The Norse people used runes to record important events, inscribe names on weapons and monuments, and divine the future. As the year-wheel turns, we have an opportunity to glimpse what lies ahead. Runes are especially suited to this kind of work, as this verse explains:

Rune craft, rune lore,
Seek to learn a little more.
Rune old, rune true,
Whisper what it's
coming to.

To preview the coming year, draw twelve runes, and lay them out in a row. The first rune on the left corresponds to January, and so on down the line. Each one suggests the overall tone for that month.