Decided to start a topic where we can post rune casts to get help interpreting runes. So here we are. Someone post a casting, and we can all jump in!!!!!

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THE LAW OF THE PACK
Defend the Pack. Respect the elders.
Teach the young. Cooperate: know your role.
Hunt when you must, play when you can, rest in between.
Devour your enemies. Leave your mark. Voice your feelings.

Okay well here is my last cast, which I already have drawn up on the computer so that will save us having to draw up a new one lol.

The querant was me, and the query was a general monthly cast.

The runes with the circles around them are face up, the others are face down.

Ignore the fields if you like and read as though it were cast on your own cloth. Then we'll get to see the similarities and differences between our methods Ignore the face downs or read them, whatever you would normally do lol.

All the runes fell on the cloth with this cast, which is unusual for me lol.

What's a general montly cast to you? A preview of the upcoming month, or a reveiw of the past month?

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Along The River: My paganism blog

OK, going to jump in here. This will be my first, so bear with me.

I started with Ehwaz, assuming that was the closest to you. I'm thinking there is a relationship that is moving too quickly for you. This is more a partnership, not necessarily an intimate relationship. Someone you're trying to pull together with, to go in the same direction, but things seem to be going to fast for you to control.

Moving on to the left is Teiwaz. The rune of Tyr. The first rune of the third eight, sometimes known as Tyr's eight representing the coming of the age of man. The shape of this rune can be seen as a penis, male energy. It is the rune of victory in battle, or the sales of justice. Could be some legal matters coming up, maybe with the partner?

Next is Thurisaz. Representative of Thor. A rune of protection. Remember, Thor ALWAYS wins.

Othila seems next. This is the rune of permanent wealth, or an inheritance. Othila represents a sense of security. A safe, warm, comfortable home, and the ability to manifest these qualities in your home.

Kenaz-the element of fire. This is the rune of knowledge, teaching and learning. Associated with Freya. The fires of passion. An inner light to help you see clearly.

Sowilo-the Sun, light and warmth. A rune of spirituality, can represent spiritual strength & health. Associated with Sunns the Sun Goddess.

Eihwaz-The hunter's yew bow. You have the tools you need to acquire what you need. Don't worry about meeting your needs, you have the skills to do that. Also represents backbone, strength and courage.

Uruz-Primal, unbridled power.

I'm going with a partnership whose speedy pace concerns you. There could be some legal issues associated with the partnership. Remember, you are protected and WILL win. Given controls, this partnership could result in security and property. You have a passion for learning about spiritual matters. You have what you need to acquier what you seek with the outcome of power & courage.

What do you think?

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THE LAW OF THE PACK
Defend the Pack. Respect the elders.
Teach the young. Cooperate: know your role.
Hunt when you must, play when you can, rest in between.
Devour your enemies. Leave your mark. Voice your feelings.

A preview of the energies surrounding the coming month. I've just started doing a regular monthly cast this year, whereas before I've always just cast when I have a particular question or issue in mind. But I figured it wasn't important what I particularly did with this cast, I just thought we could all use it to explain how we interpret a cast.

Tallwoman, that seems pretty spot on, except for the too-fast part. If anything it's too slow! The Teiwaz-Thurisaz-Othala progression was a good interpretation, and you interpreted Kenaz-Sowilo the same as I would have lol. It's interesting to see the spiral technique in action, and I have a much clearer idea now of what it entails. Although your reading doesn't reflect my own interpretation of this cast, it is actually very relevant to something in my life at the moment, right down to the partnership related with a legal/official/redtape issue that relates to the home, inherited wealth etc. I think you can count this one a success

Are you up to a few questions to clarify your technique?

Does the 'rune closest to the querent' mean the one physically closest to them? Or is it one that represents them? Do you put any significance on the areas the runes have fallen in or just the spiral pattern? And are the face downs discarded?

The rune physically closest to the querent. Unless there's one that is jumping up and down screaming, "Look at me! Look at me!!!" And I did go with what runes were in line next to each other in the spiral. I didn't really look at other relationships. I know you have a relationship that is moving WAY too slow for your liking, but that's not the relationship I saw. Although you guys are not physically close, your closeness and intimacy is evident on other levels, and so I didn't see that relationship as being the one it was talking about, necessarily.

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THE LAW OF THE PACK
Defend the Pack. Respect the elders.
Teach the young. Cooperate: know your role.
Hunt when you must, play when you can, rest in between.
Devour your enemies. Leave your mark. Voice your feelings.

I take a look at runes that are under another rune, see if my intuition is telling me it's pertinent. I only look at other face down runes if they're hollering at me.

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THE LAW OF THE PACK
Defend the Pack. Respect the elders.
Teach the young. Cooperate: know your role.
Hunt when you must, play when you can, rest in between.
Devour your enemies. Leave your mark. Voice your feelings.

I'm looking forward to figuring that one out when I get my new rune set My current and only set has the runes engraved in stone-like forms, so it's impossible for one to be on top of another or overlapping. Simply too fat and round.

But that kinda raises the question of how should runes be made, since in cases like this their form can influence the casting. Flat and thin will give some different possibilities than thick and/or round, and so on.

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Along The River: My paganism blog

In going from what I've been taught, and I admit I don't have an extensive education on the subject, I've had one teacher, and have yet to read much. My teacher says rune stones were land markers. Like property identifiers. Runes used for magic were on flat discs of wood, preferably the wood from a fruit or nut tree. But, he also says that the ancient Norsemen were creative, and adaptive. They would take what they found in other lands where they "traveled" and adapt it to their own uses. Kind of like the Borg, reswistance is futile. We will take your tools and adapt them to our uses. Gotta love the Vikings!!!!! Rah for raping and pillaging!!!!!

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THE LAW OF THE PACK
Defend the Pack. Respect the elders.
Teach the young. Cooperate: know your role.
Hunt when you must, play when you can, rest in between.
Devour your enemies. Leave your mark. Voice your feelings.

I agree. Too fat and round or too heavy has it's effects, but too thin and flat and light would also affect the way that they fell. It wouldn't allow for any rolling or bouncing or flipping when they hit the mat... it would all happen in the air and they could just flutter down and go everywhere lol. I think it's a matter of changing your casting height and the casting mat to suit the shape and weight of your runestones/slips/disks/whatever. But either extreme definitely has it's drawbacks, I think. You'd just have to work around it, and if you have a good relationship with the runes, they would find other ways to indicate similar interactions I think.

I have 1 inch round hardwood discs. About a quarter to a third of an inch thick. I used a woodburner instead of a drimmel. I love them. They look very primitive, which to me looks like a rune.

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THE LAW OF THE PACK
Defend the Pack. Respect the elders.
Teach the young. Cooperate: know your role.
Hunt when you must, play when you can, rest in between.
Devour your enemies. Leave your mark. Voice your feelings.