Discover how the rune Perthro teaches oracle as relationship, not instruction. Learn how to ask better questions, stay sovereign, and play with uncertainty.
Category: Seer
A dialogue about the essence of spiritual exploration and the reweaving of our roots. Enjoy.
the number four in rune practice is associated with stability, foundations, authority, power and the natural cycles of the Earth. Because of its associations with solidity and stasis four can be a difficult number to work with for rune spreads – difficult, but not impossible.
With the three rune spread we really start to get into the good stuff; as Thorsson remarks, three is vastly represented in lore, it is the number of process and dynamism, ‘used to quicken and complete things – to move things to action’ (Rune Lore, Thorsson)
There are two primary ways the Seer can be blocked 1) suppression through fear or shame 2) isolation from the other parts of the magical self. There are deep ancestral, societal and personal woundings that have left humanity on a collision course with each other and our planet. If you feel them your magic is stirring – this is the voice of your leadership, the seed of the Elder looking for nourishing soil.
Two rune spreads are rare – it’s when we move to three rune spreads that things really start to get exciting. Having said that, rune pairs are extremely interesting and there is a great deal to learn from looking at runes as either complementary or opposing forces. Two rune readings are fabulous preparation for bind runes and blended runes during healing work.
Once you have your shiny new rune set, it can be difficult to know where to begin. Traditionally, a technique called ‘casting’ is used where the runes are thrown down – where they fall and how they fall are then read intuitively in relation to the other runes. What we really need, however, is a simplet way to start our practice of reading the runes.
Selecting a rune of the day is a fantastic way of building your rune knowledge and beginning to create a relationship with these magnificent oracular…
Do you know your Zodiac Sun sign? How about your Sun rune?
Have you ever flipped to the back of the Poetic Edda? You’ll find nestling in those last sections a report of the birth of Prince Helgi whose passage into Middle Earth was marked by the Nornir (fates) taking golden threads and stringing them across the Moon’s Hall to set his destiny. It always intrigued me.
The first part of the magical self to emerge is the Seer and their first job is survival: get fed, stay warm, bond. Human babies are exquisitely attuned to what they need; to them there is only one centre of the universe – them. They are leaders, teaching their new community how to care for them.