Uruz -Part 2
Translations:
Germanic: Uruz, Auroch
Mod. Eng.: Ox, bison
Old Eng.: Ur
Old Norse: drizzle, rain
Phonetic: U (can be V)
(Handbook, 21)
Physical: 1:2
Divination:
+ Strength, defense, tenacity, freedom, form, health, understanding
- Weakness, obsession, misdirectional force ignorance dominated by others, inconsistency, sickness
(Handbook, 22)
Myths:
This rune is visually the horns of the Auroch pointing downward. In the myths is points to Audhumla, which was the original cow or bovine figure who licked salty ice and shaped the body of Buri. This being was also a source of sustenance for Ymir before He was dismembered. And Audhumla was also formed from the melting of primal ice by primal fire.
(Futhark, 23)
The horns of this being point downward in symbolic reference of manifestation in the world. Pointing upward they can represent penetrating of the cosmos. This rune is the rune of manifestation or the power of shaping. If misdirected it can weaken and sicken. But if used rightly and combined with wisdom it can stengthen that which is weak.
(Runelore, 16)
Magickal Uses:
Shaping circumstances
mental and physical healing
bring fortune
understand causes behind events
knowledge of the self
(Futhark, 24)
Elements:
The elements involved in this rune come from its connection to the myths. Fire and Ice come together in the beginning of the tale. Fire is the element of vibration and expansion. Ice is the element of stillness and contraction. These opposites release a third element of water. It is within this element of salt/yeast that life begins. The force of this rune is archetypal patterns.
Water is the element of unmanifested form, the unconscious, the evolution of being. While unmanifested, the pattern and the will to form are still present in the stillness.
(Futhark, 75)
Spiritual/ Cosmic Meaning:
The simple understanding of this rune is that of Strength or physical health. In exploring it's use and meaning, there is an expansion of this concept into that of formation itself. The will to manifest anything is entirely dependent on the raw materials at hand. One cannot manifest anything if one does not have the blueprint or the necessary building materials. There is an unspoken understanding that the power of this rune depends upon the pattern or user's guide of the universe/practitioner.
This ability to form relies on the physical health, the mental development, of the practitioner. Nourishment/guides for this ability, or the will to use this ability, can lie in traditions handed down, on ritual, on training.
This rune also points to survival skills, or the will to defend the self.
The Eights:
Row 1: Mysteries/Tools to learn
Row 2: Trials and Tribulations / Conflicts and paths to success
Row 3: The realm where the student works (Runelore, 140)
This rune is in row one, which points to mastering physical strength, health, self-defense as tools of the student. Esoterically the tool that needs to be mastered is the force of the will, the will to shape, and the ability to pull energy down from the universe to manifest on the physical plain.
The test for this rune is Nauthiz in row 2. This rune is known as needfire and means friction or resistance. It also points to being able to direct one's will and protection of the spirit. Friction creates heat which can burst into flames. It is not just the ability to do this that is part of this rune, but recognizing when this is necessary. Misdirected will or force can damage or cause harm where healing was intended.
The realm where the student works on this particular set of skills is Berkano. This rune is one of concealed power, secretive workings, and holding those powers or forces together. This set of three seems to point to the occult teaching: to Know, to Dare, to Will, to Keep Silent. It is in the silence of the womb or the creative mind that friction can catch a spark to create a fire, and the strength of the will directs the flames.
Before this rune is Fehu, which deals with mobile wealth and force, energy that flows and can be channeled. Uruz is the will to shape and channel this energy. And Thurisaz is a rune that helps balance kinetic energies into a directed pattern of action. Walking down the path of these three: Energy flows, the strength of will to shape, and the creation of a pattern for this energy towards action.
Final Thoughts:
In the shape of this rune is an Isa and a Kenaz facing it. This form seems to point to the creation story where ice and fire came together to melt into a rime. From this solution Audhumla came and provided both sustenance for Ymir and future worlds, as well as the shaping power that formed Buri.
There is also a Laguz rune in this form. This points to the water part in creation. The solution that carried the rime/yeast that life evolved from. Water is an element of initiation, into life or into another phase of life. It is used in Christian baptism which has a basis in a Nordic ceremony of rebirth that babies or children undergo. It is part of the belief in a cycle of birth-life-death/rebirth.
3 Paths Through Midgard:
This stanza seems to start out as if the speaker is the Auroch leaving the herd to test it's strength alone in the wilderness. The the speaker seems to shift to the human hunter who is pursing the Auroch in order to test his strength against the wild animal. The twist comes at the end when the Bovine looks at the human and says, " No beast here is abroad save thee." As if the animal recognizes the incivilized nature within the man. Given this is the beginning of the cycle of runes in it's accepted Elder Futhark order it makes sense. The human starts his evolutionary cycle as a beast and a collection of raw forces. Only through discipline and study can he evolve into something greater with self knowledge and premeditated actions.
The Rune Poem:
This stanza refers only the Auroch itself. There is a history of hunting the animal in a pit and eventually humans hunted it to extinction. This animal was said to have a single-minded courage, and represented a shadow or opposite aspect of human nature, that of being multi-minded which both helps humans consider problems and situations from many aspects contributing to a complicated solution, but also hinders humans in that it can contribute to confusion or paralysis in the face of too many choices or pathways.
In this collection there is another rune that is an alternate form of Uruz. The Torch, Kenaz, appears as a lower case "h" form. This reinforces Uruz's connection to primal fire and the forces at the beginning of creation.
Germanic: Uruz, Auroch
Mod. Eng.: Ox, bison
Old Eng.: Ur
Old Norse: drizzle, rain
Phonetic: U (can be V)
(Handbook, 21)
Physical: 1:2
Divination:
+ Strength, defense, tenacity, freedom, form, health, understanding
- Weakness, obsession, misdirectional force ignorance dominated by others, inconsistency, sickness
(Handbook, 22)
Myths:
This rune is visually the horns of the Auroch pointing downward. In the myths is points to Audhumla, which was the original cow or bovine figure who licked salty ice and shaped the body of Buri. This being was also a source of sustenance for Ymir before He was dismembered. And Audhumla was also formed from the melting of primal ice by primal fire.
(Futhark, 23)
The horns of this being point downward in symbolic reference of manifestation in the world. Pointing upward they can represent penetrating of the cosmos. This rune is the rune of manifestation or the power of shaping. If misdirected it can weaken and sicken. But if used rightly and combined with wisdom it can stengthen that which is weak.
(Runelore, 16)
Magickal Uses:
Shaping circumstances
mental and physical healing
bring fortune
understand causes behind events
knowledge of the self
(Futhark, 24)
Elements:
The elements involved in this rune come from its connection to the myths. Fire and Ice come together in the beginning of the tale. Fire is the element of vibration and expansion. Ice is the element of stillness and contraction. These opposites release a third element of water. It is within this element of salt/yeast that life begins. The force of this rune is archetypal patterns.
Water is the element of unmanifested form, the unconscious, the evolution of being. While unmanifested, the pattern and the will to form are still present in the stillness.
(Futhark, 75)
Spiritual/ Cosmic Meaning:
The simple understanding of this rune is that of Strength or physical health. In exploring it's use and meaning, there is an expansion of this concept into that of formation itself. The will to manifest anything is entirely dependent on the raw materials at hand. One cannot manifest anything if one does not have the blueprint or the necessary building materials. There is an unspoken understanding that the power of this rune depends upon the pattern or user's guide of the universe/practitioner.
This ability to form relies on the physical health, the mental development, of the practitioner. Nourishment/guides for this ability, or the will to use this ability, can lie in traditions handed down, on ritual, on training.
This rune also points to survival skills, or the will to defend the self.
The Eights:
Row 1: Mysteries/Tools to learn
Row 2: Trials and Tribulations / Conflicts and paths to success
Row 3: The realm where the student works (Runelore, 140)
This rune is in row one, which points to mastering physical strength, health, self-defense as tools of the student. Esoterically the tool that needs to be mastered is the force of the will, the will to shape, and the ability to pull energy down from the universe to manifest on the physical plain.
The test for this rune is Nauthiz in row 2. This rune is known as needfire and means friction or resistance. It also points to being able to direct one's will and protection of the spirit. Friction creates heat which can burst into flames. It is not just the ability to do this that is part of this rune, but recognizing when this is necessary. Misdirected will or force can damage or cause harm where healing was intended.
The realm where the student works on this particular set of skills is Berkano. This rune is one of concealed power, secretive workings, and holding those powers or forces together. This set of three seems to point to the occult teaching: to Know, to Dare, to Will, to Keep Silent. It is in the silence of the womb or the creative mind that friction can catch a spark to create a fire, and the strength of the will directs the flames.
Before this rune is Fehu, which deals with mobile wealth and force, energy that flows and can be channeled. Uruz is the will to shape and channel this energy. And Thurisaz is a rune that helps balance kinetic energies into a directed pattern of action. Walking down the path of these three: Energy flows, the strength of will to shape, and the creation of a pattern for this energy towards action.
Final Thoughts:
In the shape of this rune is an Isa and a Kenaz facing it. This form seems to point to the creation story where ice and fire came together to melt into a rime. From this solution Audhumla came and provided both sustenance for Ymir and future worlds, as well as the shaping power that formed Buri.
There is also a Laguz rune in this form. This points to the water part in creation. The solution that carried the rime/yeast that life evolved from. Water is an element of initiation, into life or into another phase of life. It is used in Christian baptism which has a basis in a Nordic ceremony of rebirth that babies or children undergo. It is part of the belief in a cycle of birth-life-death/rebirth.
3 Paths Through Midgard:
This stanza seems to start out as if the speaker is the Auroch leaving the herd to test it's strength alone in the wilderness. The the speaker seems to shift to the human hunter who is pursing the Auroch in order to test his strength against the wild animal. The twist comes at the end when the Bovine looks at the human and says, " No beast here is abroad save thee." As if the animal recognizes the incivilized nature within the man. Given this is the beginning of the cycle of runes in it's accepted Elder Futhark order it makes sense. The human starts his evolutionary cycle as a beast and a collection of raw forces. Only through discipline and study can he evolve into something greater with self knowledge and premeditated actions.
The Rune Poem:
This stanza refers only the Auroch itself. There is a history of hunting the animal in a pit and eventually humans hunted it to extinction. This animal was said to have a single-minded courage, and represented a shadow or opposite aspect of human nature, that of being multi-minded which both helps humans consider problems and situations from many aspects contributing to a complicated solution, but also hinders humans in that it can contribute to confusion or paralysis in the face of too many choices or pathways.
In this collection there is another rune that is an alternate form of Uruz. The Torch, Kenaz, appears as a lower case "h" form. This reinforces Uruz's connection to primal fire and the forces at the beginning of creation.
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