I've always found that runes work a lot better for me than cards when practicing divination. My runes are also homemade, they're just stones I've found that resonate well with me and then painted all fancical (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) My emphasis on reversed meanings is a little shaky. I generally say that the reading can encomapss influences from both upright and reversed, rather than one or the other. I've also been looking a lot more into runic history lately and practicing reading and writing with them, as well as looking at runic warrior charms and talismans like the aegishjalmur and such. Kind of a lot of information to take in at once:P