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Y'all asked for information technology so y'all gonna get it! I'mma start off with the barebones essentials and piece of work my way to bones definitions. Sit downwardly on something comfy and get yourself your warm beverage of choice and possibly grab a notebook because here goes.
What are runes?
Runic alphabets have been around since about 150 Advertizement and used equally a writing system by a lot of Germanic languages. These systems were eventually phased out, slowly but surely, with the progressive Christianisation that started around 700-1100 AD. The three most commonly known (and used?) Are the Elder Futhark, the Younger Futhark and Futhorc.
Runes aren't, themselves, broadly meant for divination, idea there are a few passages in the Eddas that mention Odin "finding" and using them.
Alright, so which alphabet should I use?
Whichever one you lot desire! I prefer using the Elder Futhark, because it's the offset alphabet I learned and got familiar with, but that doesn't at all stop you from using the Younger Futhark or Futhorc. I'd heavily suggest making sure you read upwardly on the differences in each alphabet though; Ansuz, for example, won't await the same, mean the same or even be chosen the same from i alphabet to another.
Familiarize yourself with each of them if you want/can, and choose based on your own preferences and criteria. E'er piece of work with what feels best for you!
But I'grand not actually familiar with Germanic traditions / I'm a babe witch, should or can I use runes for divination?
This is the concept that got my goat real expert the beginning time. You do not, in any way, shape or form, demand to be experienced to bandage runes. This is a notion that is outdated and perpetuated by gatekeepers and exclusionists. No one gives a flying flip how long you've been practicing witchcraft, or if you fifty-fifty practice at all!
Divination should be seen as a tool to farther yourself and/or your craft. Information technology can be used past itself or in conjunction with other activities, practices or behavior. I was 15 when I started learning about runes (honey god that was literally over ten years ago) and I had no idea what I was doing back then. I read up as much every bit I could nigh the system I was wanting to employ and, once I was comfy with it, I started doing pocket-sized readings.
It shouldn't matter how new or familiar you are to divination, rune casting or Germanic traditions. If rune casting feels correct to you, you are more than than free to use any divination method feels right to y'all.
What should I do earlier I start a reading?
As a Norse Pagan, I usually invoke my patron deities (Baldr and Loki, in this case), as well as Odin and Freyja, sometimes Gullveig/Heiðr because reasons. I have no idea whether or not this has any actual begetting on the reading itself, equally mine were as accurate before I converted as they are now.
Making sure you lot're in a quiet and/or comfy infinite is likewise a expert idea, even if that only means popping in some earphones and listening to something that makes you focus and feel calm.
This is also a good time to mention that cleansing your runes (stone, bone, wood or otherwise) is a very adept idea. I typically do this with candles, incense, a bowl of water and a signal of quartz for each element. I don't do this nearly as often equally I probably should, since about people propose cleansing them after each reading… but, any, existence lax with that hasn't bitten me in the ass so far. And so if you're a spoonie, don't worry: cleanse your runes when y'all feel they need to exist cleansed, and that'south information technology.
Alright, I recollect I'k ready; how practise I start reading?
Let me start past saying that the bullshit about never reading yourself? Information technology's just that. Bullshit. Do readings on yourself if you desire to. Who the hell is going to cease you. Practice whatever you want.
On that note, there are a few ways to cast runes, though these probably aren't shut to being the just ones:
- Intuitively choosing the stones
Lay the runes down on a flat surface and allow your hand hover over them and pick out the ones that feel right. You can either pick them in order of the spread you lot're using, or identify the runes where you feel they vest on the spread.
- Throwing the stones
Brand sure you lot have a large flat surface to work with (preferably the floor honestly) where you won't drop, scatter or lose a rune. You tin can use a mat underneath, and read the stones that fall on the corresponding positions in the spread or circle. (You lot tin can observe many of these with a quick google search, or brand your ain mat!) Otherwise, you tin accept the first stones you see facing up and lay those out according to your spread.
- Picking them blindly
Either you or the person you're reading pull stones blinding out of a pouch, bag or other container, and lay them out according to the spread you're using. Pretty straightforward.
If yous tin can recollect of some other method, literally nothing is stopping y'all from using that instead. The runes are acting as a universal translator for any it is you're tapping into. They're merely a tool to receive a message. How you choose to receive that bulletin is completely upward to you lot!
Then I've got my runes laid out, now what?
Now comes the fun part. I can only really requite you a good run-downwardly of the Elder Futhark, and though it's a good starting point, I would highly advise you practice your own research on whatever alphabet you desire to use. Wikipedia is a bully place to start, just don't terminate in that location: look at several unlike websites and lists and compare. Combine and condense the data for yourself, and get to learn the definitions and meanings for yourself!
- ᚠ Fehu • catle
wealth, coin, hard piece of work paying off, tin can represent spiritual wealth
reversed: effort gone to waste, natural and/or financial loss, greed - ᚢ Uruz • ox
physical force and speed, great energy, backbone, masculine
reversed: physical weakness, disease, violence, misdirected aggression - ᚦ Thurisaz • thor
reactive, subversive and/or defensive force, tendency towards change
reversed: unsafe compulsions, expose and malice, lies, spite - ᚨ Ansuz • of the Æsir
revelations, intuition, signs and signals, wisdom, power of words/names
reversed: misunderstandings, delusions and vanity - ᚱ Raido • chariot
physical/spiritual journeys, transition, seeing the bigger picture
reversed: crisis, perhaps due to stagnation, unwanted disruption - ᚲ Kaunan • torch
creativity and inspiration, power of transformation, power of life
reversed: instability, lack of creativity, false hope revealed, disillusionment - ᚷ Gebo • gift
gifts in the course of sacrifice or generosity, contracts, partnerships
reversed/opposed: greed, isolation and dependence, over-sacrifice - ᚹ Wunjo • joy
comfort, pleasure, companionship, possibility of going over the top
reversed: sorrow and breach, growing distance, raging frenzy - ᚺ Hagalaz • hail
wrath of nature, devastation for the sake of creation, natural order
reversed: natural disasters, powerlessness, suffering - ᚾ Naudiz • need
forcefulness/growth from hardships, survival, determination
reversed: deprivation and emotional starvation, constraints/restraints - ᛁ Isaz • ice
challenges and frustration, psychological block, anticipation
reversed/opposed: can oppose other runes with malice and treachery - ᛃ Jera • good twelvemonth
difficult work is fruitful, peace, happiness and relief, breaking the wheel
reversed: sudden setbacks and bad timing - ᛈ Pertho • vagina
secrets, mysteries, undiscovered abilities, choosing your own path
reversed: stagnation, isolation and loneliness - ᛇ E/ihwaz • yew tree
force, stability, endurance, trustworthiness, your goal is realistic
reversed: confusion, dissatisfaction and weakness of the mind - ᛉ Algiz • elk
shield, the instinct to protect yourself/others, connection to the gods
reversed: hidden dangers, loss of link to the divine, turning abroad - ᛊ Suwilo • the sunday
success and goals achieved, you have the power yous need to succeed
reversed/opposed: deception, fake goals, gullibility, divine wrath - ᛏ Tiwaz • tyr
honour and leadership, authority, success in competitions
reversed: creative block, over-analysis and sacrifice, imbalance/conflict - ᛒ Berkana • birch tree
fertility in a broad sense, personal/physical growth, new beginnings
reversed: family/human relationship problems, anxiety over loved ones, abandon - ᛖ Ehwaz • equus caballus
steady and gradual progress, teamwork/loyalty, relationships
reversed: reckless haste and its consequences, restlessness - ᛗ Mannaz • mankind
the self, the human race, your attitude toward others and vice-versa, social awareness, altruism
reversed: mortality, self-deception, cunning and manipulation - ᛚ Laguz • water
literal/metaphorical flow, imagination, the unknown, take a chance of loss
reversed: confusion/doubt, may be making the incorrect choice - ᛝ Ingwaz • probably freyr
warmth and dear in general, tying loose ends, relief, freedom to move
reversed: moving without alter, fruitless endeavour, helpelessness - ᛞ Dagaz • dawn
breakthroughs and clarity, security, power to change and abound, the platonic
reversed/opposed: endings and coming round total circle - ᛟ Othila • inheritance
bequeathed property, what is most important, spiritual heritage and safety
reversed: slavery, homelessness, bad karma, what one is unwillingly bound to
Phew! What a list. These are but brief descriptions and meanings that I've been able to compile and condense over the years.
But, what does "opposed" mean?
I run across where you're coming from. As a baby diviner, I, too, was confused by this. But let me explicate how I've come to empathize it!
Sometimes, if you're doing a set spread, you'll have a spot for things like, "what volition oppose you", or "what you need to avert". Things like that. If, say, a rune similar Suwilo was found in something like that, you'd want to try and keep a precipitous mind to avoid deceptions or letting yourself be also gullible.
When runes don't have a reversed form, their position in your spread will normally determine what they mean. (Though really this is true for literally whatsoever rune.)
Annihilation else I should know?
The all-time advice I can ever give anyone is to always do what you feel is correct. If you observe yourself wondering, "Should I practise this? Is this right?" If you question yourself at all, you lot should probably non to the thing and go with something else.
It'southward also important to mention that the names I have for the runes may not be the ones that you've learned to know them by; a lot of runes can go by unlike names depending on who y'all inquire and where yous look. Practice your research, and know the runes by the names you feel are best! (And preferably historically authentic.)
As always, if you have any questions regarding runes and how to read them, please ask me! My enquire box is literally ever open and almost e'er empty.
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