The meaning of the word ‘PERTHRO‘ is unknown to the scholars, as it seems to have no other origin outside the runes. Rather than suppose that the word is lost, I treat this as intentional, as I must with all the names and their positions in the Aetts. Therefor, the reason that Perthro is [...]
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This in-depth article by Mahryan explores Fehu in further depth and detail, and is an excellent accompaninmetn to the core rune meaning for Fehu offered elsewhere on Rune Secrets.
The gifts of Fehu must be worked for, received with thanks and humility, and what is possessed must be looked after with respect. Resources must be guarded against time of need –- but not hoarded, and especially not for profit. This is a difficult balance to find and maintain on 21st Century Earth …
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Othala - Literally: “Homeland” or “Ancestral Lot” - Esoteric: Inheritance, estate, noble
Rune of the homeland – the spiritual state of internal well-being, freedom and security in which development and growth can take place.
Divinations: A home or estate, group prosperity, group order, freedom, productive interaction; or lack of customary order, totalitarianism, slavery, poverty, homelessness, xenophobia, racism, genocide.
Dagaz - Literally: “Day” or Dawn – Esoteric: Awakening
Rune of the final synthesis of consciousness and the ultimate enlightenment of mind. The process of concept becoming realized.
Divinations: Awakening, awareness, hope-happiness, the ideal, paradigm shift; or lack of vision, sleep, blindness, hopelessness, cataclysmic change.
Inguz - Literally: “Seed” or “The god, Ing” - Esoteric: Process, space
Rune of isolation or separation in order to create a space or place where the process of transformation into higher states of being can occur. Rune of gestation and internal growth.
Divinations: Resting, gestation, internal growth, expectation, time for oneself; or impotence, scattering, movement without change, frivolity, immaturity.
Laguz - Literally: “Water” or Ocean - Esoteric: Unconscious, Collective Memory
Rune of the context of becoming or evolutionary processes, which may at times be largely unconscious. Rune of the matrix of action. Rune of upward growth out of roots in the unconscious to unfoldment and blossoming in the light.
Divinations: Life, passing a test, sea of vitality and of the unconscious growth, memory, dreams; or fear, circular motion, avoidance, withering, depression, manipulations, emotional blackmail, lack of moral fiber, fantasy, poison, toxicity.
Mannaz - Literally: “Mankind” - Esoteric: Humankind, awareness
Rune of the Divine structure of intelligence in the human soul or psyche. Rune of the horizons of human existence and collective potential.
Divinations: Divine structure, sustainability, intelligence, awareness, social order, divine influence in life; or depression, mortality, blindness, self-delusion, collective suicide, bigotry, elitism, intellectual arrogance.
Ehwaz - Literally: “Horse” - Esoteric: Trust
Rune of harmonious teamwork and trust. Rune of pairs of entities working together for a common goal.
Divinations: Harmony, teamwork, trust, marriage, loyalty; or duplication, disharmony, mistrust, betrayal, nightmares, indecision.
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