Paulina

In this context, addiction refers to the parts of ourselves we can’t quit, that shape our destiny. These are things like bad habits, conditioning, anything that we seem to repeat in our pattern. If for instance we have an emotional addiction to abuse… a pretty serious scenario… that addiction, and any other we have, will shape our future.

So in this case, addiction, excess connects with DOOM. Doom is a destiny in which parts of us which we cannot control, or which we are addicted to, or parts of our personality that are excessive, conspire to shape our future in such a way that we meet our end because of it.

I have added doom to the interpretations… thanks for drawing this to my attention, it’s an important thing to discuss when talking about Perthro, Wyrd, Orlog, etc.

Now that’s a little embarrassing to miss that in my own notes. My apologies.

I’ve been going through these notes for a couple of years as I compile something more substantial out of them, and they’re not perfect yet, or crystal clear.

The divination section on ALL the runes could use a lot of improvement. In some cases I’ve taken meanings that several authors seem to agree on, but which I can’t explain for myself. In this case, addiction would be an example of that.

Maybe you can post a little more from what Fabiana Daversa says about Perthro and addiction and ‘excess’ and I’ll order her books from the local library, as I’ve not looked over that author’s work at all. That would be a big help!

And I’m honored that you are putting these notes to good use in your studies and that you can forgive some of my work’s flaws at this point. Please don’t hesitate to comment wherever you have questions or insight, even if it’s only a few words.

“Divinations: Good omen, knowledge of örlög, fellowship and joy, evolutionary change; or addiction, stagnation, loneliness, malaise, delusion, fantasy”

I take it that the meanings after “or” are applied to the reversed position of the rune, which is, in this case, Perthro. Your thoughts on my “Not meant to be” option really help. Thank you. And, please, do know that I’m aware of the complexity of the divination process, and that I also seek a deeper understanding of myself and the world around me in every “encounter” I have with this “set of keys”, as you wisely refer to them, and that they have also “served me so well in unlocking this life’s secrets and miracles”.

“Not meant to be” works in some contexts no doubt, because reversed, it could indicate that it cannot manifest, or that something is counter-manifesting… that something is prohibiting manifestation. This might indicate that something in your pattern is preventing a certain outcome or occurrence from existing. This would be a common problem in all our lives, to some degree or another, and reversed Perthro could indicate it.

Hope that helps but bear in mind that divination can be very complex and iffy from the start. The rune system I am trying to build here is more of a psychology, exploring energies in the world, and how to gain personal power and deeper insight into the mysteries of our world. Divination plays a part, and Perthro is the rune of divination. Paradoxically, it’s also the rune of “No mortal knows the future.”

Our future is unseen to us. It is from the patterns in our life now that will guide us. Our decisions do matter, but so do the decisions of others, and elements completely outside the control of humankind. Together, that makes a weave… a ‘web’ of wyrd.

So decision-making is vitally important, because powerful decisions, exercises of the will, do make a difference. However, they are not the only things at work. The other things at work may be entirely unknown, may have yet to manifest, and this whole process works into Perthro.

Making a decision is half-guess. We can’t know the outcome ahead of time, yet to avoid paralysis, we have to make one. I’ve shown how ‘guessing’ is a fundamental magic of Perthro.

Doom is when your destiny is outside of your control, when some kind of unchangeable factor in your web, in the pattern of your life, is eventually gonna get you.

So, Perthro can be a powerful shaper of your own fate, or it can be exquisitely harsh — in keeping with all the runes on the 2nd Aett.

Paulina