Number:                                     1                       
                                                                    

Phonetic Value:                             F                       
                                                                    

Word:                                     Feoh                      
                                                                    

Planetary:                         Venus and the Moon               
                                                                    

Element/s:                           Fire and Earth                 
                                                                    

Deity/ies               The twin god and goddess:  Frey and Freya   
                                                                    

Modern Translation:                      Cattle                     
                                                                    

Memory Keys:                                                        

        Word/Concept:        F is for Fortune and Fertility         
                                                                    

               Stave:  A person with arms outstretched waiting to   
                                        be paid.                    

Word/Concept:         'Feoh' is the ancient root source in English  
                      of the word Fee.  Like many tribal cultures   
                      today,  livestock and cattle were seen as a   
                      sign of wealth.  If you had cattle you would  
                      never starve;  you had a source of meat and   
                      dairy products and the ability if you were    
                      good at animal husbandry to increase your     
                      herd, and therefore your wealth. To maintain  
                      your herd also meant having to work hard if   
                      you were going to protect them from wild      
                      predators, disease and inclement weather;     
                      therefore the benefits of keeping cattle was  
                      earned wealth.                                
                      You could of course forgo any hard work and   
                      slaughter the cattle or barter them for       
                      goods.  This was of course an important       
                      decision to make and fraught with             
                      difficulty;  'What would the Winter be like;  
                       if I sell them now would my faimly be        
                      without food for the seaon/', 'If I don't     
                      sell now, what would the cattle be worth      
                      during the Winter                             
                      The Rune 'Feoh' means exactly this earned     
                      wealth from investment and time; and the      
                      ability to know when to use an investment     
                      wisely.                                       
                      Not surprisingly, it has become associated    
                      with coming in to something due to fortune;   
                      but something has to be done to allow this    
                      to happen - you aren't going to win the       
                      lottery if you don't buy a ticket!