of solitary genesis is present as well, all thought emanating from Source Presence.

Thurisaz, the 3rd rune of the Elder Futhark, represents the catalytic energy of Thor’s hammer. This rune neutralizes obstacles, catalyzes change, and provides defensive protection. Dynamic energy is in play when Thurisaz appears, telling us that energies of regeneration are available to us.

Clearly Thurisaz provides the catalyst for gains earned with the 9 of Disks. The numerology reduces to 12 and from there to 3, a catalytic number on its own. Ideas spring forth, manifesting into form, the energy never ending for new creative endeavors.

Today’s reading suggests that we’re primed for new opportunity. We possess the energy necessary to manifest our desires. As ideas take flight, we follow them to their inevitable positive outcome.

Although we often work in concert with others to achieve our goals, it’s our inner commitment or focus that catalyzes our efforts. Our ideas have value and they deserve expression. Allowing them to emanate from Self creates our greatest impact.

The 9 of Disks tells us that we manifest our own reality, in this case achieving abundance. Thurisaz, along with the numerology, tells us that we are a creative force unto ourselves and that we have to power to create whatever it is that we desire.

But what will that be? Will our focus be that of compassion or of self-interest? We may appear as individuals but we are in fact one collective presence. Can we create our own material gain while extending the energies of abundance toward others?

The world at large is in chaos with self-interest appearing to win over compassionate action. Catalytic expression is devoted to separation and division. Unity and love escapes so many. But clearly, it’s not working. Our priorities are egoic in nature rather than for the common good of all. We’ve allowed others to convince us that intelligence and education are suspect. And we give away our rights to increase the material gain of a chosen few, the most obvious example being the income inequality many of us experience.

These choices foster a lack of balance which as we see is ultimately unsustainable. Whether we’re in alignment or unity with others or simply aligning with Self, catalytic energy in balance is far more effective and productive than energy born from chaos. The implication to the individual is that not creating from a place of alignment and balance can have a negative effect upon the outcome.

With balance as our catalyst, our energy expands into positive expression. And from there, everything is possible.

Blessed Be