casting runes — 12dec25

jera
grey gone him raven
fetching at flint
festering storm winds

grey gone him raven
turning at stone
her come kiss our winter

grey gone him raven
arthritic at tree
curse to carve a snow

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A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.

Today’s rune is jera. Jera is translated as “year”, and has also been translated as “harvest”. This rune is representative of cycles, the “wheel of the year”, the union of opposites (implied by the summer half of the year ending, winter half of the year beginning), balance, as well as cause/effect relationships.

Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.