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How to Create a Cosmic Energy Rune Set, by Karen Glasgow

(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

All energies form an interconnecting matrix that embodies the entirety of the universal One. The cyclic movement of stars, planets, suns, and moons create a cascading interplay of cause and effect potential that has been observed and analyzed since the most ancient of our ancestors looked to the sky.

From those early observations of the naked eye to the modern technology that continually demonstrates the infinite and ever mutable character of our universe, we continue to honor this matrix of Oneness through astrological guidance, magical and devotional rite and divination.

The tools that we create for these actions often function as points of focus and intent as we draw in or invoke energy, as oracles that speak to our universal minds, and as bridges that connect the thoughtforms of intent in the higher planes with the desired manifestations in our earthly planes.

The tools that can be made in this pattern are runes of the cosmic energies. While these crocheted runes bear twelve of the most observed and documented energies, you are not limited to the confines of these chosen symbols or to the listed messages that I've associated with each of the energies. As you work with each symbol, you blend your conscious (studied) and subconscious (inherent) attributes with the traits of each rune. This blending creates (depending on your intention) a living magical essence that is attuned to you and your intent and/or a divinatory oracle that speaks the language of your unique heart and soul.

To make these runes, you will need:

• A size 7 steel crochet hook
• Size 10 crochet thread in the main color and in a complimentary color
• Large eye needle
• Cotton balls
• Optional fabric glue (to further secure the thread ends)

You can refine the materials list to include choices in thread colors and in herbs, oils, and gemstones (that you can mix with or include with the cotton ball batting) to enhance your desired purposes or the traits of the particular cosmic energies.

If you choose, you can review the crochet pattern, so during the construction of each rune, you can direct your focus more to your intent instead of being concerned about the next step of the pattern. The stitches that you will need to be familiar with are: chain (ch), single crochet (sc), single crochet increase (sc inc), single crochet decrease (sc dec) , slip stitch (slp st) and half double crochet (hdc). As you begin each rune, focus the energy with these or similar words: "By hook and by thread I focus—state intent—into thee, Enriched by my desires, embedded by my stitches, so mote it be."

The following pattern makes the approximately 1¼ inch oval shape body for each rune. Make 2 bodies for each rune that you want to create.

Row 1: Begin the pattern with a ch 6. Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. (5 sc) Ch 1, turn.

Row 2: Sc inc in first sc, work 1 sc in each of next 3 sc, Sc inc in last sc. ( 7 sc) Ch 1, turn.

Row 3: Sc inc in first sc, work 1 sc in each of next 5 sc, Sc inc in last sc. (9 sc) Ch 1, turn.

Row 4: Sc inc in first sc, work 1 sc in each of next 7 sc, Sc inc in last sc (11 sc) Ch 1, turn

Rows 5 - 10: Sc in each sc across (11 sc) Ch 1, turn

Row 11: Sc dec (through first 2 sc) Sc in each of next 7 sc, Sc dec (through last 2 sc) (9 sc) Ch 1, turn.

Row 12: Sc dec (through first 2 sc) Sc in each of next 5 sc, Sc dec (through last 2 sc) (7 sc) Ch 1, turn.

Row 13: Sc dec (through first 2 sc) Sc in each of next 3 sc, Sc dec (through last 2 sc) (5 sc) cut and fasten off thread.

With the thread of the complimentary color, and utilizing the graph, stitch the symbols on one side of each of the rune bodies. While I have included some very basic cosmic messages with this pattern, allow your conscious knowledge and subconscious intuition to guide you to more profound meanings as you focus on the energy of each rune.

To complete the runes, hold the two body pieces together with right sides facing out. With complimentary color, join thread to top right corner. Ch 1 and sc in same corner stitch. Work sc in each sc to the corner and work one sc in the corner. ( Since we want the corners to be rounded, no extra stitches are worked into the corners) Work 11 sc down the side, and 1 sc in the corner. Work 3 sc across the bottom and 1 sc in the corner. Stuff the rune before stitching the last side. Work 11 sc up the last side to corner and slp st into beginning sc.

Skip the st to the left of the corner and work 5 hdc in the next (center) sc. Skip next sc, slp st in corner. Slp st along side to corner. Slp st in corner sc, skip next sc, work 5 hdc in next (center) sc, skip next sc, slp st into corner. Slp st down last side to corner and join to top of beginning slp st with slp st. Cut and fasten thread. Weave in all ends.

Cosmic Messages
Mercury:

• Governs the intellect and logical reasoning and communication
• Processes data posed to the senses
• Oversees the labeling and filing of data in a "make sense" logical order
• Governs study and conversion of knowledge to wisdom
• Acts as the gateway to expand the abstraction of wisdom by expanding the abstraction of the labels.

When unbalanced, the energies of Mercury can lock you into concrete and confining thought and reality construction—the information, communication or knowledge may be intentionally deceptive in the forms of untruths or may be unintentionally misrepresented by your misinterpretation of the facts.

Venus:

• Governs harmony and love of self, of others, and the ability to appreciate and allow harmony and love into your life
• The balanced energies of Venus balances desires and values produces a serene self acceptance and contentment with the reality of your life.

An imbalance of Venus energies can bring a narcissistic, materialistic, and overly possessive tendencies—the feeling that "what you have isn't good enough"—and loss of meaningful relationships and friendships.

Earth:

• Is our realm of manifestation and bears these energies of your ability to survive and thrive as you manifest on your planet
• Growth and nourishment of yourself and others
• "Being comfortable in your body"
• Respect for your body vessels and your right to be here.

Unbalanced flow can produce an overly materialistic attitude or the opposite of being so "stuck in your head" that you can't manifest in the physical realm, a constant struggle for even the basic needs of life.

Mars:

• Has the focusing energy that turns thought into action and promotes the courage, ambition, and physical vigor to get the job done
• The ability to assertively express needs and desires
• protection.

Unbalanced energies turn assertion into aggression; the inability to muster action from thought turns to resentment and "sour grapes" attitudes, which promote a cycle of victimization and physical inflammation and infection.

Jupiter:

• heralds the opening of opportunity and your ability to recognize opportunity
• Love, joy, trust, and confidence
• Freedom
• money and generosity
• ability to connect with"something bigger than yourself"
• expansion.

The imbalance of Jupiter brings an unrealistic over confidence and tendency to follow an "untoward" path of laziness, scattered energy, self absorption, and unmet financial needs.

Saturn:

• Creates form (physical and societal form and structure, including government and big business)
• Grants the precision, discipline, and intensity needed to meet a goal
• Grants access to wisdom during or as a result of intense situations

Unbalanced Saturn energies bring about resentment, bitterness, and depression, and situations where you are lacking discipline and focus, easily frustrated, and not learning life’s lessons.

Uranus:

• Releases the structured and confining expectations that are placed upon us by others or by societal structure
• Helps us discover who we are and what we want
• Aids in recognizing our "oneness" with the universe and the insight of the universal consciousness
• Innovation and "out of the box" problem solving

Energy imbalances of Uranus can cause the feeling of being trapped, tense, and nervous, and we may be more accident prone as our concentration may be scattered.

Neptune:

• Associated with the dream or trance state
• Meditation
• Dissolving the boundaries and limitations of the physical world and of overly concrete thinking
• Contact with writer, artist, or musician energy.

An imbalance of Neptune's energies bring self deception and delusion and their associated poor choices: addictive or self abusive habits and the deceptive rationalization of those habits.

Pluto

• Is the energy of dissolution
• The death of the old to create the new
• Regeneration
• The shadow work that resolves the unseen issues
• Working with the underworld.

Unbalanced Pluto energy can cause paranoia, stagnation, and a refusal to clearly see "yourself" and any unwarranted fears.

Lunar energy:

• The healing, peaceful, feminine energy of growth and fruition
• Love
• Psychic awakening and perception

Unbalanced moon energy equates to self deception and delusion of "remaining in the dark" (particularly of a psychic nature), as well as extreme passivity and victimization

Solar energy:

• Success, work, power, and health
• Continuation and fortitude

The imbalance of solar energy leads to workaholic behavior, aggression, and stubborn attitudes and actions.

The blank rune:

• One of the Universal Divine
• Represents your connection with your Divine Self and the Universe
• Seek answers through meditation and prayer; connection with the higher realms

The unbalanced energies of the universal divine occurs when you give up your right of free will and "blame your actions on the forces of the universe." Not heeding the universal guidance.

If there is one thing that our recognized"Oneness" with the universe teaches us, it is that nothing is ever "completely complete." We are a progression of discoveries on both the inner and the outer planes. The use of the cosmic runes can help in the focus of these discoveries. Discoveries that can lead us on a path of insight and awareness.

Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2006. All rights reserved.

I hope you can help me. I feel like my waking life has become something of a dream. I'm mentally of out of it a lot of the time. I can't remember details the way I used to; I'm in a peaceful, dreamy state most of the time; and the strangest things keep happening to me. For example, I will see a stranger somewhere and think that I am having a telepathic conversation with them, and then I'll think it's all in my head, but then they will approach me and say something to me that confirms that what was happening mentally was REAL. This is totally tripping me out. I feel like I'm living in the Twilight Zone. "Coincidences" happen constantly. I think about someone or something and they just show up. My psychic abilities are on fire. What is happening? Blessings to you both!

Bethany

Dreamchaser:

Basically, you answered your own question when you stated that your "psychic abilities are on fire." That is exactly what is happening. You have reached a new level of enlightenment, and you are now seeing things that you did not see before. You "just know" things, and you are walking in an almost constant state of awareness. Welcome to MY world, by the way.

Coincidences will seem to happen CONSTANTLY if you know what is going to happen next. Even if you do not consciously know that you know, you still know. So when it happens, you are caught by that "Wow, I knew that was going to happen!" feeling.

New levels of enlightenment can be reached in various ways. The most common involve meditation and just plain old right living. Meditation really puts us in alignment with the Source of All Knowledge. When we practice meditation regularly, we really do ground and center. However, if you are like me and have to learn by doing, then the School of Life is probably for you.

Of course, you may not know that you have chosen the hard way, so to speak, but you did. If it is in your life, you chose it. I would highly recommend that you get some guided meditation CDs and use them. Let them teach you how to relax, center, and renew your soul through meditation. There are some REALLY great ones out there. Personally, I LOVE Kelly Howell; she takes my soul to wonderful places with her meditations.

Because you are so detached from the Earth these days, in addition to meditation, you need to find a way to get grounded.

Meditation is vital to your soul right now. It would also prevent you from having to take the whole "learn by doing" route. You could meditate, get guidance about what is next for you, and just do that. Doesn't that sound easy?

I believe that living as you are living now is actually humankind's natural state. Over the eons we have picked up fears and worries and concerns, and passed them down from generation to generation. Of all the Earth's creatures, we are probably the most fear-full. Animals do not have much fear. They use common sense and caution, but are very instinctual. Living by our guts is living instinctually. What you're experiencing is a natural state for all living things.

I recommend that you accept that this is your new norm. Realize that you are going to hit new levels of enlightenment if you are on the path. As long as you are learning, you are going to evolve and grow.

Sometimes when you hit a new level, your physical body will struggle to handle these new vibrations. It feels very strange and foreign. Also, your guides may be quiet for a while when you move into new levels so you can get accustomed to the energy there.

I wish you easy transitions.

*****

Astrea:

Most people who have any psychic awareness experience what you are experiencing every day. When we think about someone, they usually show up around that time. When the phone rings, we know who is on the other end of the line. When we sit down to answer email, we find the message we've been expecting from someone far away.

These are very common psychic occurrences; they happen to EVERYONE. Some people pay attention to them and some never consciously realize they're happening, but we are ALL somewhat psychic.

Over the past ten years, new awareness of our minds' potential has put most of us in touch with at least some aspect of our psychic abilities. The people who use their abilities to make a living, help others, or guide departed spirits toward the Light can for the most part CONTROL these experiences.

It usually doesn't just "come over" us suddenly, and we don't feel like we're in a waking fog. We have to stay as grounded as possible to accurately interpret our psychic impressions. While that can be a challenge, it can be done.

What is happening to you is different. You are experiencing disassociation because something that is going on in your everyday life has made you so unhappy that you are trying to escape from reality. This is why you feel the way you do.

It isn't your higher self, it's your everyday self causing this to happen. Imagining that you talk to people telepathically and that you're not in the real world is not good for you. There are some deep-seated issues you need to resolve before you can put your psychic abilities to good use. Sooner or later, you'll have to work through the problems you've been trying to escape.

I know you think that people confirm your "telepathic conversations," but that's simply NOT the case. They may say something that makes you think this is happening, but you can make anything into what you hope it is if you try hard enough. Fortune tellers have formulas for doing just that that are almost foolproof. People will also ask readers just the right questions to confirm what they want to hear.

I know you are sincere, but you're misguided. In order to use your spiritual gifts to help yourself and others, you must get back in touch with reality as soon as you can.

If your psychic abilities actually WERE on fire, you probably wouldn't be disassociating from the real world. Instead, you would be HYPER conscious of what is going on around you, not feeling "out of it" or like you're in "The Twilight Zone."

Also, there may be some kind of chemical or hormonal imbalance at work here, so seek help from a qualified physician. In order to use your REAL psychic abilities, you need to come back down to Earth as soon as possible!

Astrea:

Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.

Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!

While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!

I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!

As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.

I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.

You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!

Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.

A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.

You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.