Mannaz
Man / Humanity
About Mannaz
Mannaz is the rune of humanity itself — the human being as a conscious, social, mortal creature. It represents self-awareness, intelligence, and the specifically human capacity for cooperation, culture, and meaning-making. Mannaz asks the deepest question: what does it mean to be human?
Upright Meaning
The human experience in its fullness — intelligence, cooperation, self-awareness, and the understanding that you are both an individual and part of a greater whole. Mannaz asks you to consider your place in the human community. How do you serve? How do you contribute? What does it mean to be fully human? This is a time for self-knowledge, social awareness, and the kind of humility that comes from understanding your true size in the cosmos.
Reversed Meaning
Isolation, self-deception, or a failure to see yourself clearly. You may be cut off from community, unwilling to accept help, or blind to your own flaws. Reversed Mannaz can also indicate prejudice — seeing others as less than human, or failing to extend to them the understanding you demand for yourself.