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“Mind over matter – matter over mind”
Uruz - “Oo – Ruse” – Literally: “Aurochs” – Esoteric: Endurance, Formation, Manifestation
Key Concepts: life force, physical health, courage, organic structure, manifestation, formation, healing, vigor, endurance
Psi: determination, persistence, freedom, courage, will, territoriality, independence
Energy: Vital formative force, archetypal patterning, raw primal power, survival, healing, endurance, manifestation, organic structuring
Mundane: physical health, stamina
Divinations: Strength, constancy, vitality, tenacity, pattern, luck, health, pragmatic knowledge, understanding; or weakness, obsession, misdirected force, inconstancy, sickness, ignorance, uncontrolled rage, insensitivity, brutality
Governs:
Shaping and forcing fortunate circumstances creatively through will and inspiration
Self-healing and maintenance of good mental and physical health
Assertion of home ground, personal space, independence and freedom
Strength and tenacity, courage, persistence against all odds
Ability to control aggression and take responsibility
Rites of passage, especially into adulthood
My notes:
While FEHU is the symbol of a domesticated cattle, and Uruz is a symbol of the wild bovine, a reminder that cattle were once wild creatures. If Fehu represents young lovers, Uruz represents young warriors.
Though Uruz energy is also heavily invested in the hamingja, it is not suited for easy, conscious control as Fehu is. It is the rune of powerful unconscious shaping energies that need to be guided wisely as they manifest. It is an early reminder within the series that the untamed powers of creativity are not without danger – a reality quite clear in our modern technological civilization. It is the user’s skill and practiced techniques that will control the energy unleashed by this rune. It is the rune of independence, asserting oneself and one’s territory.
Life’s persistence and its endless resourcefulness in the task of survival are all implicit within the rune meaning of Uruz, thus it is a rune of manifestation, regeneration and endurance. The organic patterning energy of Uruz laces up the skin, sustains the ego and can be used to protect the psyche from trauma. Self-healing is the energy which pulls a diseased or ill form back toward its ‘primal blueprint’: the original, invisible shape intended by nature’s design.
Uruz is the rune of the inner-King and inner-Queen. We can assert our right to exist and be free in the very same primal authority that the aurochs did theirs. It is the will to live passionate and free.
Uruz is linked to the god Thor and so continues on toward THURISAZ.
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October 11th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Mannaz has to do with the self and the journey towards the Self as one with the Divine. Inevitably it must, therefore be linked with spitritual intelligence. On this earth, I think of it as always being conscious of our individual self (needs, desires, actions, outcomes) in relation to the communities in which we live, work, and otherwise interact. In order to achieve this kind of consciousness we must employ all of the various kinds of intelligence to both further our own growth and for the ‘good of the community”
Tyrel and I think that we each have three runes of especial significance to this lifetime, but we are still having discussions about that. One day we will get it clear enough in our minds to write up and post!
October 11th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Sorry! I was replying – I thought to the comment from Guardian on Mannaz – I’ve reposted my comment there. Tyrell can you delete the misposted one from Uruz??
November 17th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
I have a question but I do not want to be misunderstood.
I would like to understand, apart from the fact that this is the original sequence, why domesticated cattle comes before wild bovine and wealth before raw primal power.
I have heard that one should have a clue of the target before beginning their journey but I feel there is a deeper truth below.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Good question Vanr!
Tyriel – what happened to the additional in-depth article on Fehu? I can’t seem to find it on the site. It might be helpful – can’t altogether rememebr what I said in it though ….
November 18th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Ok I found it eventually! http://runesecrets.com/rune-meanings/fehu-extended
Absolutely there is deeper meaning – there always is with the runes. I don’t think any of us are doing more than brush the surface of the deep knowledge and wisdom they can potentially reveal to us. But, the comments and questions on this site are a great way to share what we have!
I don’t think the primal cow Audhumla should really be reduced to ‘domesticated cattle’. The female side of primal energy, she is focussed on nurturing the multiverse ( the Aurouch male energy is raw and less focussed, but just as essential to living).
At the same time, the two forces could be said to be so bound together as to be both mutbale and inseperable – which comes first when one cannot be without the other? This is how I also feel about the last two runes Dagaz and Othala.
As well, in a sociological sense, Fehu represents the conditions of life we are born into (wealth or lack of it and related domestic/environmental circumstances). In this sense it must come first for each life cycle. It is also directly connected to Othala as the resting place/ tribal-ken connection joining the generations.
Just a few thoughts to keep our contemplations going …
November 18th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Every brush brings a new piece of knowledge but is like scratching a Topaz.
Indeed. If a baby was left alone, it could not survive, but it needs some years of protection and guidance in order to acquire all the resources it needs for its journey. Otherwise it could be doomed to misdirection.
Could you please clarify the Dagaz and Othala relation?
November 19th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Vanr: I’ll try :-) – when I get a few moments (weekend maybe) I’ll post acooment under either Othala or Dagaz – unless Tyriel or someone else cares to do it sooner …
November 29th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Vanr,
I know there is an order, because the Universe wills it, but the actual order might not be the order we interpret. Perhaps to the ancients the act of putting the domestic before the wild or primal was simply an act of putting what we can control in front of what we cant. Both having the same importance on different levels, one being easier to perceive and grasp.
The goals at journey’s end are often not the dreams the journey was begun with.
March 6th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
Hi! I would really love to know how could Uruz be read in a romantic context. I asked about someone’s feelings towards me, and the answer was Uruz. Is it simply passion? I’d like to have your opinion. Thanks!
March 7th, 2010 at 2:22 am
It is a very physical rune, and the auroch was apparently a pretty territorial animal. Though it could also be a prompt to you, telling you to have the courage to ask about that someone’s feelings directly, or even to take the matter into your own hands completely. Something to consider!
March 7th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Something to consider, indeed… Thank you so much for your comment!