Rune Reading for the Month of April
Gebo, Dagaz, Wunjo
I read this as "an even exchange and balance precipitate joy". Now, in our modern societies we have an imbalance in many areas; race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, nationality, and etc. However the position of Gebo preceding dagaz in the reading is significant because it indicates, specifically, uneven exchange. This points to one often neglected and overlooked type of imbalance that affects all the others: income inequality.
Income inequality is pervasive and growing, becoming worse every year. It deepens all other types of inequality because a lack of relative income affects disenfranchised groups. So in other words, the deeper and broader income inequality gets, the worse racial inequality gets, and the worse gender inequality gets, and the worse LGBTQ+ discrimination gets, and the worse immigrants are treated, and etc. (we've seen a lot of this in recent years in the US, although other places have also been affected).
If you're in the US, please call your senators and congresspeople to tell them that you want UBI: Universal Basic Income, and that it's necessary to even the playing field and lift up those who our society is leaving behind! Because all these other issues? Racism by police, the repeal of Roe v Wade, the banning of drag shows, and etc, will suddenly become a lot more manageable when the people on the receiving end of all the bad in these scenarios are no longer seen as beggars. Financial agency carries power. And I know that's not necessarily a popular opinion, but it is TRUE.
If you're somewhere other than the US, please find out how to contact you're own politicians to talk about UBI, but if you're here, then here is how to lookup and contact your congresspeople:
https://www.senate.gov/senators
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
And remember, at the end of the good fight lies Joy, for all of us.
