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Indeed, money will work for you best under the guidance
of the energies implicit in Fehu. Yet money is only a
mundane and simplistic representation of Fehu’s nature.
It’s best to think of wealth as food, water, shelter,
clothing, sustenance and mobile assets, rather than
needless luxury.
“Every beginning has within it the seeds of its own end.”
Governs:
My notes:
Psi: determination, persistence, freedom, courage, will, Uruz is the rune of the inner-King and inner-Queen. We
territoriality, independence can assert our right to exist and be free in the very same
primal authority that the aurochs did theirs. It is the will to
Energy: Vital formative force, archetypal patterning, raw live passionate and free.
primal power, survival, healing, endurance, manifestation,
organic structuring Uruz is linked to the god Thor and so continues on toward
THURISAZ
Mundane: physical health, stamina
Governs:
My notes:
Governs:
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Thurisaz is also a fertility rune in the sense that it breaks Key Concepts: order, gods, Odin, transmission of
down the barren and hard, rocky realms into workable intelligence, communication, reason, inspiration,
soil as to bring fruitfulness to crops and wombs. The best language, breath, sound, origins of language, the Voice
mental state for working with the rune is enthusiasm, of the Universe, spellsong, casting, chanting, ancestors,
rather than anger or fear, as the former will much better passing of the breath along the ancestral line, evolution of
sustain right awareness and diminish the potential danger gods, speech, poetry, discussion of runes, memetics,
of dealing with strong Thurisaz magic. semiotics, etymology, linguistics.
Psi: mental stability, communion, inspiration, listening also is indicative chaotic events can be used to shape
ordered circumstances and one’s own thoughts, or the
Energy: sovereign ancestral god, animating spirit, breath, thoughts of others. Ansuz is suggestive of the relentless
communication, exploration, order, answers patterns that modern chaos theory declares are universal
in every system. The newest theories of language are
also found in the mysterious order and ‘strange attractors’
Mundane: words, conversation, symbols, elders, music of chaos linguistics.
Divinations: Divine inspiration, word-power, synthesis, It is here that all speech can be deciphered and
transformation, intellect, open paths of communication; or understood as well, so Ansuz is a rune connected with
misunderstanding, delusion, manipulation by others, listening and speech: communication and meaning in
boredom, bad advice general. Use such skills wisely for manipulation can,
through temptation, become an end in and of itself, and
Governs: corrupt the power of the rune. The problems with
propaganda and misdirection are that the mind will follow
its own words into confusion and create hypocrisy, which
All powers of naming and conceptualization will damage the hamingja. Thought and action are most
powerful when aligned and honesty is the best policy.
Convincing and magnetic speech and writing, and the
power of suggestion and hypnosis The rune of secrets, silence and true listening is
BERKANO, but there is a type of listening that will allow
Acquisition of creative wisdom, inspiration, ecstasy and one to hear the Voice of the universe, and this power lay
divine communication within the power of Ansuz. The rune of higher reasoning
and mental abilities particular to human is MANNAZ].
These three runes, used in conjunction are extremely
Reason, analysis and good advice powerful.
My Notes:
The spirit takes up its residence in the human body when “The journey is the destination.”
the babe breathes its first breath. It leaves the body with
the last breath. Breath is the actual point of osmosis Raidho – “Ride-ho” – Literally: “Ride” or “Wagon” –
between the physical world of the human being, and the Esoteric: Journey
transpersonal energy that animates the universe.
Emphasis on the breath is seen in meditation practices in
all traditions. Inspiration means to breathe in the exalting Key Concepts: the journey of Life, stories, heroism,
or quickening influence of cosmic awareness. The breath means of transportation, right action, movement, motion,
is also connected to ancestry, as even the word spirit taking charge, being in control, initiative, adventure,
comes from the same root as breath. Our ancestral lines decision-making, direction, counsel, the right path, the
are unbroken with those of the gods still to this day, in inner compass, leadership, kingship, nobility held by
blood and in breath. merit, moral responsibility, integrity, respect for the rights
of others, innate knowledge of right and wrong, celestial
procession, rituals
Ansuz governs our mental capacities to name all things.
Whereas THURISAZ deals with chaotic forces, Ansuz is
a rune of ordering. Naming a thing properly can give Psi: the story ‘form’ in the psyche, freedom from
power over that thing, and in ancient traditions, naming imprisonment, self-mastery
has often been used to dispel mischievous spirits, bind
demons or break psychological fetters. The relationship Energy: cosmic cyclical law, rhythm, presence (active)
Mundane: street-smarts, common sense, travel, world, to a visit to the refrigerator for a snack, so the
movement, taking action journey into the present moment is always accessible to
us, whether we sit in quiet meditation or are mindful of
Divinations: Rationality, sound advice, action, justice, our movements and actions.
ordered growth, journey; or crisis, rigidity, stasis, injustice,
irrationality, control freak, hypocrisy, wrongful The old ways made it easier for ancient people to live in
imprisonment, restlessness. the present moment, a skill most valuable in the practice
of esoteric arts. Because of its capacity to bring focus and
Governs: awareness to the present, Raidho will expose hidden
dangers along the path, so that no strange place or new
circumstance can sneak up on us during our travels.
Living in the present
Raidho teaches of the correct balance between
Access to “inner advice” and our inner compass, following respecting our own rights, and the rights of others. It is
the heart linked to kingship, leadership and nobility, which are not
acquired by virtue of birth but earned or held by merit. A
Movement within one’s natural limits context of moral responsibility and integrity accompany all
use of this energy. It is similar in this respect to TIWAZ.
Blending with personal and world rhythms,
consciousness of right and natural processes
My Notes:
Governs:
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In matters of learning, which can be complemented by Divinations: Generosity, gift, magical exchange, honor,
the protective teaching force of ALGIZ, it is wise to sacrifice, divine vision; or influence buying, greed,
remember that humility is the prime requirement of a loneliness, dependence, over-sacrifice, unbalanced
good student, and that no one learns more than the behavior, dishonesty
Mundane: material gifts, thankfulness, trade
Governs:
Sex magic
My Notes:
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Alienation and failing community is a severe problem in Key Concepts: hailstones, crisis and catastrophe,
our society now, which can be deeply troubling to almost disruption, radical change, destructive elements of
every human exchange we engage in. Alienation nature, severe weather, the uncontrollable, unavoidable
presents itself as mistrust. In a social group with no unpleasantness, Jungian shadow, psychoanalysis,
overriding objective, it’s only a nuisance. In a community regression, acceptance of the unalterable
service group, the project fails. In a family, it can lead to
disaster. Wunjo can reduce alienation by broadcasting
Psi: disruption, change, personal past
love into the chaotic human energy field. Yet rather than
being performed abstractly with no conscious awareness
of the intervening energies, the invocation of Wunjo is Energy: power beyond human ability to harness, perfect
focused by the magical will of the operator for specific pattern, seed formation, objective confrontation,
results. This is a technique paralleled (and complimented destructive natural forces, chaos
by) modern Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
Mundane: bad weather, obstacles, surprises, shelter
Divinations: Change according to ideals, changes for the early environmental factors in childhood development. It
long-term good, controlled crisis, corrections, completion, follows that LAGAZ , from which hail is ultimately made,
inner harmony; or catastrophe, crisis, stagnation, loss of is also a rune of profound unconscious exploration and
power, loss of property, short-term disappointment, personal depth.
victim-consciousness, obsession with the past, blame.
Hagalaz can be used as a curse against others, aimed to
Governs: bring up their suppressed inner conflicts and thus
impeding them. It is a clean curse, as the recipient is only
Completeness and balance of power, integration of experiencing the ill effects of their own accountability. It is
unconscious shadow elements a dark, feminine power and can been associated with
witchcraft and destructive female magic.
Hagalaz can be used as a force of repulsion or Divinations: Resistance (leading to strength), recognition
banishment. It is used in work to process and dispel the of örlög (ultimate law, primal truth), innovation, need-fire
effects of subconscious baggage and ‘shadow elements’ (self-reliance), personal development and life lessons,
so that your life pattern can carry itself forward in its pure achievement through effort; or constraint of freedom,
form. Hagalaz has the magical energy of a ‘spring distress, toil, drudgery, laxity, warnings, worry, guilt,
cleaning’. It reveals the personal past, past lives and moral cowardice, unfulfilled or unrecognized needs.
Governs: German Linguist Guido Von List writes in the early 1900s
writes:
Overcoming distress or negative örlög
“Whoever is able to grasp the primal cause of
Acceptance of the unchangeable phenomenon, and whoever gains knowledge of organic
lawful evolution and the phenomena arising from it, is
also able to judge their consequences just as they are
Development of magical will, the manipulation of wyrd beginning to ferment. Therefore, this person commands
knowledge of the future and also understands how to
Understanding the dynamic force of “resistance” in the settle all strife through …. the way of fate. Therefore:
process of creating ‘Use your fate, do not strive against it.’”
My Notes:
Action governed by Nauthiz is rooted in common sense. Divinations: Concentrated self, ego-consciousness, self-
The magic of common sense is that it is not so common, control, unity of being; or egomania, dullness, blindness,
because our desires and ideals eclipse our true need and dissipation, immobility, self-centeredness, lack of change,
perception of real circumstances. As a war rune, Nauthiz psychopathy.
empowers the invoker to have the courage and wisdom
to recognize what must be done in an otherwise complex
Governs:
situation. Necessity is the mother of invention. No pain,
no gain. It is connected with the harshness of reality, like
Hagalaz. Development of concentration, will and focus
We have a painful fear of necessity and a love hate Halting of unwanted dynamic forces as an act of self-
relationship with our needs. This is illustrated most defense (ard against demonic influences)
excellently in the symbol of Nauthiz as two sticks rubbing
together to create the ‘Need-Fire’. Our need for fire as a Basic ego integration within a balanced multiversal
species is balanced with our fear of the power of fire. system
Consider this well and you will develop a profound
understanding of this rune.
Power of control and constraint over other wights
(entities), emotional outbursts
Focus of the will into single-minded action
My Notes:
There is a dark side to this enhancement of ego as you Rune of harvest and reward for, or reaction to, right
can see by the dark side of Isa. When not kept under actions in a horizontal (naturally ordered) cyclical
control, the ego-self can take a path into ego-trips of self- process. Rune of peace on the land and in the heart.
aggrandizement, superficial desire and fall for the glitter
of false trappings instead of real spiritual substance.
Those who claim to know with too much certainty: Psi: psychological time, patience, the measurement of
beware! time
Isa will control and quiet emotional distress, but be wary! Energy: good harvest, orbits, cycles, progress,
It will not eliminate any persistent root cause of biorhythms, right effort
unpleasant circumstance. But it can help in extending
stillness into your aura. Isa is particularly useful in Mundane: waiting, gardening, farming, the seasons,
attaining stillness of presence. harvest
Governs:
My Notes:
The summer harvest was winter food, the seeds from the
harvest became next summer’s crop. So while
attentiveness to cultivation of the present moment is
paramount, within the present moment lay the wisdom for
future planning.
Spiritual vision
“Time and I Against Any Two.”
My Notes:
Eihwaz can be invoked for communication with the Divinations: Good omen, knowledge of örlög, fellowship
underworld and the dead. It is wisest to remain within and joy, evolutionary change; or doom*, psychological or
your own ancestral stream when doing this, as your emotional addictions, stagnation, loneliness, delusion,
ancestors have reason to respond to your inner call. fantasy, unknowability.
There should be sufficient reason to invoke such dark
workings, but it is not an ‘evil’ exercise.
*Doom is the way in which the uncontrolled aspects of
our self conspire in our destiny. It does not necessarily
mean death.
Governs:
My Notes:
There is a large portion of our unmanifest future that rests “Fear has its place in every heart. Courage is only a
on an element of chance. This awareness must be response.”
incorporated into the lore of Perthro and divination is a
way to discern the parameters of that element of chance. Algiz (or Elhaz) – “Al-jiz” – Literally: “Elk” – Esoteric:
Divination through casting of lots using dice or runes Protection, Higher Self
provides conscious indicators of unconscious ‘lay’ or
pattern of cause and effect as it pertains to any specific
Rune of the essential link or connection with the
future happening.
patterns of divine or archetypal consciousness, such
as the Valkyrie. Rune of the possible danger of
Of all the runes, this one is the most mysterious, perhaps realizing this link when unprepared.
next to Eihwaz before it, because Perthro deals with the
mysteries within the runes themselves and the birth of the
Psi: divinity, higher self, the state of listening
universe. On one hand this allows you to intuit original
knowledge about the runes that may have been
suppressed, destroyed or incompletely passed on over Energy: protective teaching force, the divine plan,
the centuries. On the other hand, the ‘how to’ techniques Valkyries
are less defined than with other runes, for we are dealing
with fundamental mysteries of the universe. Orlog plays Mundane: protection, safety, spirituality
out as the consequences of the cosmic and primal laws
themselves unfold from beginning of the universe until the
end. All patterns are interdependent and interwoven, Divinations: Connection with the gods, awakening,
throughout all existence. higher life, protection; or hidden danger, consumption by
divine forces, loss of the divine link, fear.
The proper relationship between Perthro and Nauthiz is
that Perthro allows you to become aware of the hidden Governs:
and relatively fixed workings of the deep law of cause and
effect, which in turn give us the ability to see into the Strengthening of hamingja (personal gravity, ‘luck’) and
unmanifest and peer into the unknown. This is wyrd, and life force through courageous deeds
lay within our influence if we have knowledge of how our
personal fate can be manipulated. Nauthiz helps you get
around the workings of orlog, using the forces of Mystical and religious communication with non-human
resistance to change direction of the flow of wyrd. sentient beings
Together, these two runes govern the magic of ‘the
Wyrding Way’. Communication with other worlds, especially Asgard
All the records of all events are stored here, so Perthro’s Protection/defense
power helps the recollection of knowledge that is hidden
within the collective unconscious of humankind,
Receiving instruction on the magical potential of the
especially human lore lost over the course of the
runes
centuries. The same process is responsible for prophecy.
Perthro will assist the birthing of a great idea into your
environment by raising awareness of the forces arrayed Banishing the fear of death
against its manifestation. Co-incidence and deja vu play
an enormous role in the recognition of the fundamentals My notes:
of this rune.
The Valkyrie will not assist in evading punishment for “The guide leads you to the doorway, then waits for your
wrong deeds, or illegal or immoral acts. It will act to return.”
soften the blow of punishment if the person willingly
accepts accountability for the harm cased by his or her Sowilo – “So-iölo” – Literally: “Sun” (Sol) – Esoteric:
acts and begins to take steps to compensate. wholeness, success
Do not mistake the archetypes encountered through use Rune of guidance, goal setting and success.
of this rune. Ask them politely of their purpose and to
identify themselves. Good entities always will respond
Psi: central nervous system, seat of the soul, revelation,
favorably to such requests, and mischievous or harmful
wholeness
entities tend to become offended or refrain from
answering. Have courage and fortitude, as you will
sometimes be tested. These entities come in many forms, Energy: sun-wheel, strengthening the hvel/charka,
so be prepared to open your mind as to allow their unique cosmic energies, motivation, life-giving force, action
methods of communication to take place.
Mundane: sunlight, fire, meeting of goals, confidence,
Other topics: taking action
Activation of the Higher Self Divinations: Guidance, hope, success, goals, honor, life
purpose, faith in outcomes; or false goals, bad advice,
false success, gullibility, loss of goals.
Perception of the Divine Plan
Governs:
Knowledge of the Ultimate Good in all things/events
My Notes:
Sowilo contains the ancient code of honour. These are Tiwaz – “Tea-waz” – Literally: “The god, Tyr” – Esoteric:
the common sense guidelines and morality that hold a Justice, Sacrifice
society together beyond the letter of the law and holds
the individual to ‘do the right thing’. Sowilo is also the
Rune of the balance and justice ruled from a higher
rune of success and victory, and is therefor associated
rationality. The rune of sacrifice of the individual
with the next rune in the order, Tiwaz. It gives us the
(self) for well-being of the whole (society).
power to win and connects us with revelations concerning
our life’s purpose, and insight into actions that will guide
us in our endeavors. The science of Neuro-Linguistic Psi: spiritual warrior, honour, righteousness
Programming has a lot to offer in terms of insight and
mastery of this rune, as does the psychological study of Energy: sovereign order, sacrifice, right decision making
success.
Governs:
My Notes:
Should you need reassurances that there is value in Rune of continued growth and continual rebirth or
building up positive patterns in advance of emergency, renewal in all things. The rune of becoming.
this is the time you will see its greatest manifestation. You
have earned the right to a fair and just decision. Tiwaz
Psi: secrecy, silence, safety, mature wisdom,
will be used to bring fair distribution of the earned
dependence
energies from your ancestral stream.
Governs:
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Other topics:
Self-Actualization
Learning of ourselves through others.
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Mannaz – Rune Meaning Analysis (series) Increase in vitality and life force
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Stored Energy
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An interesting thing to keep in mind is that the futhark has Right understanding of global unity
no rune for the night or for the moon. These are
absences, not things. Darkness is not darkness, it is a
Security, safety, protection, the walls of Asgard
quality of the light. The sun is always ‘there’, it is our
world that spins around and causes the illusion that it is
not. As well, the light of the moon is a reflection of the Ascension to King amongst men
sun’s light. There is little reason to think that the ancients
were not aware of this, even mathematically. “Darkness is Realization of Paradise
not darkness” is a wonderful saying to meditate upon,
and will reveal to the seeker that there is no true
opposites as we are often convinced of, but only My Notes:
polarities within the supreme mystery of existence.
Othala deals with matters of family, estate, inheritance
and ancestry. Both Fehu and Othala are runes of wealth
and continue the cyclical nature of the runes by their
positions as first and last. The difference is that Fehu
represents mobile expansive force of money as well as
new beginnings and Othala represents the permanent
wealth of immobile property accumulated by yourself and
your ancestors over generations, which is clearly the
continuation of a long line back to the beginning.
You have several ancestral stream to explore before you
find the one or two that are dominant in your blood.
Identify your natural talents and explore the ancestral
stream that would have contributed those talents to you.
There is a spirit or breath that has been passed on to you
from many sources as well as your genetic makeup.