"L"

The quick-growing green portion 
of a leek or a wave of water

3rd aett, 5th rune

Signifies life energy 
and organic growth

Fluidity, life force, birth

Willow

Leek

Aquamarine, azurite, calcite, 
chrysocolla, fluorite

Deep blue-green

April 29 - May 14

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

The Germanic name: Laaz (Laguz)
 The Norse name: L�gr
 The Anglo-Saxon name: Lagu
 The Icelandic name: L�gr
 The Norwegian name: Laukr

The meaning behind Laguz relates to 
the leek, a hardy and vigorous vegetable. 
From this association with the leek comes 
the idea that Laguz embodies the energy 
that makes living things live, including 
the source of this life. Contained within 
this concept are the natural laws and 
primal forces of life as well as the 
opposite polarity-death or the cessation 
of life on this earthly plane.
 The L-rune represents fluidity, and is 
associated with the power of the ocean 
tides and the force of rivers and 
waterfalls. Its energy is one of going 
with the flow, because to struggle with 
it is to drown in its depths. Most of 
the human body is made up of water, and 
water is an element that we require on 
a regular basis for survival.

Njord-Father of Frey and Freyja, 
Njord was the god of the sea and 
winds, of summer, and calm, friendly 
weather. He was handsome and usually 
dressed in a green tunic. At his 
seaside palace, Noatun, he calmed the 
ocean storms called up by Aegir, the 
angry sea god. Swans were sacred to 
Njord because they first appeared each 
year at the beginning of summer. Seals 
were also his favorites because of their 
playfulness. The sponge is called Njord's 
glove.
 Ran-In contrast to Njord, she is called 
"the robber," and is the goddess of the 
stormy sea and the drowned. To drown was 
to go to Ran, and the wise carried gold 
on a sea voyage to appease her, just in 
case the ship went down. Wife to Aegir, 
Ran had nine giant daughters, the nine 
waves, called "the claws of Ran." Together, 
Ran, Aegir, and their nine daughters dragged 
ships down into the depths of the ocean. On 
the other hand, Ran could steady any seafaring 
vessel with one hand. In her mermaid form,
she was seen combing her long hair as she 
reclined on the shore.

Swan, seal, sea gull, duck, 
whale, dolphin, otter, beaver

Water

21

Waxing Moon

The Star

Laguz represented the primal waters 
in Nifelheim, which contained the dormant 
yeast of life. When the yeast became 
solidified by ice and then energized by 
the fire of Muspelheim, the potential for 
life became realized. From water come the 
basic ingredients for life. Laguz represents 
the source from which all rivers of energy 
flow into the ocean, which in this case is 
Oneness.
 In its Old Norse form of logr, meaning 
"sorcery," this rune relates to the goddess 
Freyja, who introduced the practice of magic 
to the Aesir when she went to live with them 
in Asgard. In particular she taught Odin seidr, 
a type of love magic that had previously been 
practiced only by women.

Increases your living spark by your becoming aware of it
 Tunes into the wayery flow of life
 Becomes familiar with the energies of life and death
 Increases the flow of your personal patterns
 Understands and integrates your emotions and desires
 Immerses you in divine knowledge
 Washes away negative energies and unwanted patterns

Laguz, laguz, laguz,
 L l l l l l l l l l
 Lu la li le lo
 Lug lag lig leg log
 Ul al il el ol
 Lo le li la lu
 L l l l l a a a a a g u u u u u
 L l l l l l l l l l

Tied to birth, Laguz is a potent rune 
for initiation. it was a Norse tradition 
to sprinkle newborn babies with water to 
show their worthiness for life. Symbolic 
of the seed as it meets water and begins 
the life process, this rune is also tied 
to the leek, an organic entity that links 
the white under part with the green upper 
part. It is a symbol of the expansion of 
life in both physical and spiritual realms, 
and Laguz is the planting of energetic 
patterns that sprout quickly from the Earth. 
Middle Earth is the third aspect in this 
triad, which as a whole denotes the fluidity 
of the life force. From the concept of the 
river, we understand that everything is 
connected to the whole, and that within the 
whole everything is relative.
 Also connected to this concept are the 
tides, which energetically move inward 
and outward, rising and ebbing on a daily 
basis. The tides reflect energy's natuarl 
flow in an up-and-down, back-and-forth 
motion that is universal. It is important 
to remember that, when you practice magic, 
you need to account for this ebb and flow 
of energy as it moves back and forth between 
negative and positive poles. The idea is to 
accentuate the positive flow while minimizing 
the negative.
 The Rune of Intuition suggests protection 
either by supernatural forces or your own 
psychic gifts. This powerfully female rune 
is very positive when upright but dangerous
when reversed, and strongly suggests betrayal 
or self-betrayal.
 Water usually produces pleasant associations,
such as peacefulness, love, intuition-speaking 
generally: emotions. However, for the Norns 
water is the sea, and sea is a dangerous 
and unpredictable place, home of the Midgard's 
Snake, and many a seamen's grave. Laguz thus 
reflects both bright and dark aspects of the 
element of Water. Speaks of primary i.e. primal 
fears of dark, cold, and all dangerous things 
hidden deep in our subconsciousness.
 Similar to Eihwaz, that makes us face our own 
mortality, Laguz induces us to analyse and study 
the roots of our behavior and offers us 
possibilities and opportunities to discover new 
paths of spiritual development. Understanding 
and wisdom acquired through acceptance of the 
meaning of Eihwaz and the runes that follow 
prepare us to face our own dark aspect (reflected 
by Laguz) and to accept it as an integral part of 
the character. Laguz trains us and prepares us 
to help others in the process of self-analysis and 
study, in this manner becoming our spiritual 
counsel.
 When used in divination it signifies: emotions, 
fear, unprecise thinking, hidden things, 
revelation, intuition, offering advice.

For use in magik: to reinforce psychological 
abilities and capacities, oppose and contradict 
fears, stabilize mental or emotional
disturbances, reveal hidden things.

This is the rune of the psyche, 
or the rune of intuition. It brings 
into the closest plane the intuitive 
or psyche-related connections with 
the world surrounding one, and points 
out that full attention should be 
directed to hidden feelings. Possibility 
exists of a female influence being important 
and significant for answering the question.
 For the person asking the question this rune 
can also mean leaving to where he/she will 
undertake university studies, which will 
prove successful, however also other kinds 
of advancement and progress in academic 
spheres.
 If the question is asked by a woman, the 
rune may also mean birth of a child.
 In its reversed position Laguz warns 
the person asking the question not to 
go over the borders of own authorizations. 
If the person fails to observe such an advice, 
his/her behavior may disappoint friends, 
relatives, or colleagues, which will produce 
an unpleasant situation for his/her own self. 
Such an incautious acting may produce break 
in relations that, regardless of additional 
effort invested, will not be possible to 
compensate for.

Fehu Uruz Thurisaz Ansuz Raidho Kenaz
Gebo Wunjo Hagalaz Naudhiz Isa Jera
Eihwaz Perdhro Algiz Sowilo Tiwaz Berkana
Ehwaz Mannaz Laguz Ingwaz Othala Dagaz


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