Uruz Gateway
Jan 2
Gentle New Year, yall.
Last night my grove had a New Year rite, where they honored Hestia, Janus, and Athena. Someone else did the omen, which was nice, because it allowed me to get into a posture that I've been using for a while. One of my astral forms, I'm floating or hovering, with a root anchoring me to the ground. So I sit with my right foot touching the ground and the left leg folded up to my body. Last year, whenever I meditated or tranced, I used that posture for grounding and journeying. It's about liminal spaces, one foot in, one foot out. Also anchoring between earth and sky.
The other part of my posture is to have my Spirit Stick resting upright between my legs, for the seidr part of my practice. To continue to form that bond between me and Alum.
The last part is holding prayer beads in my left hand and my wooden knife in my right hand, arms spread, palms up.
The whole thing kind of reminds me of Cernunnos' sitting posture, which wasn't on purpose, at least not on my part. It developed over the course of 2024.
So it was really nice to not do the omen last night, so I could get into this posture.
After the Omen and Hallowing of the Waters, someone led us in a guided meditation. This is what I saw.
I was in a forest, with a great Stag made of roots and plants standing on a ridge. We greeted each other without words.
Twigs and sticks from the ground floated up to my head and became my reindeer antlers.
I was sitting in my pose. Cernunnos was across from me sitting in His. Looking at me. We both closed our eyes and I shifted into my winged reindeer form. When I opened them, He was gone and I was on the edge of meadow.
Great stone Uruz arch was in front of me.
I walked through it, and immediately saw a reverse Raido on the ground. Fiery, peaceful glowing. I didn't stop for long to look at it.
I looked up and saw Isa as a shifting snake-vine. Then I saw a colossal Hermit Crab sitting on a mountain ridge. It suddenly flinched and went inside of its shell. A much larger shadow of an eagle swept over the ground, a distant cry far above us.
I continued walking.
Loki suddenly by my side. He shifted into a small bird with gold shimmers trailing behind and led me to a small pond. I sat down and observed the pond, as the person spoke about what we were seeing.
I laid down and the small bird shifted back into Loki.
I tried using my antler to scratch my rump, which made Loki laugh, showing me an Ibex with the right equipment for butt scratching, not the curling moon-like antlers of a Reindeer. I smiled at Him.
Mist appeared on the pond and a plump woman wearing a green renaissance dress with bright orange hair appeared and floated towards me. On Her knees, She warmly greeted me.
Brigid.
She draped a white or silvery-gray shawl over my antlers. Touched Her forehead to mine and said that the answers I sought when in the runes behind me.
When it was time to return, I playfully challenged Little Bird Loki to a race. Of course He won, but it was all good fun. I closed my eyes and shifted back to myself.
I opened them, sitting in front of Cernunnos.
The sticks and twigs that were my antlers fell back to the forest floor.
Stag and I nodded.
I returned to my physical space.
After the rite, I sat with Brigid and Athena and became Their conduit. They gave me Their message, which was extremely positive.
I hope any divinations you've done for this new year are fruitful, protective, and powerful.
Gentle New Year, yall.
Last night my grove had a New Year rite, where they honored Hestia, Janus, and Athena. Someone else did the omen, which was nice, because it allowed me to get into a posture that I've been using for a while. One of my astral forms, I'm floating or hovering, with a root anchoring me to the ground. So I sit with my right foot touching the ground and the left leg folded up to my body. Last year, whenever I meditated or tranced, I used that posture for grounding and journeying. It's about liminal spaces, one foot in, one foot out. Also anchoring between earth and sky.
The other part of my posture is to have my Spirit Stick resting upright between my legs, for the seidr part of my practice. To continue to form that bond between me and Alum.
The last part is holding prayer beads in my left hand and my wooden knife in my right hand, arms spread, palms up.
The whole thing kind of reminds me of Cernunnos' sitting posture, which wasn't on purpose, at least not on my part. It developed over the course of 2024.
So it was really nice to not do the omen last night, so I could get into this posture.
After the Omen and Hallowing of the Waters, someone led us in a guided meditation. This is what I saw.
I was in a forest, with a great Stag made of roots and plants standing on a ridge. We greeted each other without words.
Twigs and sticks from the ground floated up to my head and became my reindeer antlers.
I was sitting in my pose. Cernunnos was across from me sitting in His. Looking at me. We both closed our eyes and I shifted into my winged reindeer form. When I opened them, He was gone and I was on the edge of meadow.
Great stone Uruz arch was in front of me.
I walked through it, and immediately saw a reverse Raido on the ground. Fiery, peaceful glowing. I didn't stop for long to look at it.
I looked up and saw Isa as a shifting snake-vine. Then I saw a colossal Hermit Crab sitting on a mountain ridge. It suddenly flinched and went inside of its shell. A much larger shadow of an eagle swept over the ground, a distant cry far above us.
I continued walking.
Loki suddenly by my side. He shifted into a small bird with gold shimmers trailing behind and led me to a small pond. I sat down and observed the pond, as the person spoke about what we were seeing.
I laid down and the small bird shifted back into Loki.
I tried using my antler to scratch my rump, which made Loki laugh, showing me an Ibex with the right equipment for butt scratching, not the curling moon-like antlers of a Reindeer. I smiled at Him.
Mist appeared on the pond and a plump woman wearing a green renaissance dress with bright orange hair appeared and floated towards me. On Her knees, She warmly greeted me.
Brigid.
She draped a white or silvery-gray shawl over my antlers. Touched Her forehead to mine and said that the answers I sought when in the runes behind me.
When it was time to return, I playfully challenged Little Bird Loki to a race. Of course He won, but it was all good fun. I closed my eyes and shifted back to myself.
I opened them, sitting in front of Cernunnos.
The sticks and twigs that were my antlers fell back to the forest floor.
Stag and I nodded.
I returned to my physical space.
After the rite, I sat with Brigid and Athena and became Their conduit. They gave me Their message, which was extremely positive.
I hope any divinations you've done for this new year are fruitful, protective, and powerful.
- Dedicant and Hearth Keeper, Foxlyn
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