Yesterday afternoon I took time to create myself a bindrune for a specific kind of protection for a situation I knew I would find myself in later that day.
I knew I wanted to invoke Heimdallr’s protection. Heimdallr protects Bifröst, the rainbow bridge that spans between Midgard (earth) and Asgard. For this I used the rune Algiz.
What I wanted to protect was my self-confidence, my self-esteem, my self-consciousness, my inner sunlight or fire. Part of the people I was about to meet undermined all that in the past, leaving me feeling empty and worthless. I recoverd from that sure enough but I didn’t want to step into that same trap again.
And so I chose Sowulo as my second rune to represent these aspects of my Self.
As I third rune I chose Isa. At first I was hestitant to use Isa, not in the least because it can be interpreted as the counterpart of Sowulo (next to Kenaz) but also it’s unmovable force.
On the other side, Isa also represents self-preservation, self-image, survivability and can be used to preventively freeze a person’s actions.
By creating this bindrune, also other runes emerged:
Uruz, lending me courage and endurance,
Raido, strengthening my inner compass, letting me take charge of the situation,
and Ehwaz, for making the best out of the situation, working very well together with Raido.
Before I left home I projected this bindrune into the world, visualizing how it would accompany me.
Did it work? I’d like to think so. I felt strong and centered among the people I actually would’ve avoided otherwise. My inner fire wasn’t extiguished in the slightest and I faced the situation with courage and confidence.
