Here in the United States, we’ve just passed Thanksgiving. For most folks I know, that holiday is really just the starting gun for the big race, a race that lasts at least until December 25th and sometimes runs all the way into the first week of January.

Here in the United States, folks are getting on planes, trains, and busses and making their way over mountains and through woods. It’s a big travel day, not the biggest, but big enough - especially in this, the year after the holiday we spent sheltering at home (According to TSA over 2 million people were on airplanes yesterday up from 900,000 last year).

I don’t mean to sound like an alarmist, but today’s rune says “Hard Stop.” The kind of stop that almost throws you over your horse’s head when it skids to a halt to keep you both from going over a cliff.

This morning, while drinking my cuppa joe, I was perusing Instagram. I came across a post from Lisa Congdon, an artist that I admire and follow. She was promoting a card deck that she illustrated in collaboration with Andreea Niculescu. The deck is called The Live Your Values Deck, and it looks like a beauty! My heart/mind connection zinged with happiness. One of the #1 themes that I talk about with both my coaching and my professional counseling clients is value-based living. It’s a great passion of mine.

Othala is the rune of heritage and inheritance. It is the rune of traditions and physical wealth and material goods.

"Look at your Dreams, my Dear. Look especially at those dreams that you have in the early hours just before waking.”