Perthro, Peorth

The Runic series being back in full swing again, we are approaching the Rune "Perthro" or "Peorth" in this episode. This Rune does not have a counterpart in the Younger Futhark or in the Armanen Futhorc. There are some aspects of this Rune that are absorbed where the latter Rune rows are concerned in the Rune Bjarkan (Younger), or Bar (Armanen). Seeing that this is the case, we are concentrating on the Anglo-Saxon Rune poem and the Elder Futhark and the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc.

This Rune is one that talks about "fate" as its very appearance is that of the dice cup on its side. Casting the dice from a dice cup was a game that was played by warriors and nobles alike and was a game of chance. We learned that there are many positive connotations to this that can affect our lives, as our Orlog (actions) are a great illustration of the dice being cast from the cup-- our lives both individually and collectively being the "cup". There can be negative things as well as what story or adventure is filled only with sunshine and roses? There are always challenges to overcome or there is really no story to tell. This is borne out in the sagas of the heroes and the mythologies of our gods and goddesses. This Rune teaches us that we are responsible for what comes out of that cup as Wyrd through the actions we have put into it! There is no one else to blame or to point fingers at.

As we have been stating all along throughout this series, each Rune builds upon the other in the advancement of the initiatory process of awakening. The Rune we talked about the came just before this one is the key (along with every other Rune that we have covered so far) to understanding how we can control through our connection to the powers of the multi-verse, the ancestors, wights and gods what "dice" or Orlog we put into the "cup" that is our lives. This Rune can also be used as a means to understand what our Orlog IS, for it is a stave of mystery connected directly to the Norns. This dice cup could also be related to the "well of wyrd" in a sense because what is put into it and then cast out, like the dice in a game, is very similar in concept to our actions being woven forth from the well of wyrd by the Norns into the tapestry of our fate. Listen to this episode and you'll get the full story of what I'm talking about here briefly in this post

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