Isa (ᛁ)

Ice: stillness and pause.

Literal meaning: ice · Hagal's aett, the second group of eight

In the old rune poems

The Old English poem calls ice cold and slippery, gleaming like glass, a floor made by frost. The Norwegian one calls it a broad bridge.

Light side

Stillness that preserves: a pause in which you gather yourself, hold your centre and let things settle.

Shadow side

Frozen feelings or a situation stuck in place; coldness that keeps you safe but also alone.

Drawing Isa in a game of Leela

In Leela Atlas you can draw a card from the Elder Futhark runes when you land on a square. A bridging question links the card to the square, so the card speaks to your own question:

• Is the stillness in your question a rest you need, or a freeze you are avoiding?
• What does "Isa" show you about your square?
• If "Isa" were advice for your question, what would it say?
• Where do you meet "Isa" in your life right now?