This week's External Influence is the Spirit Guide Dingo! When this guide appears, it can often be a reminder to spend some time relaxing in connection with nature. Use this quiet moment of grounding and contemplation to examine what you have learned from the mistakes in your past and how to use these judgments of your behavior to adjust yourself for the future. Apply what you have learned to your future actions. This will enable you to be critical of your own mistakes and downfalls with a compassionate air in order to build yourself into a more appropriate you. Take time not only to study your own self, but to look to your relationships with others. Study how to react in situations and how others are reacting to or treating you. You may feel misunderstood or taken for granted at times, but know that connecting with the Dingo Spirit Guide will show you the way to remind yourself of your own personal importance. Do your best to challenge yourself in your individual work as well as in your position in a group or work environment. Do your best to fulfill your role and show your skills. Adjust accordingly in a flexible manner full of empathy and justice for others and yourself. Risks may be necessary to take in order to achieve this growth.

This week's Rune is Isa. This rune represents the vertical lines of primal energies running within the energy of existence. It is seen as a vertical line, icicle, or ice stream. Often, Isa represents slow expansion, delay, or constraint. It is a rune that often stops all activity seen in the way water loses energy as it slows and freezes to ice. Although ice may move slow, when it does it moves with massive force such as the motion of a glacier. In a chaotic and fast-pace environment, Isa can add a moment of structure and foundation to draw strength from. However, if change is needed, be wary of letting stasis hold you back from your opportunities. Isa aids us in understanding potential dangers as well as the polarities of energy and their abilities. When moving slower, we can see patterns around us and focus on concentration and our intentions. As this week's time seems to slip away, know that you have a center of slow moving, thoughtful energy to help in balancing you. Draw from Isa in order to help yourself process the information flying by this week. Analyze and consider what is around you with a thoughtful mind so that you do not become overwhelmed and stalled into a stillness that will not be beneficial to you. Isa works with the ego, the inner self, and connects us with the place within where the past and future come together and create the present. Do not lose yourself in the rush of time, but do not fall to the negative aspects of stagnation that Isa can warn about. Think carefully and thoughtfully before taking decisive actions.

In the Internal Influence, we see the Sun Bear. This animal often shows us a duality of sides. Upbeat, positive, and outgoing, those that feel this spirit guide can also often be serious, determined, and overly hard-working. It is time for you to work on a balance of your inner self. Something is out of sync and healing must happen to aid in becoming balanced once more. Don't be afraid to let yourself get lost in your thoughts and work. Explore your interests in solitude and allow your thoughts to go deep within. It is important for you to get this recharge of your inner self for the times when you are being outgoing and working with others. Keep a set of differently sized goals to work towards so you do not feel like you are floating without a purpose. You may be called on to take a leadership role and it will be important to take those moments in solitude to recharge so that your hard work does not over tax you. Show your gifts and love by working to positively influence the world around you through teaching others as well as through your own personal work.