This week's External Influence is the Reversed Spirit Guide Sea Horse. When this guide normally appears, it is a push to give yourself to your environment and community through volunteer work or some form of aid to others. That a form of pilgrimage is about to occur for you. However, when we see this guide as a Reversed sign, it is a symbol that this week will require you to stand strong and firm to your morals. It is important for you to remember your roots and what makes you special in order to give that light as aid to others around you. The Seahorse normally reminds us to take strength from our delicacy. However, this week will push you to remember the gentle nature found in a solid strength. Take care not to go overboard, however. Take the time to assess your situation and what action is required. It is important to take a firm stance, but be careful not to hurt those around you in the process. Find a balance that includes finding your own strength while holding empathy and compassion for others. The Reversed Seahorse Guide aids us in learning how to find out what makes you strong so that you can better understand how to aid others in finding their own strength.

This week's Rune is Wunjo. This rune is depicted as being a banner or weather vane. These symbolize the rune's meaning of kinship and interaction between individuals from the same source or place. Wunjo is the rune of joy, hope, pleasure, and fellowship. The weather vane moves in concert with the air around it, signifying the harmonious relationship of an object with it's environment and those around it. This week we will see an increase in joy and harmony. Allow yourself to connect with the boundless joy of interacting with those around you as well as the spirits within all around us. It reminds us of the bliss found in seeing the happiness around us all. By holding honor and integrity, we can find a freedom in our own strength. In this way, we can build a strong foundation with those around us. Wunjo aids us in that building of social and familial bonds as well as increasing our levels of happiness and inspiration for a specific goal. This week, Wunjo will show you that you have the strength and ability to reach the goals you have been aching for. That you can find the happiness and joy that you feel has been just out of your reach. This rune symbolizes Oneness. Find peace within and around yourself and thus reaching a joy and peace.

This week's Internal Influence is the Praying Mantis Spirit Guide. While this week's rush may push you to work hard, know that within you can find the peace you need to work through each days routine. Consider taking time this week to begin, or restart, meditation or prayer practices. Use these small moments to guide yourself and prepare yourself for the outside world. Even if you are required to rush and move, to complete things, find the stillness and silence within yourself that you may draw strength from. Connect with your intuition so that you know when to move or when to pull back. This time of inner reflection will aid you in learning how to redirect your energy towards the positive aspects of your life that are moving forward rather than stagnating or feeling pulled back by the negative. By learning how to quiet our outer mind, we learn how to delve into our inner mind for greater growth, strength, and serenity. If you find that meditations sitting still are not to your liking, try various techniques that feel more comfortable to you. Such as finding a mental stillness in the trances of running, using music to focus, or engaging in a physical mediation such as Tai Chi, Chi Gong, or Kung Fu. Practice quiet, focused thought in a way that aids you best. This could also include spending more time out in nature connecting with the breath of the earth around you.