During the middle ages, the people of Northern Europe, the British Isles and the Scandinavians used certain alphabetic scripts which, these days are popularly known as Runes. There is no documented evidence as to when the Runes have been used as a form of magick and divination. But today Runes stones are used much like the Tarot cards for the purpose of fortune telling.

In order to read the Runes, it is very important to know the meaning of the runes stones. For the purpose of knowing the runes it is not necessary to memorize the meaning of runes. Starting with the first rune i.e. FEOH, each rune stone should be taken and visualized and the stone’s physical connection with the rune needs to be understood. The Runic alphabet is known as the ‘Futhark’.

Runes Reading gives a clear insight into your inner self. This divination tool can be used to bring about clarity and inspiration in you spiritual thinking. This also helps in solving your day to day issues and problems.

The different kinds of runes that can be used for a reading are Gold, Ice, Jade, Spirit, Stone. Different runes are used for readings for different purposes. Some of the popular types of rune spreads or layouts used for rune reading are Cross, Diamond, Fork, Norn and Single. The runes may be upright, merkstaved or reversed.