To start your rune reading, you will need to find a quiet place and take a few minutes to sit in meditation so that you can clear your mind and get yourself focused on what you want to ask the runes. Think about your questions or issue, and if you want, you can call upon your spirit guides or pray to help guide you through the reading.
Spread your rune cloth in front of you to get ready for your casting. There are many different types of casting that you can do, which are a lot like tarot layouts, but with your first reading, you may just want to pick out a single rune and analyze how it applies to your question.
This is a helpful method if you are feeling a bit uncertain or unsure. Picking one rune might provide you with a bit of focus. Once you feel you have gotten the hang of reading a single rune, you can move onto some of these other layouts and casts.