and your runic astrology The Hidden Architecture of a Beautiful Book Most people think making a book in InDesign is about dragging boxes around until they line up and hoping the PDF gods smile on you. Anyone who’s built a book knows different. Book layout isn’t decoration, it’s architecture. Every decision, every style, every parent…

and your runic astrology. Most people think the hardest part of making a book is the writing. They imagine the struggle lives in the chapters, the plot knots, the late-night edits. But anyone who makes books knows the truth: once the manuscript is tamed, the real test is the cover. It’s got to sell. The…

and your runic astrology Hey awesome human The calendar will flip. The world will chant “new year, new me.” Most will stumble back into the same habits, the same cycles, the same quiet frustration. But you’re not most people. You don’t want vague cosmic “guidance.” You want something older. Sharper. Built for people who don’t…

and Your Runic Astrology. What a Rotten Maple Taught Me About Strength, Saws, and Stories Most days I’m hunched over a keyboard, carving worlds out of words. This week I swapped the keyboard for a chainsaw. It started with a phone call from my dad. “Got a maple leaning over the road. If it goes,…

and your runic astrology The Oath to Build A myth of Asgard’s wall, one cunning stallion, and the birth of Sleipnir The war was over, but the gods still tasted ash on their tongues. Asgard, bright realm of the Aesir, had seen too many blades drawn and pacts broken. Peace with the Vanir had come…

and your runic astrology. THE FEET THAT DECEIVED A GODDESS They brought her to Asgard wrapped in her father’s blood. Skadi, daughter of Thjazi (pronounced “Tyah-zee”), frost-born huntress of the high crags, stood before gods not as a guest but a reckoning. Her voice carried the bite of glacier wind: “You took my father. I…

and your Runic Astrology. This week has been all about red ink and hard choices. The red ink part first. I’ve been deep in the trenches of edits and rewrites. There’s nothing glamorous about it, just me, the manuscript, and the voice in my head that refuses to let anything slip past half-done. Technically that…

because I forgot to attach it. Hi Awesome one Apologies for the oversight in my last email I meant to include this ritual with it. Please find the Full Moon Ritual on this link . I hope it serves you well for this lunar cycle. Big love, Rich

and your runic astrology This week I found myself deep in two very different worlds. One was the shadow-bound forests of Runebound , the Viking saga that has been occupying my desk, my mind, and the walls of my study. The other was my own house, where time and tide had finally caught up with…

and your runic astrology Fiction Forged in Iron Most of you know me for my work with runes, the Star Paths, and the old northern lore. That’s been my craft for years: mapping the heavens, digging into myth, and hammering out meaning with practical steel. But I want to share something else with you today.…

And your runic astrology. The Turning of the Year The sky does not open with gentleness this week. It brings us to a reckoning. The Solar Eclipse in Raido/Kenaz (Virgo) falls like a blade. Eclipses have never been times of comfort; they are ordeals written in the heavens. They strip us of illusions, carve away…

and your runic astrology Odin’s Hanging on the World Tree The wind was a blade that night, cutting across the roots of Yggdrasil. No feast fire burned, no horn was raised, for Odin had made an oath none could follow. He would hang himself upon the World Tree, spear in his side, to wrest secrets…