| Norse Rune Divination 
 The Norse people used runes to record important events, inscribe names
 on weapons and monuments, and divine the future. As the year-wheel
 turns, we have an opportunity to glimpse what lies ahead. Runes are
 especially suited to this kind of work, as this verse explains:
 
 Rune craft, rune lore,
 Seek to learn a little more.
 Rune old, rune true,
 Whisper what it's
 coming to.
 
 To preview the coming year, draw twelve runes, and lay them out in a
 row. The first rune on the left corresponds to January, and so on down
 the line. Each one suggests the overall tone for that month.
 
 Elizabeth Barrette
 |