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Laguz

Rune Laguz  ·  Sound value L  ·  Tyrs Ætt

Water & Intuition

Meaning & Interpretation

Laguz is water, the lake, the rune of intuition and the flow of life. It invites you to follow the inner current and to listen to the unconscious, rather than fighting against the stream. Today, let your feeling guide you – water finds its own way.

Laguz upright
Upright
Water, the lake. Intuition and the flow of life; follow the inner current.
Laguz reversed
Reversed / related
Reversed, Laguz floods you with confusion and overwhelm – a struggle against the current. Let go, trust your feeling and swim with it rather than against it.

Name & Origin

‘Laguz/Lögr’ is water, the lake, the flood. Rune of the flowing, of the unconscious, of intuition.

In the Rune Poem

The Old English poem describes water as seeming endless to people when they venture out on a tossing ship and the sea-waves frighten them.

Historical Use

For the Vikings the sea was both lifeline and threat – a road to riches and the grave of many seafarers. Laguz stands for this unpredictable, bearing force.

Good to Know

Water was sacred: springs and wells were regarded as places of wisdom – think of Mímir’s well beneath Yggdrasil.