Daily Draw

Daily Draw Wednesday, 18 November 2015 Method: Elder Germanic Runes Stave Dawn: Berkano This rune means: Beorc Last drawn on Wednesday, 18 November 2015, using the Elder Germanic Futhark. The Anglo Saxon rune poem verse is: Birch is without fruit but just the same it bears Shoots without seed, it has beautiful branches High on its crown. It is finely covered Loaded with leaves, touching the sky. The Old Norwegian Rune Rhyme: Birch – twig is the limb greenest with leaves, Loki brought the luck of deceit. The Old Icelandic Rune Poem: Birch – twig is a leafy limb and a little tree And a youthful wood. Clearly then this rune is associated with the birch tree. This tree is often known as Queen of the forest and is thought to represent the mother or pregnant woman. Is the birch a representative of the mother aspect of the triple goddess? If so there are really only The Norns that I personally would pay attention too, although there are other forms of the triple Goddess from other pagan traditions. The Norns or Nornir are also referred to as the Wyrd Sisters as they control the fate of all the Gods and men. (They were the three witches in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth) The three Norn’s are Urd, Verdandi and Skuld. Past, becoming and future. If Birch represents one of the Norn’s it’ll be Verdandi, that which is becoming. She is the ever moving point between past and future, that split second in time that is now. The Birch is also known as a pioneer tree, usually being the first to grow after a fire. It produces a fine sap that can be made into a wine and there were many uses for its bark. The negative side of birch is only comparatively recent as birch sticks were used to administer corporal punishment for relatively minor offences. The rune may well be telling me to look to the present and not look back to what was, or worry about what is to come. To focus on what is good and beautiful in the world, instead of the cruelty and evil I often see on Facebook.