Departure, Farewell, Distance, Voyage, Travel, Journey, Adventure
Home, Establishment, Safety, Tradition, Custom, Privacy, Conservation
The popularity of Lenormand cards seem to have been revived for contemporary times, at least here in the U.S. Lately it seems that every tarot enthusiast will go through a phase of intrigue for the…
Choices, Many Opportunities, Travel, Separation, Hesitation, Decisions
Openness, Revelation, Unlocking, Achievement, Liberation, Resolution
Loyalty, Friendship, A Follower, Devotion, Obedience, Support
Happiness, Victory, Success, Power, Warmth, Truth
Public Affairs, Society, Culture, Teamwork, Fame, Social Networks
Document, Email, Speech, Conversations, Expression, Information, Communication
Stability, Restraint, Security, Resilience, Durability, Laying Foundations
In this post about 3 quick ways of reading 3-card spreads, I wanted to help my readers bridge the gap of moving from simple 2-card combinations into readings of more than two cards. Now I want to do the same with 5-card readings, which takes a BIT more effort but can also be read super
LearnLenormand in Five MinutesThe most important thing to remember when you read a Lenormand card, is that the car...
Are you a Tarot, Angel or Oracle card reader and you think of adding the fabulous Lenormand card system to your reading sessions? This is deck is tailor-made for you! During my workshops, I’ …
As I said in my previous post, Lenormand is an intuitive card-reading system which is based on universal symbols and meanings. To be able to use Lenormand most effectively and confidently, you have to start building an intuitive relationship with your cards. A lot of this is to do with having an instinctive understanding of
Negative cards, eh? Who needs 'em? To follow on from the last point I made in my previous post, about "bad" readings, I wanted to give a little bit more advice about how you can deal positively and actively with those cards that generally seem to have a negative meaning when they come up in
In October of last year an idea crossed my mind. I thought of making dice with the Runes of the Elder Futhark. Not the usual 6 sided dice, but three dies of eight sides. That's 3d8 for those of you who have played table top RPGs. Each d8 represents an Aett of the Elder Futhark. Each die has 24 angles and represents the whole Rune row. Freyr's Aett has the Runes Fehu through Wunjo and the numeric values on the Runes on any two opposite side is 9. Hagal's Aett contains the Runes Hagalaz through Sowillo and the sum of opposite sides is 25. Tyr's Aett contains the Runes Tiwaz through Othala and the sum of opposite sides is 164. The sum of all Aetts is 300. The following table shows the pairs and sums: Frey'rs Aett Rune Pairs Fehu & Wunjo Uruz & Gebo Thurisaz & Kenaz Ansuz & Raidho Numeric Value and Sum 1 + 8 = 9 2 + 7 = 9 3 + 6 = 9 4 + 5 = 9 4 * 9 = 36 Hagal's Aett Rune Pairs Hagalaz & Sowillo Nauthiz & Elhaz Isa & Pertho Jera & Ihwaz Numeric Value and Sum 9 + 16 = 25 10 + 15 = 25 11 + 14 = 25 12 + 13 =25 4 * 25 = 100 Tyr's Aett Rune Pairs Tiwaz & Othala Berkano & Dagaz Ehwaz & Ingwaz Mannaz & Laguz Numeric Value and Sum 17 + 24 = 41 18 + 23 = 41 19 + 22 = 41 20 + 21 = 41 4* 41 = 164 All 3 Aetts add to 300 I searched all round online and the first mention I found that sounded similar to my 3d8 was on Witch School. The post popped up in a google search and reads: Does anyone use rune dice? I just purchased a set of futhark 3 dice which are 8 sided. They haven't arrived yet for UK, I live in the USA. So I am not sure how to read them. My intial thought is a 9 rune spread, with 3 rolls of the dice. I am very connected to Dragons and I expect my Dragon guides to give me push in the right direction. But was hoping this group might have some information.Brightest Blessing, Runestar So I joined the website just to ask about these Rune Dice. No answer yet. I have been making the dice in paper and clay since October of last year. I would really love to make them of wood, but I have no idea how to go about that. A couple of hours ago I found a patent in google patent search. It's the exact same layout as I have. I can't find them for sale anywhere, though. You can find it HERE. Anyway, I have been making my dice from Premo Sculpey clay. I just knead them until they feel and look right, bake them and then sand them down and paint on the Runes with paint markers. As you can see from the picture, I've worked everything out on paper first before marking the Runes on the clay dice. I made my dice extra large because I like the over-sized feel. If you would like to see what the 3d8 Rune dice look like, print this out, cut and fold. I'm sure you can figure it out. Of course, the first thing that one tries to work out is a system of divination, but I am now playing with concepts for true Rune Games. I'm working on unique dice notation and figuring out the probability distributions. Is there already a Beowulf RPG? I need to do more googling. Elder Futhark Rune Dice by Jason Bales is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at greybookofrunes.blogspot.com. Addenda: On further inspection, the patent does not match my dice in the Rune forms or in their pairings based on Runic Numbers. 7-2-2012: I just found these on Etsy. They also do not match my design, but they look cool. No, I don't know this person and I won't make any money if you buy from him (seems to matter to some people).
