The Uruz rune

Sound «У», image: wild ox, strength.

Meaning of the Uruz rune

The wild aurochs, raw primal power. Uruz is health, drive, unrefined force that still has to be tamed. This is a time to act with the body and the will, while your deliberations wait their turn. The strength is there and it is yours, more of it than you have been putting to use. The only real question is where you point it.

Uruz reversed

Strength is draining away: weakness, illness, a chance let slip. Or power with no bridle on it, wrecking the very thing it meant to build. Look closely at which of the two you are living through, because they ask for opposite remedies. Rest counts as action in this position.

Uruz 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.

Uruz as a talisman

Uruz is worn for strength and solid health. The sign leans towards physical drive and the will to get what you are after. As a charm it drives off weakness, sickness and timidity, and gives you grit where everything rests on endurance. Suits anyone recovering, taking on something hard, or bracing for a breakthrough. Good on a ring or a belt.

FAQ

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

Runes do not split into good ones and bad ones. Uruz speaks of wild ox, strength, 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 Uruz rune mean reversed?

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

Which aett does Uruz belong to?

The aett of Freyr, 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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