Nauthiz

Also called Need

Rune

overview

Nauthiz is need: constraint, hardship, and the friction that teaches self-reliance. It is also the need-fire, kindled by friction when all other fires were out.

Uses

Enduring hard times
Discovering what you truly need
Patience under pressure

ritual

Rune: ᚾ
Sound: n
Meaning: Need
Aett: Heimdall's Aett, rune 2 of 8
Upright: Necessity, constraint, endurance, self-reliance
Reversed: Deprivation, desperation, poverty of spirit
Rune poems: Old English, Norwegian, Icelandic

Working with it

Write what you need, not what you want, on a card marked with Nauthiz. Rub your palms together until they're warm, press them on the card, and keep it until the need is met.

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Deity: The Norns