FEHU-means essentially mobile wealth. Money,cattle,jewelry,etc, anything that you can pick up and take with you. And can be used in spells to increase wealth and social position.This rune also represents fertility,sex drive and general life force, it governs the transfer of energies,so you can also use it in spells to draw things or qualities to you, or to send this to others.

URUZ-A rune of healing,it draws the life-force from all the realms and returns it to its initial genetic structure. And it helps you to maintain health and strength. It is used also to gain wisdom,courage and to enhance leadership skills. You can use this rune to help you break through impossible situations or win at times when the odds are stacked against you.

THURISAZ-means Giant or strong one,it is phallic and aggressive,it is brute force and strength that can be harnessed for defense, but is difficult to contain and control. Its phallic nature can be used to bring fruitfulness and new growth,but usually it gets rid of the old unneeded things first,so be cautious, in this way it's very Plutonian,clearing away the old,then bringing in the new. This rune should never be used without careful concideration!

ANSUZ-This is a rune of inspiration,ecstasy, speech,confidence,wisdom.The rune name means "God", and will help you speak with the voice and power of Odin. It opens the subconscious to recieve and transmit artistic inspiration; and opens all lines of communication,earthly and magical alike, and helps release blockages of energy. It is both masculine and feminine in nature, and is both a rune of endlessly questing for knowledge and teaching what you've learned. It is the power of the chanted word and the biblical "word" of God that created the universe. It works on the deepest levels of your mind and allows creative inspiration to enter. It can help you gain hypnotic speech.

RAIDHO-A rune of journying,religion,ritual, cosmic law,right action and order,movement in space,movement in time and the relationship between the two. It is the rhythm of movement in all ways, such as dance,ritual gestures,etc. Can also be used to protect you while traveling( astral or earthly).

KENAZ-This rune means "torch",and can be seen as the controlled energy of a torch or bonfire. It is lust, creativity,and transformation.It can help you to guide and control your will and emotions in order to add power to your magical endeavors,and help shape the feelings of other people.It is the source of the bright charisma of a true leader.

WUNJO-A rune of fellowship and the bindings of kin,not like the social contract of gebo.It is Joy,Cheerfulness, Harmony,Well-being and can heal the rifts between family and friends. Can help you battle despair and sorrow and gain self-confidence. This is a good rune to use in healing of body or mind, to quicken recovery, and to ward off contagious disease.

HAGALAZ-This rune represents unchanging structure, and set patterns. It is a great controller and focuser of energies.It is a great rune of warding to protect your home,etc. from entropic forces such as bad weather. Helps to bring you into harmony with the universal forces, and is a rune of bringing into being and completion.

NAUTHIZ-The rune of resistance,distress,deliverance (need fire),manifestation born of necessity, the self-generated fire kindled in the time of greatest need. It is adrenaline strength that comes out of fear and is a rune of overcoming against all odds.

ISA-A rune that means "ice",and represents solidity, contraction,stillness,calmness and unchangeability, it holds things together. It can be used to strengthen the will and concentration, to halt unwanted dynamic forces, to freeze a situation in place. It can calm your emotions so you can better concentrate, and help you deal with emotional pain as well.

JERA-This rune means "harvest"and generally represents the solar year,cycles of time,reward after effort, fruition,things happening in a natural way over time,rather than forcing a issue. Can be used for fertility,creativity, enlightenment,material manifestation,learning to work with the natural cycles of the earth.

EIHWAZ-A rune of endurance,initiation(self-sacrifice) hidden knowledge and wisdom gained through sacrifice,like that of Odin hanging on the Yew tree in order to gain the wisdom of the runes. Can be used to develope spiritual endurance and will, spiritual creativity and vision,increase of personal power, ancestral memories.

PERTHRO-Represents the "fates" and is closely associated with divination. Time,cause and effect,evolution, change and gambling in general.

ELHAZ-Means "protection" or "elk" and represents both warding and holiness, the drawing down of Godly might,spiritual growth and cleansing,strengthening the luck and life force, connection between Gods and men.

SOWILO-The sun wheel,and also represents a bolt of lightning,it activates and vitalizes other runes. Use it for success in any undertaking,honor,strengthening the psychic centers,enlightenment.

TIWAZ-This rune looks like a spear,the weapon of the God Tyr,and represents law,justice,order,rightious victory,moral force and strength and discipline,and helps you to develope religious faith.

BERKANO-This rune represents the "Earth Mother", fertility,fruitfulness,birth,rebirth,the cycle of life,containment, bringing ideas to fruition. It is a shaping force and transformation and growth.

EHWAZ-Movement,the horse your soul rides when astral projecting,power under guidance and wisdom,fertility, trust,loyalty,marriage,magical power,swiftness,prophessy, duality. Helps you understand the will of the Gods.

MANNAZ-The rune of the mind,both the right and left sides,melding reason and intuition. The rune of man and the self.Can be used for gaining self control,insight,inproving intelligence and intuition,self-knowledge.

LAGUZ-Primal water, emotions,the moon,life, growth,passage to and from life,vital power. Can be used for developing second sight,increase in magnetism, magical power for formation and structuring by the will,concealment, probing the subconcsious and the unknown,seduction.

INGWAZ-This a rune by which power is stored,it represents the God Freyr and the Greenman. It is the opposite of the rune Berkano. Use this rune for storage and transformation of power for ritual use,fertility rites,grounding and centering, Sudden release of energy,gestation,converts active power to to potential power.

DAGAZ-Means "day" and "light",sunrise,dawn and twilight. It represents the power of day and night,polarity. It transforms the concsiousness on all levels and is used to bring something to completion.Its a rune of new beginnings on a higher level.

OTHALA-This rune represents things inherited through kinship and social position as well as laws ans customs. It is used to strengthen clan ties,maintaining order,aquisition of wealth and prosperity of a concrete,permanent unmoveable kind such as land, and protecting the moveable wealth that has been acumulated already.It is the power of heritage and even past-life knowledge. It can be used to form new family type bonds with others.

The elder futhark is a wonderful tool for spiritual development as well as for spell use and divination, the above descriptions are meant to be a basic outline of meanings. In order to truly understand the runes you should take each one and meditate on it's symbol. Let it's meaning come to you unbidden, your own definitions.