Other names: Berkawan, Berkanan, Beorc

Meaning: Birch

God associations: Frigg

Symbolism:

Birth, fertility, liberation. Mental, physical, and personal growth.

Spring, renewal, regeneration, new beginnings, and new growth.

Desire, a love affair, or birth of a child.

Birth and prospering of a new venture or project.

From The Old Norwegian Rune Poem:

“Bjarkan er laufgrønstr líma;

Loki bar flærða tíma.”

“Birch has the greenest leafed limbs;

Loki struck lucky with lies.”

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