The Twenty Four Runes of the Elder Futhark

The image above is a scanned copy of a generic bone rune set. The blank rune included with the set has been intentionally omitted.  Most people who take this sort of thing seriously seem to agree “rune” translates as something like “mystery” or “secret”.  The following is an old list of my personal associations with the runes, informed by Rune lore and personal experience.

	Fehu - Energy. Wealth. Ego, and the bullshit that can come with it.
	Uruz - Strength, the above average ability and execution. Toughing it out.
	Thurisaz - Tricky. Obstacles and the means to overcome them. Aggressive protection.
	Ansuz - “Odin’s rune.” Perspective, intellectual consideration. Very mental.
	Rad - The Journey. The road ahead and everything behind. Going the distance.
	Ken - Skills and tools. Pragmatic, what you need to get it done.
	Gebo - “The gift rune.” Exchange, value, trade. Material and energetic.
	Wunjo - Joy and success.
	Hagal - Destruction. Things fall apart. Hard times.
	Nyd - The minimum necessary. Need. No bullshit.
	Isa - What is, manifestation. Bridging the gap, making it real. Solid.
	Jera - Time. Seasons and cycles. Change that comes in time.
	Eohl - Protection, connection. Responsibility. The divine.
	Peorth - Circumstances. The container, the moment. Initiation.
	Eihwaz - Death. Release, sacrifice. Done.
	Sigel - Transformation. Power, speed, fire. Lightning.
	Tiwaz - The ideal. The pragmatic taken beyond manifestation. The World Tree.
	Beorc - Birch goddess. Healing, cool forest stream. Care, love, affection.
	Eh - Union. External and internal, metaphor and reality. Marriage, sex.
	Mannaz - Community or group of people. Public opinion. Collaboration.
	Laguz - Water, flowing. Following momentum, non-action and not acting.
	Ing - Seed, potential. The masculine principle within Mother Earth that makes the seed spring forth. Sex.
	Daeg - Beyond paradox, beyond language. The Mystery, the Dreaming.
	Othel - Ancestors, inheritance genetic and otherwise. The deep, true self past the current ego.