zodiacal sign H stands for Cancer, symbol of the Moon. Rune "Lelya" is dedicated to Monday. In comparison: Montag (moon day) Monday (moon day) among the Germans and the British. In the Celtic Tradition, the Moon was patronized by the Goddess Danu (Anu, Don (wall)) - the foremother of the Tuatha De Dannaan clan (giving fertility, prosperity, wealth), and also by Morrigan (Maru, the Great Queen) - the Goddess of winter and death (protecting werewolf, wars and sex). Also - and the Triune Welsh Goddess Cerridwen (Cherridwen), symbolizing birth and death.

If we consider given sign(and this rune) from the side of the Celtic Tradition, then we can say that the rune "Lelya" means the dual future of the girl, and her becoming a woman (death as a girl and birth as a woman).

Among the northern Wends, the rune was called "Lelya" (it was also designated among the Western Slavs) and meant "love, water, Lelya, intuition." In general, Lelya and Lada are in many ways consonant (mother and daughter, after all): both Goddesses personify love, only Lada is married, mature; Lelya is young, quivering (even, I would say, just a girl). In the Scandinavian Tradition, she is a force that leads like a stream of water (Lady of the Lake and King Arthur, Maiden and the Grail and other legends).

So the name "Man" came from the Western Futharks; moreover, the meaning of “people” cannot be primary, since words with a root starting with “l” in the west are almost always associated with water. The letter means a person as part of a family, community, clan. The letter “People” also has a meaning such that only those who live in harmony with each other, who observe harmony, like a water stream that goes around obstacles, can be called people. And also - who knows how to think not only with his head, but also with his heart. And, also, this letter is a reminder that only thanks to Lada, born from the love of Rod, He created the World (Triloka).

Since this rune means the mystical feminine (as opposed to "Birch" - the physical, giving birth to the beginning), I am inclined to the name "Lelya" (Lada, as the Mother Goddess, is more suitable for the "Birch" rune) - the name of the Goddess of girlhood and hidden forces developing in the future woman.

Rune in divination

In some way, the rune "Lelya" is similar to the rune "Source", since both of them symbolize water. But, if the “Source”, as one of the runic incarnations of Svarog, is the utmost composure, concentration, clarity of thought, logic, then “Lelya” is intuition, emotions, feelings, doubts. One has only to imagine the unshakable icy wastelands, and the river, easily bending around all obstacles. Awakening the intuitive, lunar side of your nature. Rune of deep knowledge. The rune can call you to the study of spiritual matters in a state of readiness to transform yourself. Getting in touch with your intuitive wisdom and being in tune with your own rhythms. Associated with intuition, patronage of the gods and guidance.

"Lelya" can mean an excess of knowledge; advice to give yourself Higher Power and be led: "No knowledge can replace live communication with the Gods." In a “crooked” meaning, it can mean deceit, a forbidden attraction (to a husband’s wife, for example), an exit to the outside of something hidden that has been hiding inside the questioner for a long time.

The rune "Lelya", as well as the "Source" is able to help in overcoming some obstacles, but if the "Source" does it like a man - having gathered strength and thoughts, then "Lelya" - like a woman, trusting " water flow” of being, smoothly, plunging into the feelings and the subconscious. Also, she - like a girl's rune - can mean some kind of unavailability due to the failure to achieve a certain initiation; especially in connection with the purely women's issues(eg related to childbearing). It also means the duality of the future path, but not “up” and “down”, like “Think”, but “left” and “right”: from the Valkyrie to the hostess; the rune is also associated with female initiations (loss of virginity, pregnancy, childbirth).

“Water is a state of mobility, variability, readiness to believe anything and anyone. Having overcome the rigidity of the previous state, the seeker often finds himself deprived of any support at all. He strives to embrace everything, move simultaneously in all directions, seep, like Water, into all cracks and depressions, not yet having the ability to move meaningfully and purposefully. The nature of Water is not as heavy as the nature of Earth, but still drags down the path of least resistance. In general, Earth and Water are Feminine Elements, not leading, but driven, and therefore, at these stages, the seeker, as a rule, needs an external mentor who can indicate the direction and awaken in the seeker the will to overcome both external and internal obstacles.

In combination with the runes "Firmly" - it can predict a deterioration in health, with "Secret" or "Transition" - a nervous breakdown.

Analogue in Futhark - Rune Laguz(LaguR).
Analogue in vend runes - rune Lelya.

rune in magic

• gives more vivid and memorable dreams; ability to understand them
• good for calming the nerves
• stabilizes an emotionally disturbed situation
• helps to connect with the subconscious
• sharpens intuition
• patronizes the study of secrets, but the study is not creative (like "Kres") and not logical (like "Vedi"), but mystical
• can relieve fears and complexes
• normalizes, smoothes relations (family, friendly)
• develops adaptability to external conditions
• enhances healing abilities

Rune and Tree (Weeping Willow)

Willow rods are flexible and pliable; in many countries they are used to make baskets and furniture. Willow (lat. Salix viminalis) is associated with cyclicity, the change of tides414.

Willow rarely breaks during a storm - it bends under the pressure of the wind, like a jet of water prefers to go around obstacles rather than destroy them. These properties allow us to draw a conclusion about the female element of the tree. In China, willow was associated with concepts of female beauty, softness, suppleness, and spring. In ancient Greece, willow was dedicated to female deities. The ancient peoples of Mesopotamia had a myth about willow. Once the goddess Inanna, walking along the bank of the river, saw a huge willow and admired it. Suddenly a storm broke out, and mighty waves were about to pull out a tree and carry it into the ocean. The goddess took pity on the tree, carried it to the beautiful city of Uruk and planted it in her temple garden.

Weeping willow is a symbol of unhappy love, sadness and sorrow. Also, willow is associated with death (both fire is life, Yav, and water is death, Nav): willow leaves are found in burials of the megalithic era and in the tombs of the pharaohs. The Celts believed willow tree sacred. In their myth about the Creation of the World, the sea serpent laid two purple eggs, which contained the Sun and the Earth, precisely in the branches of a willow. It was the first tree of creation, in the branches of which the universe was hatched, which symbolizes both the birth of the cosmos and the beginning of earthly life. The sea serpent among the Celts symbolized the power of the moon over the oceans and its fateful intervention in the life of the human race. In the Mediterranean, the prevailing view was that Willow drops her seeds before they reach maturity, as a result of which she was considered barren and presented as a clear image of virginity (chastity) and ideal raw material in order to achieve abstinence. Palm earrings, consecrated on Palm Sunday, are brought into the house to protect it from all evil (especially from lightning).

It was from Willow, according to Scandinavian legends, that the first Woman was created. Willow symbolizes the qualities of receptivity and dedication, indicates the need to maintain balance in the world around.

Rune and Plant (Bow)

No wonder the Norwegian name for the wild onion - Laukaz - is so consonant with the name of the rune - LaukaR (the oldest name for the Laguz rune). It was believed that the bow, whose feathers looked like a rune, was sacred plant and had a powerful magic power mainly of a protective nature.

And it was not for nothing that the saying remained in the Russian language: “Onion is from seven ailments,” although the Slavs did not know that its bulbs exude phytoncides that are deadly for microbes.

Rune and Stone (Chrysoprase)

The stone of all those who love and seek renewal, novelty, dream and implement new projects. The stone is specifically associated with intuition. Healing stone. Brings new energy, aligns and harmonizes life events. Hope stone. Takes the edge off life situations. Gives courage, endurance.

Rune and Animal (Doe; Lark)

In many myths, the image of Lani represents the female animal nature of a potentially demonic nature (of course, it was not without the influence of a patriarchal coup), although she seems to us to be an elegant creature. In the family tree of Genghis Khan, the foremother is the mother - the deer, the forefather - the wolf. Lani could perform in prehistoric rites of initiation as symbolic animals of the female part of the participants in the rites. But in the Zend-Avesta, the ised, the patron of this sign, is Arta, Truth. Lani's totem is associated with the quest higher meaning, with harmony, beauty, with the manifestation of the maternal principle. Larks are small springing birds; it is believed that they are the first to arrive from Iria-Ray (according to Slavic beliefs, in winter it is high, high in the sky, and the angels hold it in their hands, tenderly and caress until the first lightning flashes and the heavens open, where the Lark at this time sometimes it’s allowed to look.), bringing Spring with it - the time of love and rebirth, beauty and flowing streams - the time of Lelya. As a revered bird, it was forbidden to eat, and killing was considered a sin.

Codes of Slavic gymnastics Meshalkin Vladislav Eduardovich

11. Rune "Lelya"

11. Rune "Lelya"

Keywords: love, water, flow.

The goddess of this rune, Lelya, was revered by the Slavs as the daughter of the Great Mother Lada. Her name forms a lot of words that came from the depths of centuries that make up our native language souls (“Lalya” - a child, “cherish” - regret, etc.). Rune "Lelya" ( photo 18) is the rune of intuition, knowledge beyond the mind, the Force leading in wandering and searching. The use of this rune sharpens and enhances the intuitive perception of the world, helps to penetrate the secrets of the Universe, helps to stop quarrels and disagreements.

Rune "Lelya" is able to cause beneficial sensations of the "subtle body" and its purification, removal of blocks and clamps in the physical body, improve well-being.