Hearthside

We have now come through the Tyr year, the stark masculine energy, the struggle. The Bïork year is upon us. Berkana, the birch rune, the rune of transformation and rebirth. The softening feminine energy shines through. This is a year of new beginnings. But we must be cautious, what is present in the roots, is what will unfold. Change takes time, but birch trees are fast growing. We can turn things around, letting go of old patterns, causing new ones to take root. For those of you new to this series, I am using the Rune Poems along with Rune Rasmussen’s Nordic Animist Year to build up a sort of Farmer’s Almanac of what each year will hold for us in a 19 year cycle. I also look at historical events and weather patterns for comparison and as a basis for what may come in this cycle. All of this is experimental. A multi-year project which may or may not have any worth. I always start with the rune poems. Rune Rasmussen’s book uses the Swedish Rune Poem, but I compare the others as well. Bïo...

The 2025 New Moon rune according to The Nordic Animist Year by Rune Rasmussen is Tyr/Tiwaz. In these posts I examine the prediction for the year based on the Swedish rune poem in Rune’s book. I then compare the Swedish rune poem to other rune poems to try to gain more insights. After that I examine historical data on weather/climate, as well as politics, to try to predict what to expect in this year. This is all speculative. I want to see if the 19 year cycle can predict world events, specifically in Scandinavia and circumpolar regions.  We start with the Swedish Rune poem as that is in Rune Rasmussen’s book. Swedish Rune Poem: Tyr i Vatŭm ledast.  Tyri brinner bäst i.e.. dyrast. Tyr (bull) is badly off in water/Tyr (bull) is meanest of spirits. Resinous wood is best for burning, i.e. hardest. The strangest part of this poem to me was how Rune was translating Tyr as a bull. I am not sure what his reasoning for this was. Since it doesn’t seem to actually say that in the Swedis...