RUNECRAFT: Six Runes

The Rune Stave: Beorc

Number: Phonetic Value: Word: Planetary: Element/s: Deity/ies: Modern Translation: Memory Keys: Word/Concept:   Stave:   Word/Concept:

18 B Beorc Moon and Jupiter Earth Nerthus Birch Tree   B is for Birch and Birth   A pregnant mother with breast and belly   This stave can be seen as a representation of a pregnant mother which it represent so adequately. It is therefore associated with the Great Mother Goddess herself; Nerthus. It is a Rune of new beginnings, birth and the initiation of new schemes. It is also a Tree Rune; a Rune of Growth and change.

Farrar/Bone 1997