Align First, Then Proceed – A Runecasting

Laguz, Ansuz, and Perthro are the runes I cast today. Jupiter is in Libra and we have a triplicity at work with the numerology coming down to 9, 9, 9. Completion, and the beginning of something new are in order over the next thirteen months (my lucky number). I was born on October 13th, so anytime thirteen comes up, I pay attention. My birth date also reduces to 9 so this current transit with Jupiter is significant.

So when I cast the runes, I wondered if they would give me any insight about the coming months or if there were particular influences I should keep in mind. Laguz, the 21st rune of the Elder Futhark, is a rune of Elemental Water and tells us to move in nonresistance. A witch rune, Laguz tells us to rely on our intuition, to align in our Source Presence. before making any decisions.

With Jupiter in Libra, there’s an element of balance in play and Laguz helps us keep our emotions in balance. Additionally, Laguz suggests a strong, assertive female who is comfortable asserting her will. Laguz cleanses away illusion, casting its net to the universe to bring clarity and vision.

Ansuz is a special rune in that it is the rune of Odin, the god who hung from the World Tree, Yggdrasil, and sacrificed an eye while receiving the runes as a gift to humanity. He reportedly envied the Norns of Fate, the three witches he observed carving runes into Yggdrasil which grows out of the Well of Urd, and hung upside down for 9 days and nights in an effort to learn the wisdom and secrets of the runes. There’s that 9 again.

A rune of Elemental Air, Ansuz is a force of creation, allowing us to channel our Higher Selves when interacting with this rune. Given that the runes are in fact a language, this 4th rune of the Elder Futhark traditionally suggests communication. But the message imparted by the runes is archetypal in nature as with the Major Arcana in Tarot giving us spiritual principles to live by. Ansuz can be used to access the past and the Akashic Record and to increase our spiritual consciousness. As with Laguz, Ansuz helps us align in our Source Presence and to invoke our divinity within, giving rise to our inner voice and knowing.

Perthro is an interesting rune. Although I read runes from their natural position, they can, like tarot cards, include reversals. I view it as opening to the right, as the well of Urd from which runes are cast. Also representing the womb, Perthro, the 14th rune of the Elder Futhark, represents the birth of something new, in sync with our transiting Jupiter in Libra. Perthro helps us understand Wyrd, or the unknown. If open to the right, it suggests birth, to the left, death. It represents cause and effect as well as synchronicity and with the help of the Norns of Fate, directs us toward correct action.

The numerology of the runecasting is 21, 4, and 14. No master numbers present, so we’ll reduce them as they are to 3, 4, and 5 and from there, 12, and from there, 3. Nine is a multiple of three so there’s some synchronicity there. But the three itself is interesting because it may reflect the influence of the three Norns of Fate. Traditionally, the Norns determine fate. From The Seeress’s Prophecy (Voluspa) found in The Poetic Edda:

19 An ash I know that stands, Yggdrasill it’s called, a tall tree, drenched with shining loam; from there come the dews which fall in the valley, green, it stands always over Urd’s well.*

20 From there come girls, knowing a great deal, three from the lake standing under the tree; Urd one is called, Verdandi another— they carved on a wooden slip— Skuld the third;

21 they laid down laws, they chose lives for the sons of men, the fates of men.¹

The Norns, as well as the Disir, practice the Norse magic of the Seidr. A shamanic form of witchcraft, Seidr utilizes journeying and rune magick for divination and it’s essentially been my own practice as a hedge witch for all of my life. So over the next thirteen months, I’ll be paying close attention to what the runes have to tell me as well as what the three Disir have to say during hedge riding. Also called shamanic journeying, the Disir that accompany me during hedge riding are three women who feel like ancestors, grandmothers possibly, and they accompany me while in the trance state. Sometimes they say nothing, simply sitting or walking with me. But on occasion they might say a thing or two, which I welcome with love and respect.

Otherwise, I plan to get out of the way and let the universe unfold as it will, taking any and all opportunities that come my way to create something wonderful. The last couple of years have put me on a course that I never thought possible, and I eagerly await the coming months to see what will come my way. I may post a monthly journal of sorts over the next thirteen months sharing how Jupiter is manifesting for me in Libra. I turn 59 soon, of which the numerology is 5, or change. So changes are clearly in store.

But whatever is coming, the runes are telling me to embrace the unknown aligned in my Source Presence. I know I keep coming back to this idea, but it really is all that any of us needs to do to live a happy and fulfilling life. The presence of Ansuz indicates that I should listen to my inner voice because all truth resides there. Align first, then proceed. Always.

Blessings to all!

 

References:

1.  The Poetic Edda (Oxford Worlds Classics) (p. 6). Oxford University Press. Kindle Edition.