First Aicme

Ruis

(Ruh-iss)

"I release, extract, and close well."

Aicme Group:
Muin
Element:
Earth/Water
Keywords:
endings; potency; threshold
Season:
Year’s end
Symbols:
elder mother; cauldron; hedge
Colors:
white blossom; deep purple berries
Tree:
Elder

Meaning

Endings, extraction, and transitional rites. Release what’s spent; craft a clean ending; harvest the teaching from the dark.

Elder is the last cup at the crossroads—funerary and medicinal. Kennings speak of redness, ending, and potent boundary-magic. It is closure, extraction of poison, and the transition that ripens wisdom.