Very interesting Ty I'll be following your posts on these.
Quoting: Green Witch (just edited post and changed to a different link from imgur, dunno why it's different or how, but it scaled it less shitly. So I'll use that version of link in future)
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There's some obvious logical relationships with Fehu, as well as the less obvious. (As said, there's a lot more info than I can represent in these card forms where the art is important to me).
Firstly; Wealth, money, food, personal power, social success, energy, control and controlled power all relating to Cattle.
Checks out. It's worth considering cattle as people, the herd, etc.
This becomes more relevant in the juxtaposition of the next rune Uruz. Tamed/Controlled power of Cattle, versus Wild/Uncontrolled strength of the Auroch.
As I said a long time ago, runes are something I just haven't gone into deeply so this is relatively new territory for me. So as a beginner, where would I start?
This is a good one to learn from
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He also has a book called the 9 doors of midgard which is a workbook. It teaches galdring and how to work through the 9 gates that lead to the 9 worlds of ygdrasil.
Also the book Urhark: the night side of the runes. Is another very good one. Thar author starts with the uruz rune as the starting place by recognizing that it is the primordial rune mother from which all others stem. And he explains that the traditional rune set up starting with Fehu is the exoteric version where uruz begins the inner standings of it instead. It's an interesting take on it for sure.
I've read this! Many years ago now. Thanks for the link, I shall read again :)
I will say this concerning books on runes; as with a LOT of things in our current time there are those who over analyze or over explain, trying to seem more complicated and in the know than is necessary - even to the point of adding a load of wank. So, as I always have, utilize multiple sources, discard the superfluous and retain what resonates well.
Concerning 'starting' with the runes, don't rush in blindly accepting what one source states (even me!), and 'spend time' with the runes. By that I mean, ponder, meditate and otherwise work with the ideas and energies represented by each.
One concept - which is sort of what we're doing here with my daily post of a card - is to meditate and explore upon a different rune each day.
I was about to link a website with excellent information, however after just on 20 years being up, it appears to now be down. The wayback machine has it stored in archive and I've saved a copy of a particular page.
Of note is: "Galdr or Galdor, from the Old Norse, originally meant 'incantation'. The verb "gala" is also used for "to crow". It later came to mean magic in general. These are the sounds used in runic oral spells. The Galdr sounds are from Edred Thorsson's Futhark, a Handbook of Rune Magic."
Here's a song you might find useful in short meditative sessions when working with Uruz.
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Wardruna are great for this :)
