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 Thurisaz. Depicted as a thorn, this rune is a symbol of protection, defense, destruction, and regeneration. It can be seen as either an active defense or used as an attack against enemies. It is depicted as a thorn from a plant, yet is connected with the element of fire and a symbol of the lightning and thunder attributed to Thor's hammer, Mjollnir. Use Thurisaz when you wish to protect yourself against those wishing you harm or ill will, but know that this symbol will also aid you in awakening your will and overcoming obstacles found in uncomfortable situations. Thurisaz will aid you this week in giving you a push of additional strength. This week, work on tapping into your sight to become aware of energies and when to think before acting. This rune also warns us to consider the dark within ones self and how to deal with it positively in order to avoid it gaining strength over us. Do not let your negative fester within. Thurisaz will aid you in breaking down barriers in order to make way for a new beginning.

The Internal Card is the Owl. This card continues the message of manifesting your wishes. A great urge to find your place and harmony is within you and you have the power to achieve it. Owl reminds us we have knowledge within and that we have the ability to research and learn even more. Keep enthusiasm in your heart as you work towards your goals. This will require calling on more respect from others towards yourself. Communicate clearly and remember to watch carefully for body language or other signs of communication from those around you. Owl reminds us to see clearly past the illusions that may be spun around us. See the strength within you that can enable you to reach for the resources outside of you. Be courageous and persistent as you grow towards manifesting goals. Heal within and be confident. You can rise above, undaunted by the trials that may have held you back in your past if you realize the strength, magic, and wisdom within you.