Resources, Work and Generosity

What do we have, what do we do with it, and what happens when we share it or hold it back? This trail follows those questions through eight entries from three collections: two runes, three tarot cards and three passages from the Hávamál.

“Resources” here is wider than money. It includes skill, savings and the goodwill of other people. The entries do not agree with each other: some defend holding on, some praise giving, and one points out that wealth does not last. The connections are editorial choices made for this site, not a claim that the old sources formed one system. Read the steps in order, or open any entry and come back. Nothing here is a diagnosis, and nothing asks for an answer.

Modern interpretation An editorial path made for this site, not a claim about historical Norse teaching.

The 8 steps

  1. Fehu
  2. 8 of Pentacles
  3. 4 of Pentacles
  4. Gifts, and not stinting yourself
  5. Gebo
  6. Gifts between friends
  7. 6 of Pentacles
  8. The Fatling’s sons

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