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Re: Times before
Date: 2025-01-07 06:11 am (UTC)Runes
Asking: "What does Vitranc most need to understand about navigating the path ahead in light of the earlier reading?"
Draw: Isa (Murky)
Hmm, this one has been coming up a lot this go-round. Isa means "Ice," and so stands for the force which holds things still or brings them together - stasis vs dynamism, order vs chaos, fixedness vs fluidness, whether for good or ill. On the other hand, as the Runestave for the "I" sound, it also stands for the Ego (again, for good or ill), and the fact that it came up murky suggests something "not right" about these things - whether turning too far into yourself or not emphasizing your own identity and independence enough, or whether things being too "frozen" or else a lack of stabilizing influence. Coming up for this draw, that implies that what you need to navigate this is a healthy sense of yourself and/or stability - enough, but not too much, in either case. Given what you said about earlier encounters with overmuch self-sacrifice and burnout, my best guess would be that your challenge will be asserting boundaries/your own interests without becoming overly cut off or rigid.
Hope this helps, and again, any feedback or thoughts are much appreciated!
Jeff