Greetings fireladywolf4u!
The best way to get to know the Runes is to start spending time with one Rune a day. Read what your lil book tells you about it... meditate with it and carry it around all day. Get to know that lil Rune VERY well... let it speak to you. It will not always say the same thing either. Not only is it important to see it and read it.. you also have to be able to FEEL it. I have always said each Rune has a pulse and a beat all its own. You just have to key into it to hear it and feel it. When you pull one Rune a day don't just read the info on it meditate for 5 minutes then put it in your pocket and walk around with it all day... be sure that you are re-reading about it all day long whenever you have a chance... then when you meditate the Rune will speak to you all about its qualities. I use to write down what the book had to say and carry the Rune and words with me all day and anytime I had a chance I would read or meditate on it... and feel the cuts in the Rune (I had stone at the time). Let the Rune expand its meaning to you each time you meditate.. it has so much to tell you if you take the time to listen.
I have done this with each Rune several times... and I have also bought many books on Runes and read a great deal about them over the years. There are many schools of though on them and soon you will find a Rune Master that you can follow.
As for Divination of any kind... its just a matter of mastering the object and learning all its secrets. Your intuition will do the rest for you if you listen to it. For instance... lets say you have an animal deck... we all know the major and minor arcana have special meanings.. BUT so too do the animals in your deck. Each animal has a special meaning to send to the person you are reading. Therefore it makes sense you would read up on animals and get to know them and their special messages. Things as simple as color have a great impact on a reading. You may only see a cat in a picture ... but if its a black cat it can have a totally different meaning than a white one. You must learn to see, feel and hear your cards ... draw out the meaning from the cards. There is so much more in them than the meanings printed in those lil books they come with. That is the MARK of a truly good reader... they are able to draw out from the media (as well as the person they are reading..through energy) the information that is important to the person they are reading.
As for a Rune reading.. I would be happy to send you one. I'll need to wait till I am home later tonight to do so as I am at work and would need a more peaceful environment to read from. So if you don't mind waiting till later tonight... I would be honored to read for you.
Namaste!
Shawnodese