Eihwaz is a rune of endurance, adaptation, and response. Drawing on the yew tree’s strength, longevity, usefulness, and toxicity, Eihwaz asks how we face hardship once it has already arrived. Its lesson is not simply to survive difficulty, but to learn from it, adapt to it, and decide what we will carry forward from the experience.

Jera, the 12th rune of the Elder Futhark, is a rune of harvest, cycles, timing, and consequence. Rooted in the rhythms of the year, Jera asks what we have planted, what we have nurtured, and whether the results of our efforts are ready to come due.

Isa is conventionally reconstructed as the Elder Futhark rune of ice. Through the surviving rune poems and my own reading practice, I explore Isa as a call toward reflection, home, and deliberate change.

Nauthiz, or Naudiz, is the tenth rune of the Elder Futhark. Its surviving rune poems center on need, constraint, and hardship. In my reading practice, Nauthiz is not a promise of easy resolution, but a prompt to consider where agency, resourcefulness, and support can meet the problem already at hand.

Explore Hagalaz, the ninth rune of the Elder Futhark. Through the rune poems and modern hailstorms, this essay considers disruption, resilience, destruction, and the possibility of growth after the storm.

Wunjo is often understood as a rune of joy, but joy is rarely permanent or simple. Drawing from the Old English Rune Poem, I explore Wunjo through prosperity, sufficiency, suffering, and harmony—and consider how it can ask us either to seek joy or recognize the joy already present.

Gebo is about the relationship created when something passes from one person to another. Its question is not simply whether a gift is given, but whether the exchange—and any obligation it creates—is understood and acceptable to everyone involved.

Kenaz is a rune of illumination, knowledge, and practiced skill—but seeing the path ahead does not mean seeing the entire landscape.

Explore Raidho through the three surviving rune poems and discover how this Elder Futhark rune speaks to journeys, direction, effort, and growth.

Ansuz, even at its root, is more than a mere mouthpiece for ideas. Its domains include teaching and advising, persuasion and negotiation.

A look at the rune Thurisaz, its origin and how we can interpret it today

A look at the rune Uruz and how we can interpret it today

A look at the rune Fehu and how we can interpret it today