Heimdall's Aett · Rune 12
Jera
“Year, Harvest” · sound: J (Y)
Keywords
harvest · year · cycle · reward · patience · season · fruition · natural law
What Jera means
Jera is the rune of the year, the harvest, and the natural cycle of the seasons. It represents the reward that comes after patient labor and the turning of the great wheel of time. In the agricultural world of the ancient Norse, the harvest was the culmination of a full year's work. Jera teaches that all things come to fruition in their proper season and cannot be rushed. In Heathen practice, this rune embodies right timing, natural law, and the promise that what is sown with care and tended with diligence will yield its reward. Jera cannot be reversed, for the cycle always turns.
Jera in the historical rune poems
Three medieval poems preserve the meanings of the runes — the oldest testimony we have.
Summer is a joy to men, when God, the holy King of Heaven, suffers the earth to bring forth shining fruits for rich and poor alike.
Plenty is a boon to men; I say that Frothi was generous.
Plenty is a boon to men, and good summer, and thriving crops.
Correspondences
Deities
Freyr · Sif
Element
earth
Color
light blue