Othala                                                 “homeland”

                                                            Element: Earth                                      Herb: Clover

                                                            Astrological: The Moon                      Tree: Hawthorn

                                                            Color: Yellow                                         Crystal:
Spinel

Othala- “Oh-thall-ah”

Literally: “Homeland” or
“Ancestral Lot”

Key concepts: Rune
of ancestral spiritual power, divine inheritance and earthly estate.

Psi:ancestral spiritual
power

Energy:ancestral spiritual
power, inheritance, heaven on earth, paradise, utopia

Governs:

          -Rightful inheritance from ancestral holdings
          -Collection of numinous power and knowledge from past generations
          -Acquisitions of wealth and property
          -Right understanding of global unity
          -Security, safety and protection

Element:
Earth rules over the east; homeland

Astrological: The
moon is closely tied to mood, emotions and instincts

Herb:
Clover is used as protection for traveling out of body and walking between
worlds; it’s three leaves represent earth, sea, and sky. It stands for protection,
money, success, luck and prosperity. White clovers break minor curses when used
in an amulet.

Tree:
Hawthorn trees represent contradictory unions that result in balance. It is
known as being a symbol of protection, love, marriage, health, prosperity,
fertility, purity, intuition, cleansing and happiness. It is in union with the
6^th moon of the Celtic druid year, May 13^th through June
9^th, and is considered “the May tree”. Wands made of Hawthorn
produce magic of strong heat, and specialize in enchantments/love spells.

Crystal:
Spinel is associated with the elixir of immortality because of its ability to
bring high energy to all efforts and realms, bring vitality to any endeavor,
and channel energy from the earth.

       Othala deals with
matters of family, estate, inheritance and ancestry. Both Fehu and Othala are
runes of wealth and continue the cyclical nature of the runes by their
positions as first and last. The difference is that Fehu represents mobile
expansive force of money as well as new beginnings and Othala represents the
permanent wealth of immobile property accumulated by yourself and your
ancestors over generations, which is clearly the continuation of a long line
back to the beginning. You have several ancestral streams to explore before you
find the one or two that are dominant in your blood. Identify your natural
talents and explore the ancestral stream that would have contributed those
talents to you.

       The weight of
virtuous deeds of past generations tends to accumulate within a family tree
over the generations, like being stored in an etheric energy ‘battery’. Part of
your inheritance is to claim some of that energy for use in this lifetime. You
must find what provisions you must agree to for its payback into the ancestral
stream as you become one of the ‘ancestors’ yourself. Such a contribution will
likely be in the form of a virtuous deed on your part during this lifetime.