Algiz Rune Meaning: The Rune of Protection
Draw one of the 24 Elder Futhark runes as your rune of the day, with its glyph, name and meaning.
Algiz
The elk sedge: protection, alertness and higher guard — keep your antennae up and your boundaries kind.
Algiz is protection made visible: its shape is read as elk antlers, a splayed hand raised to say stop, or the sedge grass whose edges cut careless fingers. All three images agree — this rune guards without attacking.
Fifteenth in the futhark, next-to-last in the second aett, Algiz is the classic daily sign for boundaries: keep your senses on, your word polite and your gate closed to what has not earned entry. Vigilance here is care, not paranoia.
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