Eihwaz is the rune of yew, endurance, transformation, backbone.
Eihwaz upright
Draw upright, Eihwaz says the present path runs through yew, endurance, transformation, backbone. Keep the pace of the rune, not the pace of the worry.
Eihwaz merkstave (reversed)
Reversed, Eihwaz asks for a pause around yew, endurance, transformation, backbone: the flow is blocked for now.
The traditional meaning
yew tree
Esoteric meaning: Yggdrasill, tree of life and death
Keywords: Vertical cosmic axis, numinious initiation, life/death, endurance, protection
Galdr: eihwaz eihwz eihwaz (iwaz iwaz iwaz) e e e e e (a neutral, closed vowel sound) iwu iwa iwi iwe iwo iwo iwe iwi iwa iwu e e e e e e
Magick: Initiation into wisdom of world-tree, realization of death/life mystery and liberation from fear of death, development of spiritual endurance and hard will, spiritual creativity and vision, protection from detrimental forces, general increase in personal power, communication between levels of reality (worlds of Yggdrasill), memories of former existences in ancestral stream