“Patience up to a point. Know your time, but work your wyrd always.”

Jera – “Yehr-ah” – Literally: “Year” – Esoteric: Harvest

Rune of harvest and reward for, or reaction to, right actions in a horizontal (naturally ordered) cyclical process. Rune of peace on the land and in the heart.

Psi: psychological time, patience, the measurement of time

Energy: good harvest, orbits, cycles, progress, biorhythms, right effort

Mundane: waiting, gardening, farming, the seasons, harvest

Divinations: Reward for positive action, plenty, peace, proper timing; or repetition, bad timing, poverty, conflict, regression.

Governs:
Fertility, creativity and harmony with the land
Peace, prosperity and plenty
Realization of the cyclical nature of the multiverse, invoking the power of time and cycles
Bringing other concepts gently into material manifestation
Initiating gradual and lasting change in flow of life

My Notes:

The summer harvest was winter food; the seeds from the harvest became the next summer’s crop. So while attentiveness to cultivating the present moment is paramount, within the present moment lies the wisdom for future planning.

The cycle of the seasons is not so much associated with time but with the inflow and outflow of the land’s breath. The rhythms of sleep, dusk and dawn, the heartbeat, the breath, all these are keys into unlocking Jera’s subtle nature. Like Isa, Jera has unstoppable energy, gradual but unrelenting, unhurried but persistent, and indifferent to human influence. Nature has a way of persistently marching on. Jera’s changes are not sudden or explosive and cannot be forced. The key is making small, gradual changes every day for the better. These events may seem trivial, but they are cumulative and proceed with all the certainty of Earth’s journey around the sun.

Jera is a rune of patience and movement in harmony with the natural tides of life. Moving with such life rhythms brings abundance and plenty. The cyclical recurrences in the biosphere and of the astronomical procession spiral through time and contain many more profound secrets than our common involvement with linear time, calendar dates, and the clock.

Jera has to do with the right timing. Jera is in the maxim “This too shall pass”, the proverb, “As you sow, so shall you reap”, and in the modern adage, “time heals all wounds.” Using this rune is the key to understanding the mysteries of time and the psychological importance of dividing and managing time.  Deadlines bring out the best in us and motivate us to grow to levels beyond our present ability. It also moves us to take action when the time is right strategically. Take advantage of the ups and coast through the downs.

Jera can magically speed things up or slow things down, and this rune governs the manipulation of subjective time in this manner. In this rune, we see the most stark Western counterpoint to the maxim ‘time is an illusion’. If a person sows no seeds, does no work, and plants no goals and desires in his or her thoughts, Jera will bring about situations that reflect that lack. The ultimate consequences of past human actions unfold in the future.

“Time and I Against Any Two.”