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Sigel stands for the rays that emanate from the sun and strike the earth- its active power. The shape suggests a bolt of lightning, and in the Tarot card of The Tower, lightning is shown lashing from the solar orb to destroy a stone tower, which is usually associated with the Tower of Babel. The Nazis recognized the destructive potential of this rune when they chose it as the insignia of the SS. Indeed, the Swasitka is no more then two Sigel runes laid over each other to suggest the whirling, flaming ball of meteor. In pagan times. meteors were looked upon as weapons of the gods, particularly Thor whose hammer was earlier thought to be a meteorite.

The Germans worshiped the sun, Caesar mentions sun worship, and the numerous sun wheels found in the rock carvings attest to it, as do certain relics such as the bronze altar found near Ystad in Sweden. This last is a remarkable object shaped roughly like a drum. It stands on ten bronze wheels arrayed around its perimeter, and its tip is inscribed with concentric circles and rings of fire that form a solar image of impressive proportions.

The offensive power suggested by the shape of the Sigel rune is well represented by this verse from the Icelandic Rune Poem: Sun is shield of the sky and shining ray and destroyer of ice.

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MEANINGS:

UPRIGHT:

Elemental force, energy, moving power, destroyer of inertia, banisher of doubt, galvanizer, initiator, act of will, shattered conceits, masterstroke, what pierces to the heart of the matter, cutting of red tape, bold action.

REVERSED:

Retribution, punishment, justice, wrath of God, nemesis, vengeance, destruction of evil plans, exposure of guilt, work of the furies, suffering for past crimes, divine thunderbolt, cleansing fire.

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