At this New Moon in Sowilo rune, the theme is courage – but not in the way you’ve been taught to understand it.
For many people I work with, the word warrior doesn’t land well. It feels aggressive, outdated, misaligned with the kind of person they are. Sensitive, thoughtful, spiritually aware – not here to dominate, but to build something better.
So they assume the warrior isn’t for them.
And yet, they are already living it. Just not consciously.
They are holding boundaries when it would be easier not to. Questioning what doesn’t feel right. Choosing integrity over approval. Continuing, even when they feel uncertain.
This is the warrior. But it doesn’t look like the version we were taught to recognise.
The traditional image of the warrior is tied to conflict: to force, to winning. In a world no longer shaped by physical battle, that definition becomes limiting. It narrows our understanding of strength and leaves many people disconnected from a part of themselves they are already using every day.
The question is no longer how do you defeat what is in front of you? The question is what are you willing to stand for?
This is where Sowilo becomes important. Sowilo is not a rune of aggression. It is a rune of orientation – of inner guidance, of the path that is yours to follow.
When courage is misunderstood, the warrior doesn’t disappear.
It distorts.
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For some, it becomes overextension.
A constant pull to fix, to help, to step in — even when it isn’t theirs to carry. They feel what is wrong in the world so acutely that they cannot look away. And so they give, and give, and give… until there is nothing left.
Not because they are weak.
Because their courage has no boundary.
For others, it becomes silence.
They know what they see. They know what they feel. But the moment comes to speak — and something tightens. The cost of being misunderstood, of being “too much”, of disrupting the room, feels too high.
So the truth stays unspoken.
Not because it isn’t there.
Because it has been trained out of visibility.
Sometimes, the distortion is perfection.
The belief that you must be fully ready before you begin. That your voice must be precise, complete, unchallengeable before it is shared. And so you hold back. You refine. You wait.
Not because you have nothing to offer.
Because you have learned that being wrong is unsafe.
Sometimes, it is disconnection from vision.
A quiet narrowing of what feels possible. Ideas dismissed before they are spoken. Hope tempered into something more “realistic”. The future reduced to what can be measured and proven.
Not because the vision isn’t there.
Because it has been worn down over time.
And sometimes, it is misdirection of effort.
Energy poured into what is expected. Productivity mistaken for purpose. Success defined externally, rather than chosen.
Not because you lack power.
Because that power has been shaped around someone else’s definition of value.
These are not failures of the warrior. They are wounds to it.
When the warrior is wounded, courage does not disappear, but it becomes harder to access cleanly. It shows up in moments – sometimes strongly – but not in a way that feels steady or reliable. It can become exhausting, inconsistent, or misdirected, leaving you questioning something that is, in truth, still very much present.
To reclaim the warrior is not to become harder or more forceful. It is to become more precise.
It is the ability to recognise what is yours to tend, and what is not. To know what is true, and to speak it. To begin before you feel fully ready, to hold steady to what feels possible, and to direct your energy towards what actually matters — rather than what is expected.
This is the work of reclamation.
It is not something that can be resolved in theory. It takes practice, and it takes an honest relationship with the parts of yourself that have learned, for good reason, to hold back, to overextend, to stay quiet, or to remain unseen.
This is the ground of the Reclaim your Magic retreats.
Not as a place to acquire something new, but as a space to return to what is already present — to the parts of you that know how to stand, speak, act, and create with clarity, discernment, and courage.
