The Weekly Rune – Uruz

Uruz is the half-month rune through 29 July, (carved lapis lazuli). Nauthiz is the intuitive rune, and Sowilo indicates Rupture’s perspective. The spirits of place anchoring the runes this week are Mink Rib with element Metal, in the direction of Back/South/Suðri, in the season of Spring. Read right to left is Uruz, Nauthiz, then Sowilo.
Uruz has us reaching into our wildness, the aspects of us that have never been and can never be domesticated. It sounds like a dangerous invitation on the surface, though through the relics of rituals we have from our northern Ancestors, they understood the need to be in relationship with inner utangardr. While great personal insight came up in this cast, the whole time I was listening to the various pieces and parts, I kept getting the memo that this runecast speaks more to the collective dynamic than to personal ones. In other words, it’s about the overall energy and transitions happening to the planet, which are informing our personal ones.

The thing about Uruz that has always stood out to me is that our wildness follows our tameness in the traditional ordering. Like some kind of reminder. “Don’t be too tame.” Fehu is our assets that must be managed, represented by cattle. They are domesticated. They cannot tend themselves. They require force. Uruz, though, is the aurochs, a wild creature that tends itself. Uruz is action. It may or may not flow accordingly; that’s not up to us. Even for Utharkists who place Uruz first, I feel like the opening tone of the Elder Futhark is that it takes relationship with both our discipline and our chaos to function well in this world. We can’t disregard either. In fact, our capability in navigating both sets the pace for our experience of the rest of the Futhark. And if we haven’t done that sitting with, by the time we get to Thurisaz and Gebo and Eihwaz, and even Tiwaz… Think about it. What does hardship look like without our cunning edge and knowledge? What about partnership? Or the entire log jam of the second aett? Not good, friends. Not good. And if we look at this from a collective vantage point, souling-in-form is getting a sharp upgrade. Even other-than-human forms are getting deep reunification with Beyond. I’ve got mini essays on that.

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