Dr. Nikki's Rune Stones

Dr.Nikki's

Rune Stones:
Halgalz

Here you’ll find out information about the Rune Halgalz.

Halgalz (also Hagalaz) is one of the
challenging runes in the Elder
Futhark. Halgalz represents
disruption. Halgalz talks of the
capriciousness of the universe. It is
Halgalz’s influence that causes people
to say “I had the rug pulled out from
under me!” Halgalz represents the jolt
that brings one to inner truth.

Halgalz speaks to us of our connection
with the material world around us and

the value we give it on our life. Halgalz is the
rune that reminds us we are spiritual beings
pursing a higher path while we submit to a
human existence. Halgalz may be entering into
your casting to tell you that a reevaluation of
your relationship with the material goods in
your life. Are you allowing yourself to become
limited by that which you own, thus allowing it
to own you?

Key Word(s): Hagalz’s keywords of Hail, disruption, sleet, constraint,
elemental forces of power, and the damages Mother Nature can inflict upon the
constructs of man.

Element: Water, in all its states. Whether glacial ice glowing blue on a cloudy
day, or the vapor of steam emitting from a hot spring, water is the element
associated with Hagalz. Studying the changeable qualities of water as it moves
through its various states of solid, liquid or gas, gives greater insight into how
the change of disruption can bring a positive result in our lives.

Hagalz is aligned with the long term planet Uranus. It’s existence not even
proven until relative modern times (within the last few centuries), Uranus proved
that after thousands of years of studying the night sky there was still much to
learn. You can bet this caused some disruption in society!

Tarot Link: Hagalz is linked to the card named The World. The World
indicates completion in a metaphorical sense. In a literal sense it stands for
the physical planet we live upon.

Color: Blue in all its aspects, light and airy, almost green through the changes
of the spectrum until it is nearly black due to its depth of color.

Polarity: Disruption happens to us. That is the nature of the beast. It’s
unpredictable nature forces us to accept what disruption it places in our path.
Hence we are receptive, feminine energy is Hagalz’s gift.

Healing Property: Healers would use this rune considerably during the work
following a battle because Hagalz’s energy was best used on disruptions of the
skin such as wounds, grazes and cuts.

Modern Letter Counterpart: Hagalz is most closely associated with our
modern consonant H.

Special Runic Associations: Halgalz is the tenth rune in the Cycle of
Initiation. It is through the recognition of the disruptive powers that exist, and
acceptance of the elemental forces that are stronger than we can imagine, we
begin to develop a mature understanding of our place in the universe.

Due to its relationship with the elemental forces of the climate, Halgalz is said
to be the “weather rune.” Today we watch the local news channel to see our
favorite meteorologist tell us of the weather that is coming ahead. We have
satellites that circle the globe monitoring weather. Hurricane Katrina (a natural
disaster of truly catastrophic proportions) watched for days, tracked,
photographed, flown through, monitored and measured by every way humanly
possible still destroyed an area the size of Great Britain. Mankind is at the
mercy of the weather.

While our ancestors were much more weather wise and could read the storm’s
approach in the color of the sky, the way animals bedded down, the way their
fellow creatures prepared for the coming disruption. Halgalz speaks of
unstoppable disruption whether it is in the microcosmos of the inner self, or the
much wider scope of a global scale.
Halgalz is a rune for meditation of those who work not only in the field of
forecasting the weather, but also those who work or study any of the primal
forces of nature, most especially water. Remember that no matter what state of
the matter, precipitation is water … hail, snow, sleet, or rain, it is water flowing
from the sky.

Halgalz - Disruption

Hagalz is found among Hagal’s Aett.

Halgalz need not be painful, sometimes unexpected actions or
activities are a good thing. The unexpected can hold miracles
within itself as well. The unexpected can be a positive aspect.
The unexpected need not be an earthquake or a tragedy.
Disruption can be created in positive ways too. Sometimes we
have become “rutted” in our lifestyle and need a good push to get
out of the rut.

The positive powers of disruption can be seen through the

relationship between the farmers of the Nile River Valley and the River itself.
If the Nile doesn’t flood bringing new nutrients and soil to the fields, the land
looses it’s ability to sustain life. The Egyptians of the Upper and Lower Nile
River Valley during the age when Pharaoh wore the combined crowns of the
Upper and Lower Kingdom depended on the annual flood of the Nile which was
so critical to human survival. The flood was disruptive every year, even more
so in the years when it did not spill over its banks, bringing the lifeblood of
water and nutrients (in the rich Nile mud) to the fields.