The Laguz rune

Sound «Л», image: water, current.

Meaning of the Laguz rune

Water: the current, intuition, feeling, everything under the surface. Laguz is what flows and is understood without words. Trust your instinct and go with the current, it knows the way better than your plans do right now. What you feel without being able to explain it is the useful information here.

Laguz reversed

The water is clouding: fear, feeling gone stagnant, an instinct knocked off true. You are swimming against the current, or going under in something that arrived all at once. Laguz reversed asks for solid ground under your feet for a while before you act on the next reading your gut hands you.

Laguz in a spread

If it comes up upright, read it by the meaning above. If it falls upside down, read the reversed meaning: the rune's force goes backwards or turns harmful. A single rune gives you the leaning, and for an answer with a thread through it you draw three: what is behind, what is now, what comes ahead.

Laguz as a talisman

Laguz is taken for instinct and settled feeling, the rune of flowing water. As a talisman it draws live intuition, flexibility and the ease of going with a current that already knows the way. As a charm it quiets fear, clears out stagnant feeling and keeps you afloat when it washes over you. Worn by those who follow an inner voice.

FAQ

Is the Laguz rune a good sign or a bad one?

Runes do not split into good ones and bad ones. Laguz speaks of water, current, and in a spread it hints at where the force is leaning. It is no final sentence, and a lot depends on which runes fall beside it.

What does the Laguz rune mean reversed?

When Laguz falls upside down its force turns around and either goes backwards or does harm. The reversed meaning is spelled out above.

Which aett does Laguz belong to?

The aett of Tyr, one of the three groups of the Elder Futhark, eight runes each. The aett tells you which octave the rune sits in and which runes it neighbours.

The rune said its piece in short. The arcana tell it more slowly.

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