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The next rune is Gebo, pronounced “gay-boo.” Its literal meaning is gift.
The psychological aspects are appreciation, forgiveness, and gratitude. Its energy is the dissolution of barriers through gifting, sacrifice, and exchanged powers.
When it appears in divination, it could mean divine vision, sacrifice, honor, magical exchange, gift, and generosity. While it cannot appear reversed, depending on the other runes in that appear, it could also mean dishonesty, unbalanced behavior, over-sacrifice, dependence, loneliness, greed, or influence-buying.
Gebo is the rune that is surrounded by the most lore. When people say X-mas, the x represents this rune even though most don’t realize it. In the Havamal, the Cosmic Law of Compensation is written as “Better not to over-pledge as a gift demands a gift,” as well as, “Not man is so generous he will jib at accepting a gift in return for a gift.”
Gebo is deeply connected to the exchange of sexual energies between females and males and governs the mystical union, sex magic, and sacred oaths of marriage. The mysteries of Ehwaz will provide you with more information about sacred marriage.
