Tyr's Aett
Tiwaz
Normal Reading: can stand for valor; honor; strength; and justice. It can also embody one's willingness to sacrifice their needs for those of a "greater good". It can also be a symbol of authority; or a sign of knowing where one's true prowess lie.
Merkstave Reading: the opposite of its normal reading; which is injustice; cowardice; an imbalance to one's righteousness. Can also signify: dwindling passion; over-sacrifice; failure in anything competitive.
Merkstave Reading: the opposite of its normal reading; which is injustice; cowardice; an imbalance to one's righteousness. Can also signify: dwindling passion; over-sacrifice; failure in anything competitive.
Berkana
Normal Reading: symbolizes growth as a whole. It can also mean maturity in more than a physical sense; it can also pertain to the wisdom one has accumulated from the span of time they have been around.
Merkstave Reading: receding of maturity; inner childishness revealed; can also mean a stagnation of wisdom, or a forgetting of something important. Other meanings can also include: carelessness; anxiety; loss of one's control.
Merkstave Reading: receding of maturity; inner childishness revealed; can also mean a stagnation of wisdom, or a forgetting of something important. Other meanings can also include: carelessness; anxiety; loss of one's control.
Ehwaz
Normal Reading: striking a balance between two things; can also refer to one's instinct when deciding on matters; "follow your guts". Can also mean harmony; or a joined partnership / relationship. Can also be an anchor to confirm the interpretations of Runes that fall near it.
Merkstave Reading: not necessarily negative in meaning; but it can stand alone to mean that there is a change being sought after. Can also stand for confinement.
Merkstave Reading: not necessarily negative in meaning; but it can stand alone to mean that there is a change being sought after. Can also stand for confinement.
Mannaz
Normal Reading: it basically means oneself, the existence of the soul. It can also be interpreted as the state of being open-minded, as well as understanding that the one in oneself is a part of the Whole. Other meanings can include: intelligence; forethought; awareness.
Merkstave Reading: it can be read simply with this meaning, "expect no help". It can also refer to the uselessness of the situation at hand; self-delusion, confusion, blindness to one's surroundings, or a general feeling of depression.
Merkstave Reading: it can be read simply with this meaning, "expect no help". It can also refer to the uselessness of the situation at hand; self-delusion, confusion, blindness to one's surroundings, or a general feeling of depression.
Laguz
Normal Reading: can stand for empathy, or sympathy for the concern of another person's welfare. It can also relate to the mystical, the unknown, the strange. Can also stand for a partial success, because the success comes with the loss of something of equal value.
Merkstave Reading: it can signify a time of confusion; or a time of poor judgments and false decisions. It can also signify a rut of creative proportions. Other meanings can include avoidance as well as avoidance.
Merkstave Reading: it can signify a time of confusion; or a time of poor judgments and false decisions. It can also signify a rut of creative proportions. Other meanings can include avoidance as well as avoidance.
Ingwaz
Normal Reading: signifies the integration of all selves as a whole; also means internal growth. Can also stand for a period of rest; a time to let loose and have things come your way. Can also mean to listen to your own inner voice.
Merkstave Reading: another one of the Runes that has no Merkstave meaning; but can lie in opposition. If read in opposition, it means that there is stagnation; a movement without change. Can also signify toiling for one's worth.
Merkstave Reading: another one of the Runes that has no Merkstave meaning; but can lie in opposition. If read in opposition, it means that there is stagnation; a movement without change. Can also signify toiling for one's worth.
Dagaz
Normal Reading: a state of enlightenment; clarity as opposed to uncertainty. Can also be related to the power of one's will to change and transform from one spiritual form into another-- basically, a growth of one's deepest personal sense of self. Can also stand for balance, a place where opposite ends meet.
Merkstave Reading: the last Rune that has no exact meaning can be read in opposition. If read in opposition, it can stand for coming full circle; completion; the end of what had been.
Merkstave Reading: the last Rune that has no exact meaning can be read in opposition. If read in opposition, it can stand for coming full circle; completion; the end of what had been.
Othala
Normal Reading: the one thing that is very important to oneself. Can also signify prosperity and heritage. Other meanings can include: abundance, a feeling of safety, as well as order.
Merkstave Reading: stands for the lack of order that one needs; unorganized chaos. It can also relate to "bad karma", as well as prejudice and what one is bound to do, even if they do not really want to do it since it goes against their natures.
Merkstave Reading: stands for the lack of order that one needs; unorganized chaos. It can also relate to "bad karma", as well as prejudice and what one is bound to do, even if they do not really want to do it since it goes against their natures.