Sowilo is the rune of victory, and it was the best week in the Runes Circle so far. Sowilo week brought great gains and lots of gifts. If you need sun to lighten your life, use Sowilo rune, but don’t forget about its other side…
Sowilo is the sun rune, and it’s root Sol means Sun. So when you need energy, Sowilo can help. It gives you power and charges you with powerful solar energy. Sowilo can lighten your life and bring victories and gains. For me, Sowilo week was really wonderful and it was a chain of events. Firstly it brought material gains. I would not say it came from nowhere – runes usually don’t work this way. But the situation stagnated before Sowilo and I’ve practically accepted it won’t solve quickly ( plus the time was not the best). But Sowilo changed that and really quickly. Then I got a call about a present I’ve long wanted but could not find anywhere – it just got available and now I’ve had money for it. Sowilo week also brought a number of smaller good things, and it felt really sunny and great. Well, except one thing in the week’s end.
And here we come to the second important Sowilo meaning – it’s a lightning. The form of Sowilo rune actually resembles lightning itself. This meaning can be connected to the Sun, since lightning is still the energy, but in a more dangerous and aggressive form. We can say same about Sowilo victory meaning – it’s always victory but often a military kind of victory – great but dangerous and far from peaceful one.
Think of lightning as the most powerful energy, bright but deadly. The main thing is where will it strike. Same with Sowilo – it’s is always powerful but you need to know how to use it right. Sowilo power can bring you great benefits, but it can be dangerous, as lightning. And it is you who need to direct that lightning to crush the enemies or destroy the obstacles and not burn the system itself.
Sowilo brought a reminder of the real danger I was starting to forget, and it was far from pleasant. I want to emphasize that the danger was not created by Sowilo and has much deeper roots, but Sowilo enlightened it, reminding it is far from gone. Using Sowilo you need to remember that it will enlighten everything, even sometimes you’ve thought was long buried, and you need to be ready for it.
I still would not change Sowilo week for anything, but giving you energy and power Sowilo always destroys illusions as no cloud castles can survive bright sun. All runes have more than one side to them, but with such positive and empowering runes as Sowilo it is easy to forget about the other side.
As to the mantic meaning – Sowilo in deviation is always a great sign – it means victory, gain and power. I once got it when asking if we’re safe, and I mean a real danger here, and it turned out a victory. In a more day to day meaning Sowilo can show you will succeed or achieve what you’re asking about.
Sowilo is on of the Victory runes and can be used in formulas for both victory and protection. Sowilo will add a powerful source of energy to everything you do.