Other names of this Rune :
Iwaz, Eolh, Elhaz, Ihwar y Eow
Element: Ice
Claves: Preservation, healing, protection, defense, medical, care
Opportunities and new challenges are characteristic of this Rune. However, with them often come also undesirable influences from which it is necessary to protect oneself. Here your maximum protection is to act appropriately at the appropriate moment.
If you feel pain right now, do not deny it or try to hide from what is happening. Observe it and learn from it, feel it and release it: the more you allow yourself to feel it, the faster you can let go. Algiz reminds you that you will progress , and knowing that can serve as protection in moments of doubt.
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It tells us there is self-preservation; self-defense mechanisms appear naturally, offering the necessary protection. There is self-confidence and optimism, which represent a renewed confidence in reassuring and not wasting future. The answer to subjugation is explicit and direct.
The answer to why Algiz, refers to instinctive defense and survival. Danger has a limit. A person�s nature react when there is a risk to be destroyed: he loses his vulnerability and become hostile for those who move without making any difference at all. An opposing force, that tries to make a balance of what can not be explained, shows up.
This rune tells us to resort to protecting attitudes and do not let things get worse or eventually be destroyed. It is necessary to take care, save, and even more, renew what surrounds us and its loosing its essence. It is worth putting into practice attitudes of solidarity and commitment.
It helps to stop nosy people, that is, to protect one�s privacy or every ecosystem under threat. It has to do with learning to take care alone. The end refers to put a limit.
Algiz refers to an instance of security and safety of one�s time. It is a period in which there is no room for anything but oneself, because the fact that one does not devote time to oneself is getting worse and worse. The moment Algiz talks about is the one in which one realizes the need of time for oneself.
Algiz sets us in a preserved place, quite away from the lack of balance that results from human activity. In general, it refers to a place with great dimensions, with little pollution, where the ecological side prevails. It may also apply to a place for healing activities and harmony. For example, it may refer to a preserving society or organization, a forest, an ecological reserve, a community, a national park, or any other place where preserving nature prevails over culture.
This rune refers to someone with strong ideals; someone who fights for those in minority and who loves nature. It is about a rebellious and spiritedly spontaneous personality. This person can not be trampled on and he does not look for individual advantages; he is concerned for the good of others instead.