Summer Solstice divination

Mannaz & Wyrd

Republished from our 20 June 2021 Instagram post (link) and our notes on Discord‘s Diviners Anonymous

Happy Midsommar and blessed Litha, friends! Solstice divination spreads about current events:

This reading was done as part of our group readings on the Discord “Diviners Anonymous” channel, and all three cards came up as reversals, which I read as a lack of the properties of the rune. My question was about the past, present, and future of the coronavirus pandemic, in the context of a Canadian province with a very business-as-usual, laissez-faire approach to pandemic precautions. Past: Algiz reversed, insufficient support, which could also be read as Younger Futhark’s Yr, for death. Present: ALU reversed, a lack of dedication. Future: Uruz reversed, a lack of tenacity, or perhaps a turning point.
This reading was also for Diviners Anonymous’ group readings. My question to my Guides was: what advice do you have for the world regarding the climate crisis?

The second reading uses the snowflake layout included in our rune booklet (PDF link), without the outer ring of cards about the future.

card 1 (centre) = issue at hand or querent or past = the Othala + Laguz bind-rune Erda, representing Mother Earth (per Nigel Pennick’s Complete Guide to Runes)

card 2 (top left) = current global thinking and creativity = *Naudhiz, need, constraint, plight, hardship, pragmatism, or conflict

card 3 (top centre) = current global health or behavior = an Anglo-Saxon bindrune of Stan, Nyd, and Ior once used to prevent action by enemies, “Stop It!”

card 4 (top right) = subconscious and spiritual factors = *Perthro reversed, willful misunderstanding

card 5 (bottom right) = emotions at present = *Othala, home, ancestors, legacy, inheritance

card 6 (bottom centre) = present obstacles = *Isa, stasis, lack of action

card 7 (bottom left) = potential obstacles and hidden influences = Stan, obstruction (by multinational corporations or right-wing politicians) or (ecological) collapse

The “stop it!” card really jumped out at me, and I viewed the runes pulled as advising that we’re risking our inheritance from our ancestors and ecological collapse if our countries don’t begin to treat climate change as an emergency.