Jera (ᛃ)

Harvest in its season.

Literal meaning: year, good harvest · Hagal's aett, the second group of eight

In the old rune poems

The Old English poem calls the year a hope of men, when the earth yields bright fruit to rich and poor alike. The Norwegian one ties it to plenty.

Light side

Patient effort ripening: what you sowed with care comes in its own season, through cycles rather than leaps.

Shadow side

Impatience: pulling at the shoots, or neglecting to sow and still expecting a harvest.

Drawing Jera in a game of Leela

In Leela Atlas you can draw a card from the Elder Futhark runes when you land on a square. A bridging question links the card to the square, so the card speaks to your own question:

• What season is your question in: sowing, growing, or harvest?
• What does "Jera" show you about your square?
• If "Jera" were advice for your question, what would it say?
• Where do you meet "Jera" in your life right now?