Getting To Know Runes
Curious about Runes and excited about the opportunity to help Charlie, I then decided to purchase a reading from Mel. It was my first time having a reading with Runes. I didn’t even know what Runes were. Until then, all I knew about Runes were that they were wee pebbles that had weird graffiti on them.
As I did not have a specific question in mind, Mel went ahead to do the reading for me using the Runes from the Anglo Saxon Futhork. I might just add here that he was super-quick with his response too. So if you are a skeptic or who are not familiar with Runes, do contact Mel for a reading at www.alfvin-runesandtarot.com
My Rune Reading
This is an extract of the reading Mel did for me with Runes:
The root of the reading is called Peorth. It is the Rune of the hearth which showed me enjoying a comfortable home environment, and the company of good friends. This was an accurate depiction of my current state. I love my home and family and look forward to coming home to them every evening after work. They are my comfort and my joy. I am also a bit of a social butterfly so my diary is always filled with lunch, dinner, coffee meet-ups and beer o’ clock with friends.
Working against me is the Rune, Nyd. This Rune denoted need and was at that time a reflection of how I needed immediate gratification and spending on little luxuries like new clothes and massages were just my way of enjoying some well-deserved pleasure after working so hard. Ok, sometimes, I spent a little more than I should. I doted on the family and bought more things for them than I should just to make them happy. And obviously, for the social butterfly, dining out at nice restaurants is usually an expensive affair in Singapore. Mel was right. I was not good at saving money. With this lifestyle of frivolity while providing financially for my aged parents, grandmother as well as my own family, I definitely had to think about the wisdom of building long-term savings.
The Rune, Wyn, which meant joy, was picked to denote some short term happiness or reward. We both agreed, that this could possibly line up with the last Rune Nyd as my spending on the little extras provided me with some instant gratification and I saw it as my bid to reward myself for all the hard work I put in at the office daily.
The Rune, Frig was picked to gain insight on my short term future. Frig corresponded with the Empress card in Tarot which was sometimes interpreted as abundance. It symbolized my reaping some rewards for the hard work put in at the end of the year. When I discussed this further with Mel, it seemed to resonate with the fact that currently, I have been working hard, building a successful career, and providing for the family . Most importantly I was enjoying doing what I did and getting paid for it.
The last Rune Mel picked was the Rune of Hagel which corresponded to the Tower in Tarot. This was the worrying bit. To quote Mel, he said “There
may be a prolonged period of misfortune. Hail when it falls can destroy all the crops, all your harvest, so all the plans you’ve been making can go disastrously wrong. However, once the hail has done its damage, the ice melts and turns to water, re- fertilizing the crops. So in the end, new opportunities will present themselves. To sum up, don’t be complacent about what you have, don’t gamble or take risks. Take care of all your basic needs and don’t be extravagant. Acknowledge the joy and abundance you have when and where you find it but be prepared for a long period of misfortune. However, remember that no matter how bad things may become, you will survive and begin perhaps a different path to the one you have planned.”
My Rune reading did not end on a pleasant note but as a professional Tarot reader myself who had to be the messenger of bad news to my clients sometimes, I did understand that the intent behind that reading was to help me prepare for the worst that could happen. But what was it that could happen?
I had decided to overlay the Rune reading with a Tarot reading.
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.My Tarot Reading
As Hagel seemed like the most unpleasant Rune that foretold an unexpected change that could impact me negatively, I picked the Tower card to be the significator representing the “hailstorm” Mel alluded to with the appearance of the Rune of Hagel.
I then shuffled the cards and picked 3 cards from it, while asking the question, “What is the key driver of that negativity that the rune Hagel had hinted at ?” The 3 cards that appeared were the King of Wands reversed, the 4 of Swords reversed and the 3 of Swords reversed.
What an interesting outcome! All the cards in the spread were reversed cards and 2 out of which were cards from the Swords suit. This tells me that whatever that could happen would be causing me a lot of anxiety and frustrations. 1 card was a Wands card which often alludes to the fact that the key driver to that negative situation could be related to business, career direction or passions.
When I meditated on the spread, David appeared within my vision. You see, as spouses, best friends and soulmates, whatever challenges we faced, in good times and in bad, we were committed to be by each other's side. Whatever affected him, would naturally affect me. When he was unhappy, I would be unhappy too.
The King of Wands reversed was a message that David might be saddled with huge challenges in his business from Q3 onwards. The King of Wands reversed was a card that symbolized his frustrations with the lack of progress in some aspects of his business particularly as it depended on other "moving parts" like his clients' budgets, human resource strategies, and corporate bureaucracy like complex internal approval processes. It could also bode a hasty business decision made or perhaps the possibility of an impulsive exchange with a difficult client.
The 4 of Swords reversed was a reflection of his increasing frustrations caused by stagnation or lack of progress in his business deals. This is a warning that he should not take a passive approach to the negativity caused by the business challenges. Instead, he should take the bull by the horn and look at developing a solution-oriented roadmap to get his business back on track, while managing the challenges one by one.
The King of Wands reversed and 4 of Swords reversed were indicating that there could be substantial strains on the family imposed by these challenges. I saw an opening of the floodgate of negative emotions, disappointment, anxieties and frustrations felt by David and consequently myself.
The 3 of Swords reversed however, indicated that we might have issues moving on from the stress caused by the situation. It was also an advice that we should just let go, and allow that period of negativity to wash over us, then look to the positive side of things. This would include working together to change our lifestyle, creating a plan to build long term savings, living a life of gratitude for the abundance we have everyday, no matter what challenges life threw at us. If we could avoid a potentially disastrous situation from happening, we should take heed and do what we could to prevent it from happening. If we could not change a situation, then we needed to change the way we thought about the situation. I always believed that if the Universe had allowed something negative to happen, it would not leave us without the means to deal with it.
I knew immediately that if David had to face a challenge, then I was the means the Universe had put by his side, to help hold his hands through his journey out of the tunnel and into the light.
Mel was trying to pass me a message from the Runes picked. He was trying to tell me that while the Universe had given me a gift to help my clients with my intuition, it had also given me the gift of using the energies of the Rune of Frig, to support David through that period of darkness alluded by the Rune of Hagel.
My Numerology Reading
Well, Mel had already done the Rune reading for me, and I had overlaid that reading with a Tarot reading too. Now, the only thing that can help support these readings was an understanding of the numerological significance of his Personal Year.
David would be treading into his Personal year 5. This would be a year of changes, challenges and conflicts. He would be faced with choices that required him to think on his feet, perhaps even think out of the box and act on situations almost immediately. He needed to be adaptable to changes and be less rigid about the way he managed his business. He had to be nimble enough to look for opportunities within these challenges, and grow from new experiences, create new ideas, and be opened to meeting new people. The new approach of embracing his business throughout his Personal Year 5 would be critical to reducing any negative impact of sudden changes or challenges to his business.
Bring It On
I am grateful to Mel for such an insightful Rune reading. I have not thought of learning how to read these graffiti-ridden pebbles yet but the reading had certainly piqued my interest enough to find out more about it. I also have Charlie the donkey to thank, for without him, I would not have been able to discover the wonders of Runes.
Finally, David and I have been married for 12 years. We have been through plenty of ups and downs but because of these tools that Mel and I had, I could better shape our hearts and minds to prepare for that battle that is to come. We are not afraid of challenges. Ultimately, the Rune of Hagel, if it corresponded with the Tower card in Tarot, signalled to me that any disruptions to our lives, any signs of destruction to our plans and any major upheaval within our home would be necessary to break existing structures and kick us out of our comfort zone, so that we could rebuild and transform our lives for the better.
So BRING IT ON!
The images of the cards used in this blogpost were from the Morgan Greer Tarot deck by Bill Greer and Lloyd Morgan. The Image of the Runes below that were used in my reading was kindly provided by Mel from Alfvin Runes and Tarot.
About The Writer:
The writer of this blog post is a marketeer by trade, and a tarot card reader by accident. She has a Certified Professional Tarot Reader qualification from the Tarot Certification Board of America (TCBA) and is also a certified numerologist based in Singapore. A member of the American Tarot Association (ATA) and the Tarot Association of the British Isles (TABI), she is also a reader for the Free Tarot Network and Biddy Tarot as well as a mentor for the ATA. She can be contacted atwww.facebook.com/SunGoddessTarot
