Much like reading the tarot, a rune reading offers guidance. A rune casting –or reading–is a way to activate intuition and gather information about the past, present, and future. A rune casting will help you focus on the present so you can do what’s right in a situation that’s bothering you. Melissa Alvarez, a world-renowned clairvoyant advisor, says, “I advise a rune reading when the person has an issue that relates to uncovering how they should act or behave within a situation that’s timely in the person’s life.” She also says: “A rune reading tends to go deeper into the reasons why something is or isn’t working for a person. It allows the person’s situation to manifest through the symbols.”
Methods of Casting the Runes
The runes can be cast in a couple of ways. All 25 runes can be scattered from the bag onto a piece of fabric as you look to the heavens. In this method, only the runes that land upright are read. Additionally, much like tarot, you can use different layouts for a rune reading. With this method, you decide on your layout. Then hold the pouch in your non-dominated hand and think about the question you want to be answered as you pull out runes from the bag with your dominant hand. One -by-one, each rune is placed in its given position in the chosen layout.
Understanding the Runes
Rune is a form of writing used across Northern Europe during the Early Middle Ages. It’s a magical system of hieroglyphic pictographs that represents the forces and objects in nature. Until the end of the 1960s, few individuals outside Scandinavia had heard of runes. Of course, Tolkien, who was a philologist, used his own form of runes called Elvish in The Hobbit as a phonetic alphabet, but few readers know its connection to Norse runes. Today, many people around the world use runes as an oracle.
