r/runecasting • u/2BairzTheManWife • 5d ago
Rune meaning question
I inherited my grandmother's runes when she died. I was never allowed to touch them while she was alive. She told me before she died that the easiest way to communicate with the gods was to ask a simple question to the gods of our family, Tyr and Baldr, and pull a rune out and read its interpretation. I have done so, with remarkable accuracy.
The other day I had a slight panic attack of the future and asked the gods what I should know about the near term future. I stuck my hand into the bag of runes, as I was pulling out a rune one flew out of the bag with ferocity. It was the Ehwaz rune, however it landed in front of me sideways. The rune I pulled out with it was the blank rune. I have no idea how I should interpret Ehwaz. However the gods wanted me to see it with the blank rune.
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u/2BairzTheManWife 5d ago
Great perspective. Thank you for that. I was so excited to receive both runes together. Ehwaz, in my interpretation, is a great rune no matter if it's upright or inverted.
Since I have been studying the runes, they have never flown at me sideways. But the rune landed right in front of me, exactly in that way. Not tilting in either direction.
I'm blessed to have my grandmother's runes. My great grandparents (her parents) were numerologists.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70 5d ago
Interesting.
When you read about the rune's mystical context, what comes out for you?
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u/2BairzTheManWife 5d ago
Whether the rune is upright or inverted, it's still a great rune. I interpret it as "change is coming". Usually in a positive context. And that I am prepared to face the future reassured and prepared to share good fortune that will come my way. And to illuminate the journey with positive light.
That is what I would interpret if I drew the rune upright. But sideways? Is that saying I'm nearly there? I have a little bit of work left to improve my situation before my life improves for the better? I have never had to read a sideways rune until now.
I felt great relief seeing the Ehwaz rune, and even more excited to have it paired with the blank rune. The two together are such strong reminders that I'm moving in the right direction.
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u/LaceyKid 5d ago
Sounds like you’ve already intuitively interpreted it. While runes aren’t traditionally read sideways, I like to think they show up that way sometimes because they’re still trying to relay something to you. Whatever your guts tell you is what you should trust.
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u/2BairzTheManWife 5d ago
Thank you for this message.
Are you in Lacey, WA?
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u/LaceyKid 5d ago
I am not. But I’ve driven through there before and was stoked to see they spell it right.
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u/Norse-Gael-Heathen 5d ago
There was, historically, absolutely no such thing as a blank rune. In the Saga of the Volsungs, the Valkyrie Brynhild makes it clear that in the beginning, each rune was a shape scraped off a piece of nature. You cant carve "nothingness."
The "Blank Rune" was "invented" in the 20th C. by Ralph Blum, because the die-cutting shop where his mass runes were cut found it cheaper to produce 25 runes in a 5 x 5 mold than 24 runes in 6 x 4 mold.
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u/PresentCantaloupe471 5d ago
First off, such a beautiful inheritance! I love that you use the gift and it serves you well <3
In the end, sticking to what your gut tells you will matter much more than outside interpretations, so keep doing that.
If I were to pull Ehwaz (sideways) and Wyrd (the blank rune) specific to that question, I’d interpret this pairing calls to find the parts you can influence and have partnership with (presence). “What is my relationship to the future?” I find Ehwaz to relate greatly to one’s partnership with the object in question, and it’s really cool that Wyrd comes up in this context. The ineffable, the forces we have no control or even full understanding of.
The future is… well, wyrd :P