Uruz (ᚢ)

The wild strength of the body.

Literal meaning: aurochs, the wild ox · Freyr's aett, the first group of eight

In the old rune poems

The Old English poem praises the aurochs as fierce, proud and horned, a bold beast of the moors. The Norse poems read the name differently, as slag or drizzle.

Light side

Raw vitality: the energy of your body, your stamina, the untamed force that gets you up and carries you through.

Shadow side

Strength without direction becomes stubbornness or exhaustion; ignoring the body's signals drains the very force you rely on.

Drawing Uruz 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:

• What does your body already know about your question that your mind has not yet admitted?
• What does "Uruz" show you about your square?
• If "Uruz" were advice for your question, what would it say?
• Where do you meet "Uruz" in your life right now?