IS

Ice and fire are the symbolic elements in the Norse creation myths. The Is rune is the image of ah icicle and, as frozen water, represents a lack of movement.

But even in the coldest climates icicles will melt and therefore movement begins anew. In a reading this rune shows there is a lack of activity in the querent's life; things have quite literally frozen.

It may also refer to a period of self-imposed isolation when the person is happy to withdraw from the world and do nothing for a while. On occasion we may find ourselves 'skating on thin ice' and at such times the best action is inaction.

The lesson taught here is that however secluded or cut off from the world we become eventually we have to return to it and follow our Wyrd wherever this may lead us.