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"Alright..." She flourished her wand and summoned a bag of witches' runes on each of their desks. "There is a white silk casting cloth in each bag. Lay it down on your desk and come up with a question. Concentrate on the query or feeling you would like the runes to help with then take ALL 13 runes in you wand hand. Cast them as if they were dice. You will only read the ones that will fall face up. The one farthest from you is you lead rune. The MOST important. If all your runes get cast face down, the question was not one that should be answered." She said. "Do your best in answering the question with the rune results. Remember, I don't teach divination, don't think this is the end all be all, your future is up to you to decide." She sat at her desk and said "Begin, and then let me know your findings."
Aschere picked up the runes in her right hand. Closing the fingers of her other hand over them, she rolled the stones between her palms, rattling them every so often. She wondered if she really wanted to know the answer to the question that was bearing on her mind. She supposed she could ask of the stones the
other question bearing on her mind, namely the upcoming O.W.L.s, but then - she reasoned - that was something she could control. This, on the other hand, was something she needed to know.
She cast the stones with her right hand and held her breath while her mind whispered,
"Who is he to me?"
The runes clattered onto the white cloth. Most of them were turned face-down. Scrambling for the parchment with her notes, Aschere turned to look for the lead rune. Lying almost on the edge of her desk, was number 13.
"Romance" Aschere blushed. That was odd, indeed. She noted the other four in order as she moved back to where she had been sitting. Picking up the runes and the cloth, she set them aside on one corner of the desk and unrolled her notes again.
SPOILER!!: The badly written novel...
13)Romance : desire, passion, love - leading stone
8)Scythe : Death or the end
1)Sun : Strength, new direction
3)Rings : Commitment, union, binding
4)Crossroads : Struggle
Very odd indeed. A desire, an end, a new direction, union and struggle. It didn't make sense as it was. Aschere frowned. Rearranging them, she got :
13)Romance : desire, passion, love - leading stone
1)Sun : Strength, new direction
3)Rings : Commitment, union, binding
4)Crossroads : Struggle
8)Scythe : Death or the end
That didn't make sense either. Did it mean she would meet this man, or boy, whoever he was? And then fall in love with him and break up? She let out a short huff of annoyance. She was not ready for romance. She changed the order again.
13)Romance : desire, passion, love - leading stone
3)Rings : Commitment, union, binding
1)Sun : Strength, new direction
4)Crossroads : Struggle
8)Scythe : Death or the end
She tilted her head involuntarily. Passion, a union, strength, struggle.. she stopped herself suddenly, this time acutely embarrassed. She scratched out that last one.
Beginning on a new side of parchment, she gave it yet another go.
The romance rune was her leading rune. She could not deny it - there had been a deep reaction when she'd first had the dream, but she couldn't figure out what it was, except for an almost obsessive fascination. Whose face had it been?
A connection.. The rings came next.
The crossroads - a difficult decision? Perhaps that was the next one.
And then, there would come an end, and a new beginning.
Her brow creased over and her hand flew to her mouth. This was beginning to sound like a very badly written novel.
She decided to go with the order that she had noted them down in, farthest to closest, and began again, this time, writing down her analysis.
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My question was regarding a recurring dream, in which I see a man or boy. I have never seen this person before, and do not know who he is in real life, but I wish to know.
Asking of my runes the following question, "Who is he to me?" yielded:
13)Romance
8)Scythe
1)Sun
3)Rings
4)Crossroads
I interpret this to mean that there is indeed some connection, maybe even love, perhaps in the future, and as the leading stone is "Romance", this is the theme of that connection. Whatever connection there is between us might involve a death, or the end of something. Will it be the death of someone dear, or the end of a hope? Whatever it is, I think that new hope will come like the sun, which will strengthen this bond, however there will be a difficult decision to make."
She hoped that was a reasonable explanation. While it didn't give her much of a clue, it looked like she would have to wait for time to tell her the answer - she was never very good at interpreting overly abstract ideas..