Good Woten’s day!! Todays rune is Bjarkan. It’s odd that it comes after yesterdays rune Maðr, which had me pondering well into the future of my children, grandchildren, and on and on. It’s symbolic in its representation of birth, and rebirth and what was on my mind yesterday. Food for thought I suppose.
ᛒ björk/bjarkan/bjarken (“birch”) means “birch tree”. The rune of the Goddess and birth.
Sound: “b”, “p”, “v”, “mb”, “mp”
Meaning: The birch twig represents rebirth and purification as does the rune Bjarkan. It is also a woman’s rune symbolizing gestation and birth.
Norwegian rune poem **
ᛒ Bjarkan er laufgrønstr líma;
Loki bar flærða tíma.
Translation **
ᛒ Birch has the greenest leaves of any shrub;
Loki was fortunate in his deceit.
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