This week's External Influence is the Reversed Wild Dog Spirit Guide. When this guide normally appears, it indicates a time to protect oneself or your close community. That there may be some form of concealed communication or issue to resolve. When the Wild Dog comes to us as a Reserved sign, this is the time to see yourself as stepping out from under a person, idea, or influence that has been holding you back or changing your responses. This week will allow you to stand tall and take courage from the positives that you possess. You are protected now. The Wild Dog guide will stand as a guiding force towards strengthening your bonds with community and reinforcing your goals. Normally, the Wild Dog signifies that you may be giving too much away and are being taken advantage of. However, this week will be a time to evaluate if you have been keeping too much to yourself. Have you been over hoarding resources or keeping yourself from fulling extending yourself creativity or for your community? Don't be afraid to push yourself to give aid or to make that next step in a major goal. Find where you have been slacking and make that extra effort to make it happen! This week allows you to step out from the shadow of the past or to break past blockages in relationships or goals.

This week's Rune is Mannaz. This symbol represents the bridge between the mortal world and that of the divine. This symbolism extends to the divinity that exists within each person. It represents the inherent intelligence, reasoning skills, memory, and tradition that make up people as individual and as a community. This week, there is a rich, depth-filled connection emanating within and around us all in stronger waves. Use this connection within yourself to find the divine and connect with the intelligence that fills our world. Feel the divine within yourself and understand that you can tap into greater sources of memory and knowledge than you may have thought before. This week will be a great opportunity to use this connection to understand the aspects of your personality as well as aiding in understanding social order around you. Consider taking this week to learn about incarnation. Think of how you can interact within your social order in order to create a better foundation for yourself within your environment. Be wary for this Rune can also indicate someone attempting to undermine you. But hold fast and strong with determination to learn. Explore the depths of research and intelligence within you and around you.

This week's Internal Influence is the Spirit Guide Wasp. This helpful creature aids in reducing populations of more dangerous insects while pollinating plants at the same time. These industrious guides teach us that now is the time to take our responsibilities seriously. Work hard to complete your goals with determination and enthusiasm. When this guide appears, we are reminded to have discipline within ourselves in order to achieve what we may not have been able to reach lately. Push just a bit harder. However, Wasp also reminds us to take time to do something adventurous and unusual to shake up our routine and re-energize ourselves. In this way, we can fuel our ability to bring dreams into reality. The Wasp reminds us to have perseverance in order to bring about the change and action we need. Don't let resistance make you hesitate, but use that in order to become more flexible. Look within yourself and connect with your compassion. The Wasp teaches us to use our greatest form of compassion in order to learn the hard lessons of humility, ego, and the balance of transformation and healing. This week, let the powerful Wasp guide show you how to dig deep and connect to both strength and empathy. Now is the time to connect with the element of Earth in order to organize your emotions and actions into a productive and disciplined order. Do not let your ego take over. Recognize the lessons you need to learn and adjust in order to become closer to a transformed you. It may be hard to have discipline, but you can do it. Shake up the hard work with those moments of fun and adventure this week to fuel your inner healing and transformation.