All about Runes!!

[Silver Venus]

Ive decided to make a stuck thread with everything we have done about runes so far in our discussions 'The Runes of the Elder Futhark', if anyone wants to add to this with previous thread links or new stuff please be my guest! :D

The Runes of the Elder Futhark;

FREYA's AEttir (first AEttir)
Runes I ~ Fehu
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=4792&highlight=fehu

Runes 2 ~ Uruz
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=5914&highlight=rune

Runes 3 Thurs
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=6344&highlight=rune

Rune No. 4: Asuz
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=7057&highlight=rune

Rune No.5 : Raido
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=7926&highlight=rune

Rune No.6: Kenaz
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=8145&highlight=rune

Rune no. 7: Gifu
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=8401&highlight=rune

Rune no. 8 : Wunjo
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=8728&highlight=rune

HAGAL's AEttir (second AEttir)
Rune no. 9: Hagal
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=9514&highlight=rune

Rune number 10: Nauthiz
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=10142&highlight=runes

Rune number 11: Isa
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=10836

Rune number 12: Jera
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?postid=154757#post154757

Rune number 13: Eiwaz
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?postid=154756#post154756

Rune number 14: Perthro
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=12601&perpage=15&pagenumber=1

Rune number 15: Algiz
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=14106

Rune number 16: Sowelu
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=14754

TYR's AEttir (third AEttir)
Rune number 17: Teiwaz
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=15232

Rune number 18 : Berkana
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=16612

Rune number 19: Ehwaz
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=16798

Rune number 20: Mannaz
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=16799

Rune number 21: Laguz
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=16800

Rune number 22: Inguz
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=16801

Rune number 23: Othila
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=16781

Rune Number 24: Dagaz
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=17488

Thats all of the first round of rune discussions :D

[Lavender]

Great idea, Silver! :thumbsup: Here's the thread on making your own runes.

http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202

Psst! The thread isn't "stuck".

[Silver Venus]

Oops :crazy: Its stuck now ;))

Rune Colours and Meanings
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=5476&perpage=15&pagenumber=2

&
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=9058&highlight=runes

[nehelia]

what should we do about further specific rune posts? i wanna get to Eihwaz!! just start a new thread?

and if i may say so, its soooo nice to finally find people who use runes. . . i was starting to feel lonely

[Myst]

If it hasn't been started yet and the other one has petered out. Usually you will know when one of the mods goes... "Ok... who's gonna do the next one?".. then you can go ahead and start a new thread :)

[Silver Venus]

Cool that your here too Nehelia! If you want to go ahead and start Jera ~ which is our next rune please do! :sunny:
then we are one rune closer to Eihwaz!

:)

Thanks Myst too

[ANUR36]

Jera- "year" (solar year), reward, fruition.
Precious stone or crystal- Moss agate
Literally means "year" ( a fruitfull one), this rune represents sowing and reaping, birth death and rebirth, and the rewards or penaltys for ones actions (law). It is a Rune of awareness and patience...
I did a drawing at the end of last year in question of what this year will hold for me and one of the Runes I drew was Jera. Im stoked to say the least! Its about time I came across a year that will be fuitfull.
Ummm... I dont know about you guys but Im way looking forward to reading Rick's interp. of this one... uhh umm..... :D

[Silver Venus]

Thats brill Anur!
But can you please start a new thread and copy your post into that one.
As all the runes are seperate disscussion I would like to keep them that way.

Just start a thread entitled ~

Rune number 12: Jera

and we are away with the next lesson started by you! :)

[Lavender]

Found another rune thread for here. It's the Rune Charms thread.

http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12440

[Silver Venus]

Great addition Wild :D
I really have to start remembering to keep on adding the threads here..

[Sowelu]

WOW!!! Thanks for the rune sites you guys...I didn't know there were any. ty ty ty ty thank you:smooch:

[Rick]

You're welcome, JD... yep, there's probably thousands of Rune sights out there... & maybe a dozen of them are good... 8O

[Silver Venus]

Rick Im going to add a link to your stuck thread about Rune Magick in Magick and Rituals here.. but if you want to also I think it would be really good to create another stuck thread with all the rune charms in here in Divination as theyd be useful to go with our discussion and learning :D
Here are some of Rick's Brilliant Rune Charms to use :boing:

http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=12437

[Bryony]

Originally posted by nehelia
what should we do about further specific rune posts? i wanna get to Eihwaz!! just start a new thread?

and if i may say so, its soooo nice to finally find people who use runes. . . i was starting to feel lonely

no joke, my sister does tarot, so does my godmother. runes seem to work best for me, but I haven't tried tarot, though. My friend had a bad experience with them!

[Silver Venus]

Hiya Bryony :wave: We need lots of friends in here discusssing runes so the more the merrier! :sunny:

[Silver Venus]

I dont use the blank rune but these are very good illustrations for reference

[Silver Venus]

Othila through to Sowelu

[Silver Venus]

Ansuz to Isa

[Silver Venus]

Gebo to Dagaz

[Silver Venus]

Mannaz to Thurisaz

Please note that these are not the correct Eldar Futhark order, we are covering them in order, please see the list at the start of this thread for the right order :)

[Flar's Freyja]

These are great, SV! I especially like the one-word definitions.

[Silver Venus]

discussion about the aett's here :)
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?postid=229932#post229932

[Silver Venus]

Rune discussion thread from way back!

with some a great guide to all the runes, a discussion about the blank rune, a inner rune meditation and lots of other good topics discussed!

http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?threadid=610&highlight=rune+spreads

[Flar's Freyja]

:D Ooooh, thankies!

[manstranger]

Can we get all the rune's together now? And make it an annoucement so it will stay on top?

[Silver Venus]

Yep sure thing :D Ill get to it right away!

[Azure]

Not being Norse or Germanic, I haven't really worked with the runes. I am interested on learning more, though - is there a thread that suggests really good solid reading material somewhere?

[Silver Venus]

Azure, thanks for your interest, any of these threads in this forum talk in depth about all the runes, or if you want to do a serach with google you could find some sites that describe runes on a whole and give you more of a background knowledge to them.

[Flar's Freyja]

Bumpity bump bump bump........

[~*Ginger*~]

thanks for the graphics Silver Venus! :D

[Seamus MacNemi]

Uruz has always been for me a Rune of challenge and new beginnings.
It represents, to me , the hope for success and the possibility of failure in any new endeavour. It is a Rune that I have learned to respect in any reading, especially in business or romantic dealings, It is definately a Rune to watch out for.
:reading:

[LLwitch-]

o yea thats not sucha bad idea.ill post some of mine there

[The Shadowy Dawn]

what technique do you use when casting ur runes :RuNew: i started usin like 5months ago, a couple of my readins came true.

oh and , how do you tell if Isa is reverse?

[Rick]

what technique do you use when casting ur runes i started usin like 5months ago, a couple of my readins came true.
Cup 'em in your hands, & drop 'em on the table

oh and , how do you tell if Isa is reverse?
Isa is non-reversible & non-invertible... it looks the same, any way you turn it... well, except sideways... :hehehehe:

[Balderschosenchild]

Yes...i am sort of new to this whole thing...and i was wondering..since i do have a interest...can some one help me locate the bindrune for Balder??

[Rick]

I can find no reference to a bindrune for Baldur... have you tried northvegr.org?

[Futhark]

Hello to all

Could you help me to interprete the meaning of thiese spreads?



I asked the runes about buying or not a thing.


1st, I extracted only a rune, to see a general view. It resulted Sowilo.

Then, I used one more complete spread consisting in 3 runes, from right to left: the 1st is the whole situation, the 2nd the challenge, and the 3rd the action I have to undertake.
the runes which came up were:

!st Dagaz

2nd Ansuz

3rd Laguz, reversed.

I don´t understand what do the runes mean?

Could you help me, please?

[Rick]

They say "Buy it"

[Futhark]

Dear ricky

thanks for your answer. Now I see it more clear. But, could you explain me, what would be the message shown by the 3rd rune? The action(Laguz inverted).

Thanks

[Futhark]

Hello again, Ricky

Perhaps is interesting to complete the question, to clarify that what I asked the runes if buying or not, are little antiquites, as dip pens etc. I dont know if it is important, but I tell it.

Now, please, tell me about the meaning of Laguz inverted.

Thanks

[mucgwyrt]

Anyone interested in doing threads on the 5 extra Anglo-Saxon runes?

[Fairyelf]

great thread! :yourock:

[Fireheathen]

My runes are slightly different then yours, but have generally the same meanings and names... they are still refered to as elder futhark, but simple difference... like fehu is Feoh, and Manaz is Manu.... any ideas on why? Why the heck (can we say hell on the posts?) are my runes so the same but so different

[Rick]

The names you've mentioned are from the Anglo-Saxon Futhark (or some variation thereof), rather than the Germanic (Elder) Futhark. Many authors (especially those that aren't particularly well researched, or are mostly regurgitating the poor research of others) often make the mistake of 'mixing & matching' the names of the runes (not to be confused with the same runic symbol in different Futharks/Futhorcs having different names because of linguistic differences).

[Fireheathen]

Interesting.. thank you Rick... I find that to be both surprising and a bit of a shame as the author of my book claims that the runes ARE elder futhark, the germanic pagan runes... what a shame indeed. Oh well. What are these other five anglo-saxon runes mucgwyrt mentions?

[Rick]

The Anglo-Saxon has 29-33 runes in it (again, sorta depends which 'language' you're using... both are historically valid)... an excellent source for these is Nigel Pennick'c Rune Magic, which I believe is still in print & available from amazon.com or B&N.com, or maybe even your local bookstore.

[wyrdmage]

Rick, what do you think of Edred Thorsson's work?

[Rick]

Rick, what do you think of Edred Thorsson's work?
I think that many of his works are "must-have's" if one is a serious student of runes. I think many of his works aren't for everyone, & are ONLY for serious students of runes. I think that since he has a fistful of doctorates in the areas that he writes about, & has done a decade worth of field research in various locations throughout Europe, he probably knows whereof he speaks.

[zos]

I have a question i got my first rune set recently and have been doing readings their a lot of fun but i noticed something weird with the spread i like most it has a spot for what the person lacks and when i try reading for myself no matter what specific issue it is i almost always get hagal in this spot i know it represents change and even disaster but i don't get it does it mean im stuck in a rut or my life dosent have enough disaster?? cuz my life changed a lot in the past few months no disasters but im happy without disaster thank you!!

[Rick]

zos, check out the discussion on the meanings of Hagalaz elsewhere in this are of the board, you'll probably get some insights.

[zos]

Thanks rick that helped alot i think i get it now :awilly:

[JM7]

Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum and would appreciate any advice on the following.

On three occasions in recent years I've asked the runes to shed light on the "essence" of my life or what most clearly summarizes what my life is about (a pretty general--and vain--question, I know), and every time I've drawn the Nyd rune - reversed on one occasion and "normal" the other two.

From what I've read, the Nyd rune, reversed or not, isn't exactly good news (failure, delays, sorrow, hunger, etc). I find this especially disturbing since I've always been idealistic and goal-oriented, and have worked hard to achieve what I have in life. I have big plans for the coming years and the thought of failure and sorrow as the "essence" my life gives me shudders!

Am I missing something or do you think there's reason to worry?

Thanks!

[Eldred Grimm]

What source are you using Nyd? Nyd is one of the runes that has no reverse
But then there is the argument that none of the runes have reveres
Nyd also indicates the Vail and night is the Vail one of the goddess of Nyd is Nott or night
my question is what are you hunger for?
and Delay may mean being slow to reacted
Nyd means Need A need to do
hope this helps

[Rick]

Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum and would appreciate any advice on the following.

On three occasions in recent years I've asked the runes to shed light on the "essence" of my life or what most clearly summarizes what my life is about (a pretty general--and vain--question, I know), and every time I've drawn the Nyd rune - reversed on one occasion and "normal" the other two.

From what I've read, the Nyd rune, reversed or not, isn't exactly good news (failure, delays, sorrow, hunger, etc). I find this especially disturbing since I've always been idealistic and goal-oriented, and have worked hard to achieve what I have in life. I have big plans for the coming years and the thought of failure and sorrow as the "essence" my life gives me shudders!

Am I missing something or do you think there's reason to worry?

Thanks!
In addition to what Eldred has said, let me add this: click here (http://www.mysticwicks.com/showpost.php?p=109522&postcount=7)

[Aveline]

A friend of mine wants his runes cast. I know nothing of this. Could somebody PM me please?

THANKS!

[Hærfest Leah]

Aveline,

I am just seeing that you posted to this old thread, have you found what you were looking for? PM me if not and I can help you, better yet Rick is the best to ask on runes.

[Aveline]

Yes I did... thank you very much.

[Hærfest Leah]

Great!

[Rosetta Morrigan]

Thanks for doing this! Very helpful! :thumbsup:

[Circe3]

I received a lovely new unfinished wooden set of runes for Christmas from a friend. I am supposed to consecrate it with oil which will not rot the wood. I was wondering which oil would be best? It's my first wooden set, I've only had stone ones before and I'm not quite sure.