Feb
Sig Words
Yesterday we spoke of the Sig Rune and its connection to the Sun. The celestial bodies that ride our skies play a great influence on us. One example is in our language. The sun is considered bright, warm and friendly. A sunny day is cheerful and pleasant compared to the gloom of a rainy and overcast afternoon. Have you ever noticed that things tend to go better on a sunny day than a rainy one?
A cheerful individual is said to have a sunny disposition. Bringing a person something that might give them joy can be called bringing him a little sunshine. In English, we use the rhyming phrase fun in the sun for outdoor Summer leisure activities. It can also mean a vacation in a warm, sunny destination. Those who bask in the sun are said to be sunbathing. Those who bask too long can get sunburnt or sun poisoning.
During the early days of the American Revolution, there was the term sunny day patriots. These were people who were full of bravado while things went well, but gave up and left when things became difficult. A similar phrase is sunny day friends. They are people who want to be around you when you are doing well and have plenty of money. They become scarce when your fortunes take a turn for the worst.
Underlying all of these terms is more than an allusion to the Sun. Unconsciously, these phrases also say something of the Sig Rune energy. Even if they do not know it as such, many people have touched Sig through the Sun. After all, the celestial ball that heats and lights our world is just the star at the center of our Solar system. Its passage through our days and seasons is mechanical. The thing that evokes our sunny expressions is actually a taste of the Sig Rune.
Were you to spend time pondering our many colloquial expressions and metaphors that relate to the Sun, you might get insight into Sig. Consider our similes and sunny phrases in terms of the Rune. This is another way to see the link between the Rune and human understanding.
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(Scroll down for yesterday’s Sig Rune exercises.)
