Ahoy everyone!

I am very new to performing divination with runes, but I have taken some time and effort into learning the elder futhark symbols and a basic understanding of what they mean as well.

The questions I have are less about the runic characters themselves and have more to do with the divination process. When I am doing a reading for myself I often find that I will pull a single rune, or do a three rune spread or something along those lines, but a lot of the time I do not really have a question or theme for the reading. How necessary is it to have a premeditated context for the reading such as a subject or question? Is there any good spreads or types of readings to do when you don’t have a specific question or something you need to divine about?

Also, is there a reading that is good to perform daily that has a sort of context attached to it?

I am in search of a sigil or rune that can help keep away bad energy. I work in a place where a lot of my coworkers are at each other, and I'd like to place a symbol above my door to keep away bad energies.

Ahoy everybody, I am just starting to learn to work with runes so I made my own set and have been doing some single rune pulls and trying to memorize all the elder futhark runes. I did my first three rune (past, present, future) rune pull. These were the runes. I’m not totally sure what to make of these.

I think my interpretation are kind of along the lines of, me coming back to my spirituality again and reconnecting the divine and spirits to my home (othala). I’ve also been working on my self and healing past wounds and mental illness pretty diligently into the present physically and spiritually (berkana). Finally in my future since I have been consistent with my practice these past months I feel I pulled Ansuz as my future rune because maybe the divine will recognize my efforts and open up to me.

I don’t really know how accurate my interpretation of this reading could be. I am not sure if I have it all wrong or am maybe just slightly off with one of my interpretations. Also how often do you all think a past present future rune pull is effective. How far into the past is the past rune usually reaching too & vice versa how far ahead do your future runes usually take to come into fruition or notice when they could have if you decided to take action to kinda change your future? As i said im new to divination especially with runes so any and all help is very much appreciated.

I am very new to rune casting and could use help in interpreting. I was drawn to doing the 3 rune cast (past, present, future). My question/intentions while drawing was "what I need to do to progress positively in love, wealth, health, and happiness. Any advice is appreciated.

This is how we do Eihwaz in Runic Alchemy.

• Tune into the Earth somewhere on the level of your belly and down. Feel it not only in yourself but also in the world around you.

• Slowly breathe out and along with this exhalation, slide the energy of Earth down deeper to the world of Fire, somewhere below your feet.

This is the bottom-left descending bar of the rune.

• During the small pause after that notice, you feel a little extra pressure in your head. It's because you changed the balance in your system. You reduced Earth so new fresh Fire arrived instead.

• Make a gentle slow inhale and feel your entire vertical axis which stands across all the levels starting from Fire, through Earth, Emptiness in the middle, Air, and Water on the top. This is a vertical bar of the Eihwaz rune.

• After doing so you will find yourself on the way to a new balance and that small extra pressure steps down from the head.

• With a second slow relaxed exhalation, let the Water fall onto your head and flow down through yourself.

This last step is the last, top-right descending bar.

Breathing helps to manage attention, and doing Eihwaz step by step helps understand each of its aspects.

But after some practice, we want and can do everything as a single steady holistic process, not dependent on breathing and without causing temporal pressure and energy fluctuations.
We want and can achieve true balance.

Balance both static, as represented by the vertical axis of simultaneity.
And dynamic, as represented by two diagonal bars, compensating continuous changes made by each other.

When you catch this triple state of Eihwaz by holding an energy egg in your hands, notice how the vertical axis of Eihwaz resonates with your vertical axis, so you may start feeling you are holding yourself in your hands. This bigger you, who holds you between palms, probably longer than you think, and watching your life, who is it?

I’m new to casting runes and did a consecration ceremony binding them to myself and charging them. If someone else wanted to cast, would the results be affected if they used my runes or would they work all the same? Not sure if it matters

Hey everyone! I have some antler slices that I’ll be making into runes. My question for you is should I use a wood burner or engrave them with a dremel?

hello everyone, i’m new to rune casting and i still struggle big time in interpreting them every looking up on the internet. i recently wanted to bring Freyja in my life and i put a candle on my altar for her with an offering and got my rune bag; i asked to give me a message if she wants to work with me and accepts me (since i’m also a devotee of the hellenic pantheon) and this is, in order, what i pulled.

how would you interpret this step by step?

Would really appreciate if anyone can help me.

I guess I posted in the wrong subreddit. It was removed for “modern religion topic” which makes no sense. Anyway, I made these. Elder Futhark. I gifted this set to my favorite band.

Exactly the title. A rune fell off the table as I was randomly casting a handful of runes onto my cloth. How to interpret this one rune makes or breaks my entire interpretation of the cast.

I have made my own runes as I believe you should be able to see on my page. I made them about 8 months ago. I’m having trouble actually using and interpreting them. I keep buying books by Dianna Paxson or Edred Thorrson and finding out everyone hates them. I haven’t had any real profound experiences with the runes and I’m just having trouble with becoming educated and using them appropriately. I would like to get into actually using them for more than just divination. Any help goes a long way. Also I joined the rune guild like 6 weeks ago and my request hasn’t been approved.

I’d like to become almost an expert in runes and using them to where I can truly feel and understand their power.

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Hello I am new to the sub but also rune casting and j have some questions.

1.Is it ok that I am using runes even though I’m am not Nordic or was anything close to to where runes originated.

2.How do I accurately read the runes without becoming confused?

3.What is your best advice for places to learn it more because I only have “the book of runes” by Ralph plum but I’m afraid it’s outdated

Hi, I got my first rune set come today and am new to rune casting, I was planning on cleansing them by leaving them outside overnight once it's a full moon but when unpacking them I noticed they came with a light purple/gray crystal (looks to be Amethyst but not sure) in the bag and am now wondering if it is still necessary for me to cleanse them or if that's what the crystal was already in the bag for. Thanks

Just wanted to share this new rune casting cloth I got from Etsy! (I’ll leave the link if anyone is interested as well; however I had mine custom made and changed the names and positions of the realms as compared to the original one sold on Etsy)

This rune cloth is perfect for anyone who likes to do the Yggdrasil / 9 Realm Divination Method.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/270169880/

Hey guys I have a tattoo appointment in 2 days and my ex was the expert so I don't necessarily wanna ask her. But I need the word CURSED in Younger Futhark/ Norwegian. I've attempted to figure out myself and I either don't understand the alphabet or get conflicting info. Please and thank you

What can you do if you get a bad rune reading?

What is the difference between the future situation and new situation (final outcome) card in a cross spread? I asked a general question about the future and got contradictory runes in the spread.

A friend just gifted me his wife's runes. She passed away a couple months ago and he knew I was interested in getting my own set. My husband says that they should have gone with her, and I need to make my own. I wasn't close to the wife and not super close to the friend though we are getting better. The runes weren't used much, should I let them rest like my husband says or is it ok to cleanse and use them for myself?

I’d like to learn of cleansing methods. How do you all cleanse your runes? What makes you decide to cleanse them? When should I cleanse them? Thanks!

Hi, I have some questions, I would be happy if someone could answer me (sorry for my English but it is not my native language). I would like to start learning and practicing runecasting, at the moment I am reading/have read the following books: -Runes for beginners (Lisa Chamberlain) -Nordic Runes (P. R. Mountfort) -Norse Mythology (Neil Gaiman) -The big book of runes and rune magic (Edred Thorsson) (I discovered the author's story only after reading it) -Taking up the runes (Diana L. Paxson)

I would like to ask the following questions:

1. I read in some of these books that a way to start learning about runes is to draw a rune a day from a deck and keep it with you, but can I create a deck with my limited knowledge? (I wonder if my knowledge is enough to actually create a deck with my own hands)
2. Many of my friends are pagans, but I decided to start this journey alone and not say anything, do you think that for someone to approach this journey there is a need for a "master" or a "guide"?

If you have any advice on how to start and other books to read that can help me I would be happy Thanks a lot in advance for any response

Hi, I want to preface this by saying i have VERY limited knowledge of runes, I have never really used them or practiced with them. I have only used sigils a few times in spell work (I am also super uneducated about them and have only used them in protective spells) I used a protection sigil in a protection jar last night. Anyway, I had a dream last night, and this symbol was in it. I looked it up and I know its a rune, but i have no idea what it means to see it in a dream or what or if i should do anything about it. sorry for my ignorance but any and all help is greatly appreciated!!!