Tyr's Aett



Tiwaz -
(T: Tyr, the Sky God)
Upright -
honor, justice, authority, rationality, leadership and knowledge of where your true strengths lie... willingness to self-sacrifice... victory and success in any competition or in legal matters... patience is the virtue of this Rune.
Reversed -
energy and creativity are blocked... mental paralysis, over-sacrifice, injustice and imbalance... strife, war, conflict and failure... lessening of passions... calls for examiing your motives carefully.



Berkano -
(B: Berchta, the Birch Goddess)
Upright -
birth, general fertility, mental and physical as well as personal growth... liberation, arousal of desire ... it is a Rune that leads to blossoming and ripening.
Reversed -
family problems or domestic troubles... carelessness, abandon, loss of control, deceit, sterility and stagnation



Ehwaz -
(E: Horse, Two Horses)
may represent a horse, car, boat, plane or other vehicle... some type of movement and change for the better... harmony, trust, loyalty... an ideal marriage or partnership... confirms beyond any doubt the Runes around it.
Reversed -
tho this is not really a negative Rune, a change is perhaps craved or needed... feeling restless or confined in a situation... reckless haste, mistrust, betrayal and disharmony.



Mannaz -
(M: Man, Mankind)
Upright - the Self... the individual or the human race... attitude towards others and theirs towards you... friends and enemies... social order, intelligence, forethought, skill, awareness, ability
Reversed -
depression, mortality, blindness, self-delusion, cunning, manipulation, craftiness, and calculation



Laguz -
(L: Water, or a Leek)
Upright -
water, fluidity... the ebb and flow of emotions, careers and relationships... the healing power of renewal... imagination and psychic matters... dreams, fantasies, mysteries, the unknown, the hidden, the deep, the underworld
Reversed -
period of confusion... wrong decisions and poor judgements... lack of creativity and that being "in a rut" feeling... fear, avoidance, withering, madness, obsession, despair, sickness, perversity and suicide



Ingwaz -
(NG: Ing, the Earth Go)
Upright -
male fertility, gestation, internal growth, common virtues, good sense, simple strengths, love of family, caring, human warmth, and the home... may mark a time of joyful deliverance... a Rune of great power
Reversed -
cannot be reversed



Dagaz -
(D: Day or Dawn)
Upright -
breakthrough, awakening, awareness... power of change directed by own will... transformation... hope, happiness, the ideal... security, certanity, growth and release... the place where opposites meet
Reversed -
cannot be reversed but may lie in opposition: completion, ending, limits, coming full cycle, blindness and hopelessness.



Othala -
(O: Ancestral Property)
Upright -
inherited property or possessions... group order and group prosperity... land of birth, spiritual heritage, experience and fundamental values... separation and retreat
Reversed -
lack of order, slavery, poverty, homelessness, totalitarianism, prejudice, clannishness, provincialism... bad karma


the Blank Rune ~
it was invented in the 1980's and should not be used in Rune Stone casting