Wynjara

WYNJARA

Wynjara (WIN - ya - rah) - Also known as Wunjo, Wynja, Wynjo, Wynn, Winja, Vend, Uuine

Value - W (or V)

Numeric Order - 7 or 8

Traditionally Represents - Glory. Joy. Pleasure. Winning. Triumph.

Represents - Spiritual Reward. Glory. Triumph. Laughter. Good Family and Friend Relationships. Cohesion. General Well-Being. Well-Being in the Home. B'gar'da (Vilturj hearth god, or 'Fire')

No suffering, no anxiety, no sorrow
for the blissful, happy, prosperous man
who enjoys his house, enough for him.

Vilturj Rune Poem.

Wynjara, derived from the word Wen, actually means 'to strive for'. With the name lengthened it tends to reach the culmination of what one strives for, or the end of desire, the meeting of desires, and the causation of happiness and joy. It also tends to indicate the presence of positive thinking, general well-being, enthusiasm and good family relationships. Wynjara stresses the importance of striving to achieve joy, and realising that it is not something that comes from nothing, but rather comes from effort and grace.

Wynjara is also essentially understood as the pleasure and pride to be gained in possession. The possession of a good house, of enough wealth to live comfortably, can create a sense of immeasurable comfort, particularly to those who have lived through hard times before, and can appreciate how a humble, clean abode and money to buy meat, vegetables and water can create a sense of self-satisfaction and joy that is rarely achieved elsewhere in life. The emphasis in the rune poem, is on the man who owns his home 'enough for him', it does not need to be a mansion, it just needs to serve his needs. This creation of a niche which is self-sustaining and cohesive creates joy, and sustains all types of relationships.

This rune of glory can also be seen as a the rune of reaping, and shares close ties with Geafu. We give to others, and in turn receive joy and in a sense, glory. There is a strong sense of pride and humility that run concurrent with this rune. Being proud of oneself but also knowing that there is often a time when pride needs to sit on the bench and wait while hard work is placed into the equation.

Often a spiritual neophyte (or any spiritual person) puts in a great deal of work to reach the next spiritual plateau, where wisdom is gained and forms of enlightenment are reached. The moment of wisdom, the flash of insight, and the joy of making it across an old plateau, is a Wynjara feeling. There is a time where one must rest before starting to put in hard work again, and simply savour the end result of their journey. It is sitting on the mountain top, enjoying the view, knowing that it was your hard work and the grace of the mountain which got you there, and enjoying the glory of knowing that you triumphed the personal obstacle. Of course, going down the mountain will also be hard, but the view must be savoured, and Wynjara demands that the joy must be felt, and needs to be felt. It is an important part of life to do so.

In a reading, Wynjara represents good times ahead, or good times in the present. The hard work has been put in, the hard times have been experienced. Wynjara now indicates comfort, happiness, joy and a meeting of needs on a material and spiritual level. It represents the gaining of wisdom, and the joy that can come with 'learning a lesson.'

Merk - Merked, Wynjara tends to represent the deep sorrow that lies in the chasms between experiences of joy. It can represent the feeling of being ostracised and alienated, and the devastating pain that accompanies this, so intense it can genuinely kill a child. It is the sense of losing, but not in the 'oh isn't it terrible that I didn't get first in line', but in the loss of the soul, part of the soul, or flesh family/ancestors. Merked Wynjara can sometimes represent a loss of the soul due to grief or sickness, and that a healing may need to be done to retrieve the missing part of the soul.

Merked Wynjara can represent depression, suicidal preoccupation, and a general occupation on negative thoughts which are destructive. With a Merked Iorija, watch out for suicida. With an upright Iorija, watch out for suicide attempts and self-harm and mutilation.

Additionally, a Merked Wynjara can represent abuse of drugs which generally give a feeling of happiness. It can suggest the deranged delirium, or runaway joy which eventually poisons the querent and suggests detrimental hyperactivity. It can represent the manic side of bipolar disorder, and its inherent destructiveness and its ability to not only cause alienation of the querent in society, but also in relation to the self and the soul. There are many drugs which are purported to cause happiness which also cause intoxication and can lead to disease and death. Alcohol, ecstacy and heroine are examples of these drugs.

Wynjara can also mean that such 'going over the top' can also lead to frenzy and insanity. It literally represents the damage of 'too much of a good thing.'

In Ritual - One of the few runes which is actually a good beginner's rune in spellwork, particularly when working to strengthen family and friendships. It can be meditated on in conjunction with a particular person to understand or help understand why a certain relationship isn't working out, and perhaps the steps that can be taken to reinforce it. It is in this way that Wynjara is a good rune for eliminating a feeling of loneliness or isolation, or if in times of actual isolation, creating a friend, or a source of friendship during the 'down times.'

Wynjara is a good rune for understanding how people believe different things, and what they may be thinking. It helps you to understand what it might be like to be another person you are close to (or wish to understand better), for a certain amount of time.

Wynjara can be used as a 'vessel' to contain energies. It is thought that it contains a strong amount of energy in the drawing itself (though that implies that the letter P holds a fair amount of power), but otherwise this is an excellent 'container', and therefore makes a good talisman to remind us that positive thinking, though sometimes tiresome or inappropriate, has it's place, and is important in our journey to achieving joy.

It is not recommended that you work overly much with Wynjara during times when you're particularly joyful, as you could be summoning too much of a good thing, or that it may turn sour.

This rune can be used effectively for advanced gramarye work.

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