One of my favorite forms of fortunetelling is reading the runes. The runes were part of the alphabet used by many of the early Germanic tribes of northern Europe. There are many different runic alphabets, that are closely related. The runes were viewed as sacred to Odin the Norse God of Wisdom.

The deeper meanings of the runes were always connected to the energies of nature, such as The Sun, the Wheel, Cattle, Water, Hail, Ice and many more. Included in the system was fate, which was represented by the blank rune which signified the unknowable hand of destiny. This blank Rune was called Wyrrd and signifies that no answer can be obtained at this time.

To learn the meanings of the individual runes simply hover your mouse over one of the rune symbols below, or click on the rune to view it’s full meaning.

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I remember purchasing this book as a teenager, and over the years I have returned to it many times.  One of the marks of a truly great book is that you can find something new within it every single time.  The book may be small but it is simply jam packed with so many techniques that it could take years to fully learn them all!

The book is written by Raymond Buckland, he is one of my favorite authors and a very prolific one. Raymond Buckland is a British author and of Romany Gypsy decent.  One of the best parts of the book, is that he provides a great glimpse into Romany culture and beliefs.  I have always been entranced by the Romany life, as a traveling nomadic culture, they have such a beautiful perspective, we rarely have a an opportunity to view.

The book details many techniques for doing readings with ordinary everyday items, including reading with playing cards, palm reading, reading tea leaves, readings with dice, readings with dominoes, just to name a few.  For the readings with playing cards, he provides two sets of meanings, one set of meanings are even written in rhyme!  There are also many spreads for card reading, he explains some spreads that are from his own personal family.

There is a chapter on Crystal gazing that is very valuable too.  Within the Chapter on crystal gazing, he explains how to cleanse, bless & prepare the crystal ball an also how to care for it as well.  When I began working with the crystal personally, I followed his advise in regard to preparation and have always been able to practice crystal gazing.  Later on, I discovered that many other intuitives who have tried crystal gazing without the proper preparation have faced certain difficulties.  I do believe the ease I found with Crystal Gazing was due to the great advise of Mr. Buckland

In addition, to the fortunetelling methods I already mentioned, Mr Buckland also shares some techniques the are specific to the Romany, such as a type of Lithomancy or reading of Gemstones, the Dukkerin Board or Divining Board, the basics of Dowsing, as well as a type of fortunetelling based on the moles on the body!  He also gives the reader a deeper understanding of how to achieve Augury, which is how to read the sign & omens all around you in everyday life.

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Cartomancy is any fortunetelling method using cards, this practice goes back for hundreds of years.  This includes readings with playing cards, tarot cards, oracle cards or any kind of cards.  The first appearance of playing cards in Europe was within the eleventh century.  But the true origins and source of the playing cards are genuinely lost to history.

Our modern playing cards have some fascinating facts about them.  There are 52 weeks in a year, 52 cards in a pack, there are 4 seasons, the playing cards also have 4 suits.  The symbols on the playing cards the hearts, spades, clubs and diamonds are called the pips.  In a standard set of playing cards, if you count all the pips (symbols) within the entire deck they add up to 365 pips, the exact same number of days within the year!

Traditionally the person who’s cards are being read is called the questioner, another name for the questioner is the querent.  The person interpreting the meanings of the cards is called the reader or seer.  In most forms of Cartomancy the querent is asked to select a specific number of cards by the reader.

The cards chosen are then placed in a pattern called the spread.  So for instance, a very simple spread would be just 3 cards, laid down in a horizontal line.  The card  in the 1st position indicates the past in the questioner’s life, the 2nd position card would indicate right now, in the present, the 3rd position card would indicate the nearby future.  There are thousands of spreads that exist, and more being created every single day!

Personally, I began my career as a reader by learning to read playing cards first.  There are dozens of methods to read playing cards but the 3 most commonly used methods would be:

• The 52 card English method, includes meanings for each card in the deck.
• The 36 card French method, that eliminates the 2, 3, 4 & 5 cards.
• The 32 card Italian method, that eliminates the 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 cards.

How The Cards Are Interpreted

The suits of the cards represent different areas of our everyday life:

• The Hearts ruling over love life & friendship.
• The Diamonds over our financial life & career.
• The Clubs are related to ideas & projects.
• The Spades are related to delays & challenges.

The face cards, the Kings, Queens & Jacks represent the various people within our lives.  The numbered cards, give clues to timing of events.  For instance, the aces represent a new phase that is just starting, an ace represents a new beginning, while the tens represent endings or the completion of an older phase.

An added layer of meaning can also be discovered by paying attention to the groups of cards that show up as well.  So if there are several diamonds within the clients spread, that would likely indicate the reading is related to financial matters.  If there were many aces that showed up within the spread, this would suggest that there are lots of new beginnings within the client’s life!

The missing cards also provide a picture of the situation, if a client is asking about a new project and most of the cards are wands, and diamonds but there are no spade cards, and the suit of spades is completely missing from the reading, this would indicate that the path is clear of delays & challenges and would be a very positive sign!

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