Source Vision: a Runecasting

 

I really like this type of spread. There are other spreads like it, but I came up with this one during a 3 card Tarot spread. I wanted a little more information, and I ended up adding three more cards. The lowest line reflects either unconscious or hidden influences. The middle two runes either reflect receptive and projective influences or influences that are in our conscious awareness. The top rune is the position of significator.

I’m using my hawthorn rune set which I love so much. A note about rune sets. It’s fine to purchase them, but you really should make them yourself. I typically crochet a bag to keep them in or I stitch one together. I purchase my crystal runes, but I make the rest. I love hawthorn for rune making. Willow is very nice as is apple. Juniper is a dark and variegated wood and it makes a lovely set of runes. All of these can be used to make wands as well.

Ansuz sits in the significator position representing the Air Element, communication and inspiration. Known as Odin’s Rune, Ansuz reflects our Higher Self, invoking our divinity within. Eihwaz and Mannaz are on the next line, bringing influences of paradox and the rational mind into play. Finally, Kenaz, Wunjo and Ehwaz make up our hidden or unconscious influences, enlightening, bringing joy, and movement around obstacles.

Looking at the unconscious or hidden influences first, it appears that we may have more clarity than initially thought. Kenaz, or Torch, reveals truth and transforms magickal energies. Creative potential is ours with the appearance of this rune.

Wunjo is all about joy and happiness. It’s our happily-ever-after rune that brings joy and contentment. It signifies fellowship with like-minded people and peace.

Ehwaz is an interesting rune. It represents Sleipner, Odin’s 8-legged horse that one rides to Hel to meet Hecate. And before you get all excited and think I believe in Hell, I don’t. It’s Hel, not Hell, and represents the underworld and domain of Goddess Hecate. I have an assortment of Goddesses I relate to, and a few I’m apparently related to (Elen and Melusine), and Hecate is one of them.

Safe travel is part of the meaning of Ehwaz, with astral travel or hedgeriding an important aspect of this rune. It’s also about partnership toward a mutual end, represented by the horse and its rider. I see it as the Merkaba, or vehicle for soul travel. In meditation, the rune can be visualized as a doorway into other dimensions.

So, to sum up the unconscious influences, there is more clarity available than we think to draw from. Positive influences support us as we move toward a more enlightened state.

Next, Eihwaz and Mannaz represent receptive and projective influences respectively. Paradoxical influence is brought by Eihwaz as it provides the connection between opposites. Non-resistant flow is represented by Eihwaz as it moves energy up and down, from one state to another. Eihwaz is the link between worlds and assists in shamanic journeying or hedgeriding.

Mannaz represents humanity’s fragility. A rune of Elemental Earth, Mannaz blends intuition with rationality and influences our role in society. A thought rune, Mannaz increases intelligence and memory and brings educational success. Social integration and harmony are favored with Mannaz as it influences peaceful co-existence with others.

And now we’re back to where we began, with Ansuz. I believe our presence is primarily nonphysical and who we are begins and ends there. Our physical presence or body, is simply our vehicle to move about. Our thoughts, our beliefs, our resonance is as extensions of Source Energy. We are Source Energy. Whether we realize it or not, because we do become caught up in drama, our awareness of everything is through Source Vision. Or at least it should be through Source Vision instead of through the ego’s questionable vision.

So, I think this runecasting is about how we actually see the world as Source Energy. We have all the clarity we need and nothing is truly hidden. We co-create easily with others, extending love and peace to all. This runecasting really represents the truth of who we are, reminding us that we are powerful beyond measure.

See..this is why I love runes..

~Blessings to all..especially to my neighbors in Burns..