casting runes — 23feb26

uruz
slag cooling in drizzle grey
trampled & gone back to mud
under the muscle ache

A rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.

Today’s rune is uruz. The rune is named after the now-extinct aurochs, a wild ox and has become associated with standing up to challenges, having both confidence and courage, stubborn tenacity, and boundless strength and health. Uruz is alternately associated with the more raw elements which include rain, primordial potential, and the slag/dross cast away during the making of iron.

Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.


One response to “casting runes — 23feb26”

  1. Bob Avatar

    We have a bunch of old steel mills here. And I’ve walked around them. And in the rain. So this resonates well with me.

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