Storm and Shadow chat

Storm Valkyrie: The full moon last week was called the Worm Moon because it's a March full moon. It's named thus because of the earth worms freely moving in wetter soil during more rainy weather and temperatures warmer and lighter, attracting more worms.

Shadow Girl: I often thought the March full moon was a "wyrm moon" instead of a worm moon. Wyrm and worm are the same sounding. Both means crawling and in the ground. A wyrm is Old English and describes a serpent looking dragon. 

Storm Valkyrie: So you mean March is a dragon moon. I do like the sound of that but it's fantasy.

Shadow Girl: Spiritually, yes. Especially when the March full moon is also a blood moon.

Storm Valkyrie: There's Venus and Saturn in the sky closely viewed together, with House of Pisces nearby. The grandfather, the princess and sea. We've also got the Greek myth of Aphrodite and her son Eros transforming into fish to escape from the monster Typhon. Nearby is Pegasus, the winged horse who represents freedom. All of that can be viewed through a telescope.

Shadow Girl: It doesn't reflect what's going on here on the ground. Earthworms, snakes and dragons don't care about the cosmos. They're not always looking upwards and wondering about all the stars.

Storm Valkyrie: All of it affects us in some way or other. Worms are a sign of spring and snakes are symbolic of transformation. The seasons change. Winter makes way for spring and so on. 

Shadow Girl: There is also dark and light. 

Storm Valkyrie: Night and day. The inner and outer. Subconsciousness and awake. The moon is like that. There is a hidden side we never ever see. The dark side of the moon is like the deep unknown.

Shadow Girl: You mentioned spring, the time when Persephone returns to the ground from the Underworld. 

Storm Valkyrie: The goddess Persephone is both light and dark, she has the side which is springtime, flowers and warmth on the earth when she arrives to be with her mother. The other side of Persephone is a queen of the dead, living in the Underworld. A bit like goddess Hel, ruler of the Norse underworld and the dead. Hel is portrayed as half and half. Modern interpretations have her appearing more hideous than the way ancients perceived her. She used to look half light and half shadow. Now she's half beautiful and half corpse. 

Shadow Girl: Hel doesn't have a husband that is ruler of the Underworld. She wasn't kidnapped and taken there. 

Storm Valkyrie: No but her father was trickster god Loki and Hel was given the dominion of ruling the dead. Much of northern myths and legends was written down during the Middle Ages by monks. We've lost so much of Norse mythological stories because it was shared orally. Besides that we have the season of Ostara coming up, another aspect of the spring goddess. 

Storm Valkyrie and Shadow Girl          

Protection

 The Algiz is a rune for protection against negativity. It can block anything nasty and bad, including harmful energy, evil spirits, danger and curses. To use this rune, it's believed drawing the symbol on the inside of your right wrist. This rune symbolises the elk, and represents the letter Z. It's element is Air and so this means the rune can look like antlers or a branch of a tree. Standing upright, it's a guardian and powerful protector. Reversed though, upside down, it's about war, unprotection and feeling helpless. 

During the end of the month, with the early flowers growing for spring, snowdrops, daffodils, bringing awakened animals out from hibernation, with the feeling of relief and hope. All this was dashed once the  Hagalaz rune appeared. This rune means hail, chaos and destruction, like a violent storm that appears all of a sudden. It's moment is considered necessary to make way for something else. It also is seen as the Jungian shadow, the cold, ice and water, number 9 and goddess Hel. It could be looked upon as transformation. A cleansing and a cycle of turmoil leading to rebirth and transformation of changes. 

While events are uncontrollable, we can reflect on our inner selves, learn how to be calm and use patience to wait for the shift. Use the Algiz rune during this time, the highest rune of protection and a sanctuary, becoming an umbrella for you. Algiz has strong links with the earth and spend time focusing on your surroundings, become one with the ground and open yourself to wildlife. Use ny positive inspiration and creativity to express yourself. Learn to love yourself and feel empathy towards others including animals and even the tiniest creatures. 

(Above is the bind rune of Algiz and Dagaz).

Storm Valkyrie  

Magic puzzle for you

Not a story but a puzzle. Can you guess what is it? On the night hills a strong hunter makes his way through the forest. Nearby is a farm and he doesn't want danger coming to the livestock. He waits for predators, and then it comes. A large wolf lingers in the distance watching, but it's aware of the hunter and keeps away. Hunter is very interested in courting one of the beautiful maidens that live close by in the cottage but they always manage to keep away, because they're shy of him. He waits for them in the hope to marry one of them. 

Any guesses? Here's more then. In the farmyard sits an inventor, working on wooden wheels and metal chariots. He keeps animals such as a mother goat, who provides healthy nutritious milk. Also there is a great bull with big horns and a raging temper. That bull would be big enough to keep the wolf away, but the hunter must protect everyone. Further off in the woods is a fox with a bright red coat with a shimmering white tail. It's tail brings frost and the northern lights including a large shining crystal snowflake.

Still not guessed it? There are twin brothers, handsome and strong, that are sons of a swan maiden. Their mother is a type of Valkyrie or magical lady with wings. The boys are adventurous, funny, connected to sailing and voyages. One of their sisters is the most beautiful woman in the world and a man loved her so much that it caused much disaster. Close by is the king, a warrior and a princess in a castle, Not far away is an elderly man, either a wizard or a farmer. 

This is not a story. Let's summarise it. In the upper realm, we've got the muscular and skilled hunter making his usual appearance. Across in the field is an inventor with a nanny goat and a strong powerful bull, hiding the pretty girls from the gaze of the hunter. Lurking nearby in the woods is a large wolf, and not far away is the fox with a shining white tail next to a bright crystal snowflake. We have also twin brothers on their expedition. But closer is the king, with the warrior and a princess, far off is the grandfather.

You may ask, but what, who are where are they all? The answer is: stars.

First of all the skilled hunter is Orion. The inventor is Auriga who made the four-horse chariot. The nanny goat is Capella who flashes colour. The powerful bull is Taurus. The pretty girls are the Pleiades or Seven Sisters. In mythology, they used to hide from Orion. The large wolf is constellation Canis Major and the star Sirius. The fox is Canis Minor and the crystal snowflake is Polaris the North Star. The twin brothers are Gemini and their mother is Leda. Closer to us on the earth is the king, who is Jupiter. The warrior is Mars. The princess is Venus. The castle where they live is the solar system. The grandfather is Saturn. Who is the most beautiful woman, sister of the twin boys? Helen of Troy, the sister of Gemini twins or the Dioscuri brothers. 

Did you find my fairy tale version of the stars cool? This is how it is right now in the northern hemisphere sky.

Storm Valkyrie 

A brief message

 This is a short and cheerful Happy Valentines' Day post. 

May all your wishes and hearts desires come true.

Storm Valkyrie ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️