This week's External Influence is the Spirit Guide Thylacine! This creature is an extinct species originating from Australia. Also known as the Tasmanian tiger or wolf, it actually is a large, carnivorous marsupial. As a spirit guide, they come when it is time to dive into the unknown and the mysteries of time. Reflect on your past with thoughtful consideration for your future. This week's energies will allow us to feel the independent strength found in the silent study of our inner depths, secrets, and the world's connections between past, present, and future. Understand that some questions will never be answered or fully explained. Allow yourself to let go of these heavy weights so that you are not halted in your progression. Don't go rushing into anything, either. Use silence to focus. It is ok to be in the background this week as you build passion and strength through this quiet, cautious, and thoughtful time. You don't need praise to feel accomplished. Introspection will aid you in reaching your goals.

This week's Rune is Ansuz. Connected strongly with the God Odin, it is a symbol representing the wind blown cloak of Odin. Ansuz connects us with order, knowledge, creative expression, communication, and mental agility. It is a rune that looks towards intelligence and the spoken word as signs of divine, or magical, force. It governs the pursuit of wisdom with a mind towards increasing intuitive abilities and inspiration in the creative arts. Allow yourself to take time to express yourself this week. Whether in writing, speech, poetry, or music, let your feelings and thoughts come forth. Let your mind open to new thoughts in order to refresh the morals and ideas you already hold dear. Reach the divine through looking within. Ansuz enables us to release the heaviness of anxieties and doubts. Use this week to give form to the goals you aspire to reach.

This week's Internal Influence is the Spirit Guide Opossum. If you find yourself in a rough situation this week, just try to focus on the messages your instincts are telling you. This may include putting on a facade or behavior temporarily in order to deal with a situation you find yourself in. Use your ability to research to gather information pertaining to your situation this week. Build up back-up plans in order to ensure that if your first idea doesn't work, you have another avenue to try for success. Do not worry if you feel stretched just a bit thin this week. Look within yourself and find how to use your emotions for the best or when to put them aside. The Opossum Spirit Guide aids in teaching us when we must appear fearless or when the times to use submission or aggression are appropriate. Consider beginning study in Tai Chi or Aikido as a way to aid yourself in connecting your body and mind. Take time to learn how to feel your instincts.You have the instincts and skills within to aid you. Pull from your own skills in order to succeed!