Upright meaning
Riding: easy for the one sitting indoors, hard on the horse. The journey is real work, but you are in the saddle and moving.
Reversed (merkstave)
The road is rougher than you planned, or you are riding someone else's route. Check the direction before you push harder.
A question to sit with
Who is carrying the weight of this journey?
Its ætt
Reið belongs to Freyr's ætt, the runes of beginnings, resources and the material world.