Uncle Thor's Lessons, Anecdotes and Humor

Today’s runecast is: Jer – Odal – Fe Jer is the harvest. Odal is the good that cannot be moved. Fe is the asset that can be moved. Jer is an expanding thing, spinning out from its center. Odal is the center and Fe is that which is gathered as the Jer wheel expands. Our [...]

One notable fact of World War II is that both Japan and Germany had great armies. The Japanese Army was able to occupy a large part of the Pacific and Southeast Asia. Japan conquered territory as far away as Burma, Indonesia and New Guinea. They did this while waging a major war against China. Germany’s [...]

Today’s runecast is Odal – Isa – Sig Odal is something you own so securely that it as if it was yours before you were born. It is complete ownership. When you own a thing and get confident in its use, you can use it to your advantage. The appearance of opportunity (Isa) to use [...]

Here are some things I have noticed over the years: The person who constantly reminds you that he is your friend, is anything but friendly The person who constantly reminds you that you can trust him, should not be trusted. The person who constantly reminds you that he is looking after your best interests is [...]

I cannot get a clear reading, so there is no runecast today.

Whatever challenge any of us may face, there is comfort in knowing that others have faced the same thing. One might say that if there is a name for it, someone has dealt with it before. That means that no matter the outcome, others have had the same thing. That might seem like cold comfort, [...]

Today’s runecast is Raido – Urus – Ing Raido is movement. Urus is holding one’s ground. Ing is good luck and the start of something new and good. When we stop drifting and coasting, we can take a stand for ourselves. This solid place we make becomes a foundation. From it, we can start new [...]

This year, we had one of the worst winters ever. It was far worse than any I could remember. Spring was also brutal with a succession of drenching rainstorms that had hurricane-strength winds. Many had their basements flooded. Now we are in a heat wave. What is going on? Weather runs in cycles. For instance, [...]

Today’s runecast is Sig – Dag – Eh Easy success can soon lead to setting forth a new project. The easy victory (Sig) takes but a brief time (Dag) to start the process (Eh). Perhaps the lesson here is to be ready to shift from the desired resolution of one situation to taking action so [...]

There is a passage in the Havamal that has tremendous ramifications. It is better to live a worthy life than to lie a corpse, The live man catches the cow; The lame rides a horse, | the handless is herdsman, The deaf in battle is bold; The blind man is better | than one that [...]