Meaning: The Sun
Symbolises: Peaceful Warrior
Mythology: Baldur – The God of
Peace, son of Forsete – The God of Justice
Fylgja: The War Horse
Class: Herse
Tree: Oak
Plant: Camomile
Day: Sunday
Old Norwegian Rune Rhyme:
The sun us the light of the lands;
I bow to the holiness.
This rune is associated with Baldur the
most favoured of the gods, he is also the
most tragic of the Aesir, struck down by
Loki's cruel deception and prevented from
returning to Asgard before Ragnarock by the
tricksters refusal to weep for him. The Sol
rune suggests hope and success, the sun is
shining on your endeavours and all is well.
It also warns of two things, firstly the
goodness and beauty of Baldur that make Loki
jealous and hateful of him, and lead to his
death and delayed resurrection despite the
efforts of the Aesir. Secondly, because he
was considered so important the rest of the
Aesir took great steps to protect him
leading him to believe that he was
invulnerable, which made it simple for him
to be killed. Sol reminds us that even when
everything seems to be so much in our favour
that nothing can possibly go wrong, evil may
be more determined than ever to destroy us.
The illusion of invulnerability leads you to
stop looking around and stop thinking about
the problems that may present them selves.
This rune still has great potential for good
though, if complacency does not cloud your
judgement then the future should still be
bright. |
