According to legend a Norse warrior called Odin, seeking wisdom and understanding of life and death, fasted with neither food nor water hanging from Yggdrasil, the tree of knowledge, for nine days and nights. From this experience came the knowledge of the Runes. From that time on, aided by Viking travels, knowledge and understanding of the runes has spread throughout the world. Runes are an alphabet of symbols that represent energies and meanings and that also lend themselves to the use of intuition - reaching for further insight beyond the description of each stone's meaning. Runes stones can be used to help us understand ourselves and the surrounding world better by allowing us to ask questions and then casting the runes stones for answers.

Within this web site you will find rune casting fortune telling and information about each of the runes. All of these are free to use !

• Information about each rune - click on the rune pictures in the columns at either side of the page.
• Simple Yes / No responses to your questions.
• Cast a single rune, giving a detailed interpretation of the rune cast.
• Coming soon: Three rune spread, giving a detailed interpretation of the runes cast showing past events, the current situation, and a possible future.

What is on your mind at the moment?

The runes can be seen in the columns on the left and right of each page. As with the standard English alphabet most of the runes can only be viewed correctly one way up. Thus when cast inverted, they offer a different meaning to their normal orientation.

Other runes, such as Gebo shown to the left, look the same when viewed upright or inverted.