Othala Rune Meaning

Othala upright

Othala is rune number 24 of the Elder Futhark and belongs to Tyr's aett. It stands for the sound “o”.

Othala is the ancestral home: family, heritage and what lasts.

Othala merkstave (reversed)

Family friction, rootlessness or clinging to the past.

How to read Othala

Read Othala together with the question you asked and the runes beside it. In a three-rune cast, the left rune shows the past, the middle the present and the right the future. Let the keywords guide you, but trust your own sense of what they mean for you.