# Othala rune meaning (Ancestral Land): upright and reversed

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- Meaning: Ancestral Land / Inheritance
- Sound: O (OH-thah-lah)
- Proto-Germanic: *ōþala
- Aett: Tyr's Aett
- Element: Earth
- Reversed reading: yes

## Upright

Keywords: inheritance, home, roots

### General

You feel a strong bond with your roots, your family and what belongs to you. This is a good time to build lasting values and deepen your sense of belonging. Unlike Fehu's individual gain, what is at stake here is a shared, collective inheritance.

### Love

A wish to build a lasting home together comes to the fore — a house, a family or a shared future may be on the agenda. Loyalty to tradition and roots is setting your relationship on solid ground.

### Career

A family business, an inheritance or a property investment may be on your agenda. The success you build now carries lasting value, meant to last for generations rather than for a season.

## Reversed

Keywords: uprootedness, inheritance dispute, stuck in the past

### General

You may feel cut off from your roots, your family or where you come from. Disputes may arise around a matter of inheritance. Holding on too tightly to the past may be making your search for belonging today harder.

### Love

An inheritance dispute in the family may spill into your relationship. Traditional expectations or family pressure may create tension between you as a couple. It matters to tell your own boundaries apart from your family's expectations.

### Career

A financial loss or dispute related to property or a family business may occur. Ground you felt safe on may have been shaken. Making a clear financial plan now will ease the insecurity.

## Practical Tip

Considered one of the strongest symbols of protection for home, property and family; unlike Fehu, it is believed to guard collective (family or household) wealth rather than individual gain.

## Rune Poem

In the Old English poem ancestral land is precious to anyone who can live at home in peace and plenty.

## History and Myth

Speaks of inherited land, of what comes from the ancestors, and of belonging.

## Inner Life

Honouring your roots; belonging somewhere.

## Shadow Side

Living in the shadow of the past; closing up to change.

## Harmony and Tension (modern interpretation)

Builds lasting prosperity with Fehu; tested at the roots by Hagalaz.

## In Talismans (modern interpretation)

Used in talismans for home, family and property.

## Question for the Day

Which value handed down to me still holds me up today?