Unlike Traditional rune casting, rune spreads are a modern innovation, much more akin to the Tarot of Western Mystery Tradition than to older forms of Northern European magic.
However, certain aspects of rune spreads are rooted in the Germanic worldview, such as an emphasis on odd numbers. The most commonly used spreads use one, three, five, seven, or nine runes.
Each of these spreads can have several versions, with different meanings for each position in the spread, depending on the facets of the situation one wishes to learn about.
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