The worth of our project had to be proven. As I considered the situation and my prospective role I began to understand that who had the ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ of it was not the point to be made. Now this was a much better fit to the situation! Cooper’s other comments on different aspects of Tiwaz were helpful too, reminding me that Tyr sacrificed his hand to achieve a necessary outcome – a form of deception was involved in order to get to the greater good – it was a matter of tactics. Others will demand that you prove yourself, you cannot demand their respect without it. You are going to have to fight for your honour and good name. For Tiwaz face up but reversed he suggests:ĭuel, struggle. I have never found these satisfactory and it seemed clear to me that it would be unhelpful for me to bring along this kind of negative energy. Tiwaz reversed is commonly assigned attributes of deception, waning energy, lack of courage, giving up. Sources that do discuss reversals generally focus on the meaning in divinations. I was nonplussed on this occasion when I drew Tiwaz in the reversed position! What did this mean? As a simple reversal – not to be the spiritual warrior? To not go in fighting for what was fair and just? When I am to undertake important tasks (especially sensitive ones), it is my practice to ask what runic energy I need to call upon/ bring with me. Instead of everyone feeling disappointed, wronged and under attack, the goal was to identify a course of action for mutual benefit. I was facing the work-related task of attempting to turn negative and adversarial criticism into an opportunity for an appreciative and respectful exchange of ideas. I am going to use a recent experience with Tiwaz as an example. Regardless of the position runes are in my readings, I have found Cooper’s shades of meaning tremendously helpful in focussing and developing my understanding of how runic energies and relations may manifest in a situation. For each rune he provides interpretation suggestions for face up, face down, both upright and reversed (as applicable). ![]() It is an out of print treasure I found second-hand called Using the Runes by D. ![]() I have only one source that deals with this. It does occur to me, though, that when casting runes the fact some land face down might be of importance in understanding the manifestation of runic energy in that reading. I pull (draw) rather than cast runes, and have thus always placed them face up, but preserving any reversed positions. Rather, the energies of each rune have many manifestations from the simple and mundane to the very depths of spiritual and cosmic understandings. I do not see any kind of positioning as simply a matter of ‘positive’ (upright) versus ‘negative’ (reversed/inverted) positions. There are very few in-depth discussions of face-up reversals and far less even consider what meaning, if any, may be attached to face-down positions. Some rune signs do not reverse or invert, but every rune when cast or drawn may come out face up or face down. The following are some of my thoughts on this. Given this, it seems to me that rune position – any aspect of position – in a reading must also have value. The importance of runic order and relationship within the Futhark is not disputed – the more we understand of the runes the more we recognize the intricacies of this. Nevertheless, I do find the position of a rune helpful in developing my overall understanding. Others pay little or no attention to upright or reversed positions, reasoning that each rune always contains positive and negative energy anyway – the situation and our actions will determine how runic energy plays out. Some rune commentators see any reversal of a rune as negative, often describing it as ‘murk-stave’ (dark or at least gloomy) as opposed to ‘bright’ when in the upright position. ![]() Either way, the runes do not always come out upright and face up. Others pull runes from our bag, usually one at a time. Some of us cast our runes, tipping out the whole set and letting them fall as they may. Most welcome guest contributor to the site, Mahryan, addresses some frequent issues that newcomers to the runes have, in particular the idea of reversed runes, positive and negative interpretations, which are often called murk staves. Questioning the Runes: Confronting Our Hidden Stories! Get my new book right away on Amazon in Paperback or Kindle: Need help? Sign up for Coaching with Tyriel or the Rune Course. Don't forget The Book of Rune Secrets, available on Amazon.
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