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Eclipses, and WOLVES! MWHAHAHAHA!

And your runic astrology. The Wolves Who Chase the Light They were born of Fenrir’s brood, shadow-sons of the wolf who will one day swallow Odin himself. Sköll and Hati, vast as storm and merciless as winter, were not made for gentleness. They were shaped by hunger, not for flesh, but for the lights of…

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Weddings of the gods.

and your runic astrology Frey and Gerda: A Love Story Gerda was born among giants, a quiet girl who learned early not to be underestimated. She kept her questions to herself, but they filled her like a locked chest. When she first travelled with her family to Vanaheim, she saw fields of gold and the…

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Gulveig, as i was asked.

And your runic astrology. I was asked about wounds, and the runes call this week, so here is the story I shared: Gullveig’s Trial She remembered the first war in the world, when spears bit her flesh and flames consumed her. They burned her body three times, and three times she rose again, scarred but…

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Its Loose!

and your runic astrology. Hello, you awesome human you. The Runic Oracle is here, and with it an invitation to go beneath the surface. Where a single pull offers a moment of guidance, a Runic Star Path reading lays out the pattern that has been with you since your first breath. In the old telling,…

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Runic Oracle Launches this week!

and your runic astrology. The Runic Oracle Arrives On 14 August , The Runic Oracle steps into the world. Created by Richard Lister, this is a crafted deck for reading the runes with precision. Each card carries clear symbolism rooted in Norse tradition, drawn for accuracy and clarity. This is not a decorative set. It…

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More Cards

and your Runic Astrology This week, Sunna meets Angrboda in the runes of Thurizaz and Ansuz, where truth breaks the surface and silence stops being safe. These runes don't ask you to be polite. They ask you to be real . The Runic Oracle was crafted for moments exactly like this: When you're done shrinking.…

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Lammas

and your runic astrology The Rite of Freyr at Barley Hill Before borders. Before the counting of days. When gods weren’t prayed to, they were felt in the sway of grass, the warmth of soil, and the breath between people and land, there stood a hill. They called it Solbakke. Sun Hill. Once a year,…

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Mead of Poetry and Writing a book

and your runic astrology. Hi awesome human. As I write the final chapter on the first Runebound book, I keep thinkning to the story of Odin and the Mead of Poetry. I thought writing was just discipline, you know, sit down each day, write that word count, revise until that chapter runs smoothly. And then…

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Into the Void (and Beyond!): New Books, Designs, and More

plus your runic astrology. Hi awesome human. This week I’ve been busy hurtling through the creative void, and I need your help to make it a little less lonely out here! Void 84 : my gritty, eerie, darkly humorous sci-fi/horror novella is now available on Kindle for just 99p. Yes, you read that right: a…

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Murderbot and Runes

and your runic astrology. Sci-Fi Series Review : The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Tor.com Publishing, 2017–ongoing “I was a complete failure as a heartless killing machine.” That line sets the tone for one of the most original science fiction series I’ve enjoyed in years. I also finished it in a week. The Murderbot Diaries…

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Ac and Birth Runes

Plus your runic astrology It’s the first week of June, and I’m in northern France i’m already wilting. At 33°C with sticky humidity clinging to every surface, I pull into a gravel layby outside a boulangerie. Craving iced tea, or water and air-con. Instead, my car decides its now time to start blowing hot air…

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