Berkano

Berkano is the birch, the first tree to green in spring: birth, fertility, renewal, and the protective mother. It is one of the most gentle runes.

Uses

• New beginnings
• Fertility and growth
• Nurturing

Rune

ᛒ

Sound

b

Meaning

Birch

Aett

Tyr's Aett, rune 2 of 8

Upright

Birth, growth, renewal, nurturing

Reversed

Stagnation, family troubles, anxiety

Rune poems

Old English, Norwegian, Icelandic

Working with it

In spring, tie a ribbon marked with Berkano on a birch tree, or keep a sprig of birch in the house as a blessing on new growth.