Uruz is the Rune of terminations and new beginnings. Receiving it indicates that the life you have been living has outgrown its form which now must die so that energy can be released in a new form. This is a Rune of passage and, as such, part of the Cycle of Initiation.

Positive growth and change, however, may involve a descent into darkness as a part of the cycle of perpetual renewal. As in nature, this progression consists of five stages: death, decay, fertilization, gestation, and rebirth. Events occuring now may well prompt you to undergo a death within yourself. And since self-change is never coerced - we are always free to resist - remain mindful that the new form, the new life, is always greater than the old.

Prepare, then, for opportunity disguised as loss; the loss of a relationship or an activity to which you have an intense emotional bond, and through which you are living a part of your life, a part that must now be retrieved so you can live it our for yourself. In some way, that bond is being severed, the relationship radically changed. Seek among the ashes and discover a new perspective and new strength.

The ancient symbol for Uruz was the aurochs, a wild ox. When the wild ox was domesticated - an immensely difficult task - it could transport heavy loads. Learn to adapt yourself to the demands of such a creative time. Firm principles attach to this Rune. At the same time humility is called for, since in order to rule you must learn how to serve. The Rune of Strength puts you on notice that your soul and the universe support the new growth.