Runes 2 ~ Uruz

[Silver Venus]

Hiya all,
Rick's a little busy at the moment so Ive got some info together about the second Rune ~ Uruz in the first aett (Freyja's Aett) ~ Let the discussions begin :D

URUZ
The rune name uruz means "aurochs", the mighty wild bovine. It is the rune of powerful unconscious-shaping energies of the universe which can be guided by wise men. Uruz is the rune of Wyrd as an active force, as well as the rune used to direct the magical shaping will into the well of Urdhr.

In Divination ~ It stands for Strength (and is assosiated with the Strength Tarot card).
It can represent any of the following ~ Energy, Passion, Vitality, Instinct,Wildness, Sexuality, Fertility, the Unconcious, Primitive mind, Irrationality, Shamanic experience, Rite of Passage.
Terminations and New Beginnings.
Creative Power, Good Fortune, Spiritual Freedom & Power Drawn from Mother Earth.

It can also be used in healing to strengthen the bodies immune system, maintain a healthy body and mind, and dispell weakess and depression.

:) What does this Uruz mean to you?

[Emy]

This is what Uruz or Ur stands for to me: :)

The "Urrunan", Uruz stands for the beginning, something being born, primordial forces, for rise...

The powers of Ur is the somewhat raw power, the untamed power. And also your physical and mental powers and strength, and for the free will. Ur also stands for creativity, motivation and for ones ability to make descisions.

Reversed this rune stands for fear of the unknown, an unwillingness to take risks.

One is to wear this rune when one needs creativity, or when one is about to start a new project.

In the tarot deck the Ur is represented by the magician.


Blessings

[Silver Venus]

Emy ~ I never thought about the magicain card before for Uruz but it fits so well :)

& To wear it for creativity and new projects is a really good idea :)

[Emy]

Thank you! :)

[Rick]

...for kicking off Uruz (& thanks Emy for your insights, as well. Any hear from Vinga lately? She's sorely missed in this forum).

In the Northern cosmology, Uruz represents Ymir (the second living creature, after Audhumla), the first & mightiest of the race of Giants (the ancestors & antagonists of the Gods). Uruz is a Rune associated with Thor. It is an Earth Rune. It's color correspondence is dark green (representing earth energy) or blood red (representing strength, health & vitality).

About the only other thing I might add is: When Uruz comes up in a spread, I often read it as "Look to your health; don't neglect it."

[Emy]

Rick, I haven't seen Vinga for ages (it seems), have no idea where she is... and you are right she is missed here and all over MW! However it might be that it's summer, she might be on a vacation or so, I don't know...

Oh interesting about how you read Uruz like a "look to your health rune" I must remember that in my next readings. :)

[Silver Venus]

Havent seen Vinga in ages ~ Miss her :(

Healthy Uruz :)

[Loki]

I had a thought on this rune the other day but I lost it.
I hate when that happens. I gotta write this stuff down!
I always think of the good stuff when I'm driving down the road, in which case I can't really write down the good ideas.

Man I gotta get a better method for doing things.

I found that site on the spiritual texts. Great stuff there, I've been slogging through the Poetic Edda. Some heavy thinking there, at least for me. :p

Uruz: unconscious mind, sometimes I think of it as uncontrolled or wildness as the book says; energy, thoughts, action,? Potential or possability, a right of passage.

I gotta think on it again :mad:
I've slacked off in my studies lately gotta get back into it.

[Lavender]

I see Uruz as the point where you're at when you're starting a new project or journey...the possiblities are all there - good and bad - and you don't know how things will work out. It can go either way. Uruz, to me, is the point just before you make the decisions that will affect the outcome. Sort of like all the energy & potential for everything & anything is all there...it's up to you to shape it into the desired outcome.

Tell me if I'm way off based here. I won't cry. :D

[Flar's Freyja]

In the rune class I was taking and recently had to drop out of:eek:, the instructor brought up that Uruz also represents the strength that our own memories can give us. To me, this means that Uruz can help us draw on past life experience such as our ability to successfully get through crises involving things we couldn't do anything about.

It was very interesting to me that this was the rune that came to me in a meditation. I was able to accomplish raising my kids, getting my master's degree and establishing my career while dealing with a chronic and very painful disability and my only help had to have come from the Divine.

Any other thoughts?

[Silver Venus]

It must be your rune Freyja! :)

Thats so interesting what you said about past memories and lifes ~ I feel that I am strongler in this life from past experiences and belive in this notion very strongly.

As Emy said ~ Its the magicain card of the runes ~ this would fit very well as a driving powerfull force to aid you with all your achievements :D You are your own magicain!

[Flar's Freyja]

Yes, it's the first one that I worked with. In addition to the other things I mentioned, I've had other difficult experiences that seem to have a great bearing on how I handle things now.

In my tarot constellation, the Magician is my lifetime soul symbol, so this really makes a lot of sense to me.

[Silver Venus]

:boing: dont you love it when things fit so well together like that! :)

[Rick]

Originally posted by Freyja
Yes, it's the first one that I worked with. In addition to the other things I mentioned, I've had other difficult experiences that seem to have a great bearing on how I handle things now.

In my tarot constellation, the Magician is my lifetime soul symbol, so this really makes a lot of sense to me.
...and what better symbol for a Taurus than a wild auroch? 8O

[Flar's Freyja]

:eek: You mean I finally fit in somewhere? :boing:

[Rick]

Originally posted by Freyja
:eek: You mean I finally fit in somewhere? :boing:
Yes, baby, welcome home... :D

[Flar's Freyja]

:heartthro

Thanks, Kinsman...

:smooch:

[Flar's Freyja]

~**Bump**~

[Flar's Freyja]

Bumping my favorite rune again. I'm still drawing on Uruz on a daily basis for strength, health and perseverance.

[Flar's Freyja]

Uruz is associated with the sabbat Lammas, or in the Celtic language, Lughnassad along with Ansuz and Thurisaz. Lugh is a Celtic solar god similar to Odin. Ansuz represents Odin in his aspect of inspiration seen as a solar attribute and Uruz the raw, primitive, fiery urge. Thurisaz is associated with thunderstorms and the god Thor, and the protective strength between Odin and the giants. This series of runes could be interpreted in a psychological manner, with Uruz being the primal fire, Ansuz the higher function of the intellect and Thurisaz mediating conflict and interaction between the two.

[Sequoia]

I might've missed it . . . ^^;; anybody know the gemstone associated with Uruz? Still workin' on my little 'book'. . .

[mothwench]

so most people are pretty much in accordance that uruz represents untamed, raw strength and primeval forces.
in the elder futhark it is given the meaning of aurochs/primeval ox. the thing that puzzles me now is, the aurochs became extinct sometime in the 1600s, as i learned yesterday. can we now still speak of untamed strength? does uruz perhaps now have a different or even contrary meaning to its original one? maybe now, when uruz comes up in the spread, it is trying to tell us to keep in mind environmental issues and show more respect for the earth, and not see ourselves as the only valuable form of life on the planet?
:spaceman:

[mucgwyrt]

I agree. I also think that Aurochs now brings to mind the fact that perseverance and modernisation (i.e. the invention of gunpowder) overcomes raw strength. I.e., as mothwench said, our own machinery and growth stomping out the natural beauty of the world.

It should also remind us to live in the moment, and to realise how beautiful life is now, before it (or "we") disappears.

(I also think maybe you should post this in a whole new thread, so people see it :D )

[mucgwyrt]

This is what Uruz or Ur stands for to me: :)

The "Urrunan", Uruz stands for the beginning, something being born, primordial forces, for rise...


Not anymore it doesn't :D

Or perhaps it simple now incorporates endings, also? The circle of life?

[Rick]

Not anymore it doesn't :D

Or perhaps it simple now incorporates endings, also? The circle of life?
Um, no... the runes mean what they have meant since the beginning of time... our personal interpretations & personal opinions can't change that... that said, the runes also mean to you what they mean to you... kinda paradoxical, ain't it? :hehehehe:

Too many folks get all hung up on individual meanings of runes... the runes are a whole, & should be taken in context; part of that context is the world as it existed 2000-3000 years ago, not as it exists today (they are also a system of magic, NOT divination. Divination with runes is sort of a happy side effect. There are no instances of divination with runes in any eddaic poem, any saga or any codex; only done through necromancy or seihdr). Taken in Futhark order, they tell the story of the Creation, from the Beginning to Ragnarok. The fires of Fehu meet the icy mists of Uruz in the Ginungagap & create the Universe, from which springs Ymir, from which is begat all other life, etc... ergo, Uruz is a part of the beginning, not a part of the ending. That place is reserved Dagaz (yes, part of the meaning of Dagaz is coming full circle, completing one cycle, & beginning the next)

[Spiritcalf]

I think of Caution when I think of Uruz. The image of a Auroch in a china shop anyone?