Other names of this Rune :
Ansur, Aesc, Asa y Oss
Element: Air
Claves: Communication, oral creativity, understanding, negotiations, conciliation
This Rune suggests that you expect the unexpected.
It is a message that calls you towards change and renewal, even perhaps towards a new life. There will be new relationships, new links, new contacts, and therefore you are advised to be attentive during meetings or casual encounters
Ansuz reminds you that you must first feed and love yourself before trying to love and feed others: it is not possible to give what you do not have yourself. This Rune reminds you to remember yourself.
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It says communication is good; dialogues and possibilities to express can be developed to the full. In that sense, that is the best moment to explain and clarify things, because receptiveness is effective, mostly if it is about influencing. One says whatever should be said, and one�s word is kept.
The answer to why Ansuz, refers to the fact that the things that were supposed or understood in one way, secrets or taboos, are expressed openly. Those matters or feelings that could not be expressed, for one reason or another, break their silence. Ideas are renewed and old points of view are now updated. Everything jumps into another dimension based on what has been said.
Ansuz advices to express what we feel and we do not say. We should say whatever should been said, so there are no doubts or misunderstandings about it. This is the best way to be reliable, mostly if we have to give our word and keep it.
It is good for us to feel the need to communicate more and in a better way. It definitely chooses who might have the right to exert the gift of speech. The end is to communicate something that has not been told so far.
Ansuz describes moments of pronouncing, expressing in different ways, as well as inspiration. It is a period of testimony and news that are taking place, when all that is said and listened to turns out to be reliable. It is also when the public opinion starts to find its way in one sense. The moment Ansuz talks about is the one in which words can not be controlled.
At the beginning, this rune takes us to a crowded, public and noisy place. In other case, it is about a place where there are dialogs and conversations, or someone give a speech to a crowd. It may also refer to a library. Among other things, Ansuz may be talking about a meeting, a conference, an educational forum, a political, religious or artistic act; it may refer to means of communication, a simple meeting or any place where it is possible to express oneself.
Ansuz describes an extroverted person, who is very communicative, has a good command of language or has a way with words, and prefers to express his feelings freely. It is about a person with certain abilities to exert influence and put ideas into others� minds. In other cases, this rune may refer to a speaker, preacher, communicator, writer or a journalist.