Walk Through the Runes: Runic Groupings
We hope you have enjoyed Love Dr Nikki at Oranum’s Walk Through the Runes video series! This video on Runic Groupings is her last in the series, but don’t worry, there will be more videos coming soon!
The Runes have always fascinated me. A little more known now than they were even 20 years ago, these letters of an ancient people (the Norse) can convey so much. This area is dedicated to all things Rune!
Walk Through the Runes: the Love Runes
Another great video from Love Dr Nikki at Oranum! In this episode from her Walk Through the Runes series, Love Dr Nikki goes into the Love Runes- Gebo, Wunjo, Tiewaz, and Sowelu. Learn what each of these Runes can mean for your love life when it shows up in your casting!
Walk Through the Runes: Runes 21-25
Yay, another video from Love Dr Nikki at Oranum! This is the final video where Love Dr Nikki goes over the meanings of the individual runes, next up~ the Love Runes!
Walk Through the Runes: Runes 16-20
Have you been keeping up with Love Dr Nikki at Oranum’s series of videos giving insight & explanation into the meaning of the Runes? We have & we are LOVING it!
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Walk Through the Runes: Runes 11-15
Please enjoy the next video in Love Dr Nikki at Oranum’s ‘Walk Through the Runes’ series, and if you are interested in more videos like these there are plenty on Love Dr Nikki’s YouTube channel!
Walk Through the Runes: Runes 6-10
The 3rd video in Love Dr Nikki at Oranum’s series- Walk Through the Runes!
Walk Through the Runes: Runes 1-5
Explore the first five Runes with Love Dr Nikki from Oranum in this, the 2nd video in her Walk Through the Runes series. Be sure to check back, more videos are coming soon!
Walk Through the Runes Video Series!
We are very excited to share a new video series- Walk Through the Runes, a series of 8 videos posted on Love Dr Nikki’s YouTube channel! We will also be featuring the series here!. So, if you have ever wondered ‘What’s going on with Runes?’ or ‘What do all those little symbols mean?’, just sit back, relax, and enjoy!
Thurisa
Thurisa is called the Gateway Rune. It’s glyph is used in drawing and sketching gateways. Gateways represent moving from one space into another. Gateways and their symbols abound in modern culture. Whether it is the gate at the secure neighborhood, or the gate for the remote ranch, or the “gate” of the doorjamb which is the entrance to every home, the gateway is a place of transference from one space to another.
Without gateways to show us that we are transferring from one space to another we may not realize the transfer has occurred. Thurisa is related to the heart. Modern medicine has shown us that there are valves (another word for a one-way gate) within the heart. When the gates, or valves, work properly our hearts pump sustaining nutrients and oxygen through our cardiovascular system. The steady rhythm of your heartbeat is one of the ways doctors test the body to see if it is strong. When the gates or valves malfunction, serious medical issues may immediately occur.
Thurisa speaks of standing in the gateway, ready to take the step. The young virgin bride stands in the arbor (another representation of a gateway). She can’t help but review her life of innocence that she has lived until now. With her father escorting her towards her soon to be husband she reflects on her past that she is symbolically and physically leaving behind. However, her eyes rest on the one soon to combine with her in perfect partnership, creating a bright future for them both. This is Gateway’s power — The power of passage from one form of being to another.
This rune features highly for those runemal that look at the progressions of life’s progress. Many believe that our life is cyclical and we repeat scenarios which are similar although we may interpret them differently. This theory can be expressed with the oft repeated phrase “if we do not learn the lessons of history we are doomed to repeat them.” Whether interpreted for mankind as a whole or the individual self, Thurisa calls you to wait at the precipice before stepping off into the future. Take the time to review where you have been as it will allow you to appreciate your accomplishments and help solidify your path ahead.
Thor, the Norse God of War is aligned with this Rune. If you’re of the right demographic, you may remember Thor from Saturday morning cartoons or comic books at the 5 and Dime store. Thor was a major player in the Norse Pantheon. The association of Thor should not be missed and the fact that he is still “alive” today in popular culture speaks much of his endurance. We still honor Thor in today’s calendar – Thor’s Day is Thursday.
Thor’s aggressive association may be warning you that those around you are being false or giving you false information. Thurisa warns you to watch the thorns among the roses!
Thurisa – Gateway
Thurisa belongs to Freyr’s Aett.
Key Word(s): Thorn, defence, giant, and non-action.
Element: Thurisa is aligned with the element of fire. Once you have stepped through the gateway you will never be the same again. Yet, like the Phoenix who rises from its own ashes within the fire, you have matured, developed and grown through the transmutive properties of fire.
Thurisa is aligned with the gas giant Jupiter.
Tarot Link: Only the Emperor could hold the regality of the knowledge of proper time and place. The Emperor is truly in command of all that he surveys. He waits, watching the members of his Court, allowing them to show their true colors to him.
Color: Red, the color of fire and change.
Polarity: Gateway is masculine. Thurisa invites you to step forth, but only after proper reflection.
Healing Property: One of the properties of the gateway is the healing essence it brings to the human emotions.
Modern Letter Counterpart: Thurisa is associated with the phonetic combination of TH or P.
Special Runic Associations: Thurisa is the Twelfth in the Cycle of Initiation. Speaking of the non-action to assimilate lessons learned, it hints at the promise of the future beyond the gateway. Thurisa is one of the runes in the Emotional Healing Runic Grouping and the Protection Runic Grouping.
Sowelu, the Rune of Wholeness
Sowelu is the final of the runes of the Elder Futhark. After traveling through the entire set of Runes we come to Sowelu – Wholeness. Sowelu is the wholeness to which we all belong and are connected. Sowelu is finding wholeness and completeness within whom we are and how we interact with others. Sowelu is the Sun in it’s most magnificent and beneficent guises. Sowelu is the harvest from the fields stored and ready to carry through the dark of winter’s night. Sowelu is achievement. Sowelu is celebration. Sowelu means having what we need when we need it – even if we can’t see the truth of that in the current moment.
Sowelu’s wholeness can also be the wholeness found in a happy and appropriate relationship. Sowelu indicates that your personal regenerative powers will allow for you to continue to grow even after you have achieved wholeness. It is once you have achieved wholeness for the self that you can truly participate as an equal partner in a romantic relationship. For, as it is often said, we must learn to love ourselves before we can turn the internal light of self-love out to the world. Loving ourselves allows us to choose those relationships that are healthy and nurturing for us and our partner.
Sowelu speaks of basking in the glory of the sun’s rays. The spiritual warrior has achieved his center. His final arrow has been released and he now knows the inner workings of his own character. Through this position of wholeness a new, stronger, more solid, and higher foundation is created.
Although Sowelu speaks of completion and wholeness, he also challenges you to remember that life never stands still. Regardless of the dictates of man, the earth revolves, the moon smiles down on us as she goes through her phases; together earth and moon along with the other planets and moons revolving around the sun; our solar system is part of a huge galaxy called the Milky Way that is believed to circle like a pinwheel around a structure called a “super-massive black hole.” “As above, so below” was an oft used phrase to describe this string of similarities from the smallest forms of life into the unknowns of the universe, it seems when we find differences in life we find even more similarities.
Sowelu is strongly aligned with the Sun’s Energy. The sun’s energy is anything but passive. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is a European Space Agency satellite launched by NASA in December 1995. It has been quietly revolutionizing knowledge about our sun’s mechanics. SOHO has shown us that the surface of the sun is a roiling mass, shooting out ejecta, coronas, and arcs. Never the same, it is always changing, burning, roiling – the solar winds have serious impact on our small planet. But without the solar winds and ejections we wouldn’t know the glory of the northern (or southern) lights! The sun’s energy warms the wrinkled face of the old woman in her chair as well as the smooth skin of the new born babe. Sowelu beckons you to recreate yourself from the crone to the babe, ready for a new life journey.
Sowelu – Wholeness
Aett: Sowelu, the last of the marked runes is a member of Hagal’s Aett.
Key Word(s): Sowelu – the Sun, wholeness, completeness, personal life force, the growing energy of the sun.
Element: Sowelu calls us to the higher parts of our existence, to reach for the sun (it is the closest star, after all), and expand our life force for a new path soon to be chosen.
Again, The Sun. In all it’s aspects, Sowelu operates under the guises of the Sun. Sowelu allows you to accept the new you with an open heart and mind. Allow your new light to shine and combine with others to reflect the warming growth of the sun within your lives and relationships.
Tarot Link: Predictably redundant, The Sun is the Tarot card most closely aligned with Sowelu.
Color: White – the brightest of lights.
Polarity: The sun shines down upon us. Sowelu is a masculine or male polarity rune.
Healing Property: With its strong association with the sun, Sowelu is believed to be beneficial when working with burns or skin problems.
Modern Letter Counterpart: Sowelu is aligned with one of the most used letters of the alphabet – S.
Special Runic Associations: Sowelu is the last of the love runes. When Sowelu appears in regard to a relationship issue pay close attention to the message. Although it cannot totally negate the meanings of other runes around it in a casting, Sowelu does much to either shine light on issues you need to look at or mitigates some of the more negative aspects of the runes close to it.