RP, A/S
"HAGALL is the coldest of grains; Christ created the primeval world."
RP, N
"HAGALL is a cold grain & a shower of sleet & a sickness of snakes."
RP, I
Meaning: hail
Related to: Saturn (passive)
Esoteric interpretation: icy egg or seed of cosmic life & pattern.
Ideographic: the connection of two standing beams by a crossbar in the half-timbered building technique; or, the primal snowflake
Associated with: Heimdall
Color: blue
Plants/Animals: hawthorn, ash, yew, the herb briony. The snake
Stone: onyx
Healing meditation: wounds, grazes & cuts.
HAGALL is the cosmic ice-egg that is filled with crystallized magical power & cosmic power. The hailstone represents the rime "egg" of Ymir, the rime giant formed in the junction between Musphelheim I Niflheim. This Rune represents ongoing evolution within a fixed framework. The "mother Rune" associated with completeness.
Understand that living in the material universe imposes certain limitations upon you; learn this & you will be happy. HAGALL represents all events, good & bad, that lie outside of one's control. An impersonal force. A disruptive natural event: sickness, birth of death. In the Gate of Heaven runecast, this occurs in the month of the forcast, or the whole year (if in the central position.) Or, the querent's fate may be in the hands of another person or committee.
May indicate indirect receipt of news. Life is a gamble; physical fertility (Depending on how it is paired.)
A/S RP
NEID (need) leaves little choice; naked man is chilled by the frost.
N
NEID is distress of slave & state of oppression & hard labor.
I RP
Meaning: necessity
Related to: Saturn (active)
Esoteric Value: need-fire & deliverance from distress.
Ideographic: the bore & the bow that turns it to kindle the need-fire.
Associated with: the Argonauts, Skuld, & Nott (mother of Darg)
Color: black
Plants/Animals: beech, mountain ash, rowan, snakeroot
Stone: lapis
Healing Meditation: arms
"Need constricts the heart/ too' to the bairns of men it often becomes/ help & health nevertheless, if they heed it in time."
The self-created fire; the well-directed action which may, with knowledge & wisdom, act as the counterforce to the oft-negative power of the Fates. Guido von List writes: "Use thy destiny! Do not strive against it!"
NEID also represents the concept of stepping forth into manifestation. The creation of the Norns led to resistance being born into the universe, setting the laws of causation into action, and eventually sowing the seeds of destruction (not necessarily a bad thing.) This Rune is used in both Icelandic love magic and in protective charms.
This Rune can indicate a chronic illness or a long-standing problem. With positive Runes this might be soon to be solved, cured or alleviated.
Since it signifies "lack" it may warn of a shortage in the near future. Implies not moving ahead; staying put, maintaining the status-quo.
Not a particularly lucky Rune for love matters. Querent or relation may be driven by emotional needs, sometimes, but not always, connected with romance.
NEID reversed: Querent may be taking action against advice, cautions of others; against conscious---will lead to degradation & ruin. When paired with WYRD or JARA it often indicates a past mistake for which reparation must be made. He may have gained, and now myst repay; not necessarily to the wronged person in kind, but in some other circumstances of life, or thorough anguish caused by a third party. Being treated as one has treated others. Or: paying one's debt to society.
The querent should be advised to be cautious. If he doesn't take this advice, some outside agency: Fate (WYRD) an act of god (HAGALL) or human justice (JARA) may step in.