Time of the Water Dragon

It is 2012 and the Year of the Dragon.

The year of the Water Dragon. This is a year cycle from now until 9th February 2013. 

In Chinese tradition, the dragon symbolises positivity. However, in the West, the dragon is considered a force of badness and all that is destructive but many establishments use dragons as a powerful emblem.

Some believe that dragon myths are linked to ancient people discovering dinosaur bones. Some argue that dragons are invented and imagined beings. Others have reported "seeing" dragons during deep meditations, vision quests, drug-induced hallucinations, dreams and other mental trips. Many people do try to guess what the Dragon was, physically, and not what the dragon is. 

There are dragon energies, knowned as ley lines, the electromagnetic grid of geometric patterns. Some use this form of physics as a type of holistic medicine.

The Enhanced Dragon Force

There are different elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. These are combinations of elements that produce life and being. This is the time of the Water Dragon. What does it mean?
 
Nouishment, movement, flowing, cleansing, holding, carrying, drifting, and in reflection of that, exploration. These are strong moving currents that carry ones wishes. These dragons work and operate spiritually, although there is far more to it than I can put here. This would make a vast post simply discussing the Chinese dragon of element Water. 

Have dragons always been considered evil in the West?

Historically, dragons have a long tradition of being fearsome and dangerous. Stories of dragon slayers, heroes rescueing princesses from being sacrificed to dragons, dragons burning villages, fire breathing dragons, dragons guarding secret hoardes of treasure, only to be slain by warriors. Dragons related to sea serpents, horned beasts and monsters. Dragons resembling dinosaurs. Dinosaurs portrayed as vicious giant predators. All this psychologically plays on people's fear of dragons. Dragons are different in the East where they are considered a part of life, and fulfillers of dreams, carryers of health and wisdom, makers of magic, wonderful and respectful beings.

I view the dragon as this. A being that exists in a different level, but equally part of the Earth, and where it lives, the Laws of Physics influence where we are. Dragons hold treasure. Symbolically, the treasure is the vital essense of the planet, the soil, rocks, minerals and waters.

In Norse mythology, the world is embraced by a water dragon named Jormungandr. When the story of the god Thor (a powerful warrior god of thunder and lightening), fights with Jormungandr at the final battle "Ragnarok", the forces of nature are in collision. This is a message of chaos, a warning for the future generations. Thor, a symbol of the power of strong men, has come so far in might as to try and overthrow the forces of nature but Thor is also a protector of the folk on Midgard. This isn't to topple the balance of nature or end the dragons but to compete and by doing so we tamper with the environment.

In myths, the gods and goddesses in stories are both stories about people (represented by gods and goddesses because myth gets twisted over the ages), and of nature. The true gods and goddesses are a part of nature too. Unlike the Western view of light/dark, good/bad, there is just earth, wind, storm, ice, fire! As the Earth, Air, Fire and Water go through period of CALM and then unrest and BATTLES.

This Chinese celebration ought to be a good lesson to the West because many people in our countries/cultures have forgotten the meaning of the dragon force. Respect the Dragons.

The picture above is by Anne Stokes. Visit the artists' site here.

A crooked star crash lands

Hello.
This is a S.W. N. report.
The Russian space probe, Phobos-Grunt, has fallen today.
Phobos-Grunt was originally launched from Kazakhstan on 9th November 2011. It's mission was to journey towards Mars. The plan was to be an exploration of the Martian surface. However, the probe's technical system failed and it never made its way onto that vital orbit.
Instead, the probe became giddy and hurtled back to Earth.
On the morning of 15th January 2012 the probe landed somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
Now related to this subject,  my view is that with the space debris surrounding the planet, if there is so much of it as they tell us, then we could have our own planetary ring.
Mars missions have a history of failures. The Mars Climate Orbiter, Beagle 2, Nazomi, Mars Polar Lander, Mars 1, 2 , 3 and 4, Deep Space 2, Zond 2, Phobos 1, Mars Observer and Mars 6. With this there were very successful Mars missions too. One of those is the Mars Exploration Rover. These robots named Spirit and Opportunity were fixed with a camera, wheeled across the Martian landscape filming it. What was incredible about that was it's long life from 2004 to 2011.  
With the success stories are the failures.

Hidden Lore of Magic - Runes

There are in total 25 runes in the Elder Futhark set. The 25th rune is a later added rune, which is a blank rune. All runes are divided into three called "Aetts" or Houses. The first is the Freyr's Aett, or Freyr's House, contains the runic symbols: Fehu, Uruz, Thurisaz, Ansuz, Raido, Kanaz, Gebo and Wunjo. The second House is Heimdall's Aett and they consist of the runes Hagalaz, Nauthiz, Isa, Jera, Eihwaz, Perthro, Algiz and Siwulo,. The third House is Tyr's Aett. The runes in the third Aett are Tiwaz, Berkanaz, Ewaz, Mannaz, Laguz, Ingwaz, Dagaz, Othala and the Blank Rune.

Now some of these runes have a long tradition of being non-inverted and inverted or positive and negative. Some of the shapes of the runes would be regarded as inverted if upside-down. But also there are runes that are not reversable because they look the same the other way up. Okay now I have a different way of looking at them. I got this from meditation, dreams and spiritual reading. I'm not in any way trying to break tradition but to write about my interpretation of them.

I will share with you a little secret that I've discovered about the runes.

This is the main teaching of the runes generally. Now the runes Gebo, Hagalaz, Isa, Jera, Sowilo, Ingwaz and Dagaz  all cannot be reversed. However though I believe that yes they can be reversed. I will explain how...

First of all let's take a look at Gebo rune. Gebo (means "gift") is shaped like the letter X and therefore will look the same any way up. Yet, that X becomes a tilted T shape with a lopsided centre bar. The mirror image of that shape makes it look entirely different and opposing. Now the others turned at certain angles all appear to be different shapes. The Ingwaz rune resembles a diamond shape or an O with four angles. I've changed it's angle so that the shape alters into a box or a square. The shape of a square is a diamond the other way!

Here is an example of what I've done to actually turn these so-called non-reversable runes on their sides to make them reversed.

   
The reverse of these runes are shown in this graphic. I've also started to view the "inverted" meanings of the runes as being an alternative meaning, the same meaning but a reflection of its rune message. It's like to others, they regard the reversed meaning as negative and bad. I think it's more complex and less simple. It doesn't have to mean anything unfortunate either. It's like the night time meaning of a rune. I see it as Light and Dark, or Night and Day, as opposed to Nice and Nasty. The other runes which are reversable have the shapes that tilt them North and South, while the "non-reversable" runes are actaully inverted at East and West.

Runes are ancient symbols. Both alphabetic and used also for divination. Runes mean "mystery" or "secret".

Now rune shapes are found in nature, as well as signs and symbols and even in numerals and our own alphabets. My opinion about each rune of the Elder Futhark has a resemblance to the following modern and geographic symbols and icons, which is all my own take on it really:

Fehu "wealth" - A vase of two flowers in full bloom.
Uruz "aurochs" - Mountain
Thurisaz "protection" - Sword
Ansuz "messenger" - A ship's helm or wheel.
Raido "travel" - Boat with oars
Kanaz "torch" - Lantern
Gebo"gift" - Parcels or presents
Wunjo "joy" - Eclipse
Hagalaz "hail" - Barbed wire
Nauthiz "necessity" - window with beautiful view
Isa "ice" - Traffic light
Jera "harvest" - Acorns
Eihwaz "yew tree" - Umbrella
Perthro "dice cup" - Gambling
Algiz "elk" - Helmet
Siwulo "sun" - Disc sun
Tiwaz "motivation" - Sparkler
Berkanaz "birch" - Heart
Ewaz "horse" - Horse shoe
Mannaz "mankind" - Town
Laguz "water" - Fountain
Ingwaz "new" - Eggs
Dagaz "day" - Crystals
Othala "homeland" - shield

There are runic mimes, singing and chanting. These are done during cermonies and meditation.It's very ritualistic and magical. In the fairytale Jack and the Beanstalk, the giant says: "Fee fi fo fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he alive. Or be he dead. I'l grind his bones to make my bread." The FEE FI FO FUM is a type of Galdor (the ancient spelling is Galdr) and it's a spell chanting.

For further info about the Elder Futhark runes:
Ancient Scripts runes