The keynote here is receiving: messages, signals, gifts. Even a timely warning may be seen as a gift. The message may be that of a new life unfolding, for new lives to begin with new connections, surprising linkages that direct you to new pathways. Take care now to be especially aware during meetings, visits, chance encounters, particularly with persons wiser than yourself. When the Messenger Rune brings sacred knowledge, you are truly blessed.

The Rune of Signals is associated with Loki, the ancient trickster from the pantheon of the Norse gods. He is the heyeohkah of the North American Indian, a mocking shadow of the creator god, as well as the bringer of benefits to humankind. He is a reminder that even scoundrels and arch-thieves can be bearers of wisdom. When you draw this rune, expect the unexpected: the message is always a call, a call to a new life.

Signals is the first of the thirteen Runes that make up the Cycle of Initiation - Runes that focus directly upon the mechanism of self-change - and as such, addresses our need to integrate unconscious motive with conscious intent.

Ansuz advises you that connection with the Divine is at hand. This Rune invites you to explore the depths, the foundations of life, and to experience the inexhaustible wellspring of the Divine in your nature.

At the same time, you are reminded that you must first draw from the well to nourish and give to yourself. Then there will be more than enough to nourish others. A new sense of family solidarity invests this Rune.