This week's External Influence is Leopard! This week will be the time for you to really feel your own personal power. Show your passions proudly by diving into the plethora of skills you possess. This will aid you in realizing your own potential. The Leopard is known for being a spirit guide that will aid you in finding and improving your skills and interests. You can be passionate in this without being flamboyant. Instead, work towards improving your skills with silent persistence. Know that if you are facing a confrontation that you do not need to force it, but, rather, wait patiently until the time when you will know is right. There may be an alternative way to resolve your problem from a different angle than you were anticipating. Tap into Leopard to see from a different perspective. Allow yourself time to work hard and time to relax. In this way, you can really put yourself into your skills and problems without becoming overwhelmed or tired out.

This week's Rune is Raidho! It is symbolized as being a solar chariot carrying the sun across the sky. This connects with it's representation of being the Rune of travel, flow, movement, and progression. By drawing from the powers of Raidho, we can find solace in cycles and rhythms. Just like with the movement of the wheel, life turns in patterns and flows that we can tap into such as the passing of days or the path of the sun. It connects the eight major festivals of the year and gains a symbolism for ritual or ceremonial magic by aiding in the flow of energy from one place to another. While progression can be measured by the phases of the moon as well, Raidho connects specifically with patterns of the flow associated with solar powers rather than lunar ones. Drawing from the origin of it's name, this Rune deal with counsel and advice. Urging chivalrous actions. Raidho will aid you in moving energy to a specific place or in completing journeys. Use this Rune when you need to connect with the flow of life or to expand your thought process. Allow yourself to dance and move as a way to engage in the passing of one moment to the next. Work hard so that you will come to best possible outcome of your journey with the understanding that the outcome is not an end, but a beginning to a new transformation. Keep in mind that each cycle exists within a larger cycle and that by keeper a larger picture in your mind, you will decrease any chance of circling without direction. Enjoy the process of movement physically, mentally, and spiritually.

In this week's Internal Influences, we see the spirit guide Rabbit. When this guide appears, know that now is a time of abundance and the fruition of your goals and hard work. Don't let up, but keep working hard so that your goals come to a full completion. Pay attention to the creative interests that appear now in your life and feel free to engage in the expressive and creative part of your personality. During this week, these activities may aid in a growth spurt within yourself. Be sure, however, that among this hard work you allow yourself a time of quiet contemplation and relaxation. Use this moment of serenity and calm as fuel to power the next burst of ability and skill. Be flexible and intelligent in your actions with a series of back up plans to aid just in case what you had planned changes. For some, the rabbit spirit guide could be appearing as a sign of life. Whether this is a new birth or an advancement of your own inner growth. Allow yourself to explore the new sides of yourself that may be coming to you now in these new opportunities and interactions.