Stands for: A year, a season, a good harvest Treachery, illusion, deceit, betrayal, guile, stealth, ambush, plots. Merkstave: Ego-mania, dullness, blindness, dissipation. Standstill, or a time to turn inward and wait for what is to come. Psychological blocks to thought or activity, including grievances. Necessity, extremity, want, deprivation, starvation, need, poverty, emotional hunger. Merkstave: Constraint of freedom, distress, toil, drudgery, laxity. Meaning: Endurance, survival, determination. Pain, loss, suffering, hardship, sickness, crisis. Merkstave: Natural disaster, catastrophe. Controlled crisis, leading to completion, inner harmony. Meaning: Wrath of nature, destructive, uncontrolled forces, especially the weather, or within the unconscious. Delirium, intoxication, possession by higher forces, impractical enthusiasm. Merkstave: Stultification, sorrow, strife, alienation. If restrained, the meaning is general success and recognition of worth. Ecstasy, glory, spiritual reward, but also the possibility of going “over the top”. Merkstave: Greed, loneliness, dependence, over-sacrifice. All matters in relation to exchanges, including contracts, personal relationships and partnerships. Meaning: Gifts, both in the sense of sacrifice and of generosity, indicating balance. ![]() Nakedness, exposure, loss of illusion and false hope. Merkstave: Disease, breakup, instability, lack of creativity. Vital fire of life, harnessed power, fire of transformation and regeneration. Meaning: Vision, revelation, knowledge, creativity, inspiration, technical ability. Disruption, dislocation, demotion, delusion, possibly a death. ![]() Merkstave: Crisis, rigidity, stasis, injustice, irrationality. Personal rhythm, world rhythm, dance of life. Seeing the right move for you to make and deciding upon it. Meaning: A journey, vacation, relocation, evolution, change of place or setting. Merkstave: Misunderstanding, delusion, manipulation by others, boredom. Meaning: Communication, signals, inspiration, enthusiasm, speech, true vision, power of words. Stands for: The Asa-Gods, Ancestral God, Yggdrasil, ash Evil, malice, hatred, torment, spite, lies. Merkstave: Danger, defenselessness, compulsion, betrayal, dullness. Protection against adversaries. Instinctual will, vital eroticism, regenerative catalyst. Lust, brutality, rashness, callousness, violence. Merkstave: Weakness, obsession, misdirected force, domination by others. Meaning: Freedom, energy, action, courage, strength, tenacity, understanding, wisdom. Merkstave: Loss of personal property, esteem, or something that you put in effort to keep. Sign of hope and plenty, success and happiness. Luck, abundance, financial strength. Stands for: Cattle, domestic cattle, wealth In some cases, like Gebo and Isaz, the rune is symmetrical, so it’s normally considered a merkstave when the rune lands facing down. The second ætt is ruled over by Heimdall and the third and final ætt is ruled over by Tyr.Ī Merkstave is when a rune appears to be ‘upside down’ or facing down. The first ætt is ruled over by Frey and Freyja, the deities of fertility. It consists of 24 runes divided into three groups of eight, known as an ætt (singular of ættir), which are said to be ruled over by both a god and goddess. It was used by Germanic tribes and its inscriptions are found on artifacts like amulets, tools, weapons, from the 2nd to 8th centuries. Note that this technique is handy for recalling the runes, but it doesn’t always coincide with the way they’re meant to be pronounced as a single sound.The Elder Futhark is the older form of the runic alphabets. There’s F - Fehu, U - Uruz, Th - Thurisaz, A - Ansuz, R - Raidho and K - Kaunaz. ![]() For example, ‘ Futhark’ makes up the first 6 runes (which is where it gets the name from). Using this aid makes it easier to recall the names of the Runes since every letter is the first letter of its corresponding Rune. Here we condense the three Aetts into small ‘phrases’ Futhark-gw, H-niji pas, and Tbem-ling-do. A handy way to remember the names of the Runes and to which Aett they belong to is to use the following:į-u-th-a-r-k-g-w - h-n-i-j-ï-p-a-s - t-b-e-m-l-ing-d-o The first is Freyr/Freyja’s Aett, the second is Heimdalls Aett and third is Tyr’s Aett. The Elder Futhark is ‘traditionally’ put in 3 parts or ‘Aetts’. * Eihwaz is not sufficiently correct for the letter ‘ Y’ as it is more accepted as an ‘ae’ sound. This list is just what I have gathered so far from multiple sources and compiling it into something that I feel makes sense.įire, Torch - Beacon, Illumination, Understanding, Knowledge ᛈ - is one of these runes that are far from clear as to their meaning. Note that many sources have differing interpretations of some of the more vague runes. Here’s the notes I’ve made on the Elder Futhark after studying and researching them online.
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