Jera                                             “year” / “patience”

                                                                        Element: Earth                                   Herb:
Rosemary

                                                                        Astrological: The Sun                      Tree: Oak

                                                                        Color: Light Blue                               Crystal: Carnelian

Jera – “Yehr-ah”

Literally: “Year”

Key concepts: 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

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

Element: Earth aligns itself
with the east; powerful time and growing powers

Astrological: The sun gives life
to everything on the planet; strong ties to the Leo constellation

Herb: Rosemary has many uses
other than flavoring a dish; it protects the user or home from negative entities,
ensures fidelity, enhances memory, and when burnt in an incense form it can
help the user recall past lives. Additionally, it attributes itself with healing,
protection, purification, love, strength, memory, stress-relief, longevity, and
mental clarity.

Tree: Rooted in the Latin
language, Oak’s name literally means “door”; it is believed that Oak trees are
entryways into greater wisdom and gateways to the otherworld. Druids considered
this tree to be sacred and the tree with the most nobility, this was due to its
size, longevity, and nutritious acorns. Additionally, Oak trees stand for
wisdom, masculinity, creativity of the mind, prosperity and are the symbol for
the midsummer season. Wands made of oak are particularly strong when casting
spells for protection, strength, success, and stability.

Crystal: Coming from the
Latin word meaning “flesh-colored”, Carnelian is also known as the “actor’s
stone”. It acts as an energy booster, increases ambition, confidence, individuality,
and stabilizes energy in the home.

       The
cycle of the seasons is not so much associated with time, but 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 is has an unstoppable energy, gradual but unrelenting, unhurried
but persistent, 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. Taken alone these events may seem trivial, but they are cumulative and
proceed forward with all the inevitability of earth’s journey around the sun.

       Jera
is a rune of patience and movement with the harmony with natural tides of life.
Moving with such life rhythms brings abundance and plenty. Jera has to do with
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. Jera can magically
speed things up or slow things down, and manipulation of subjective time in
this manner is governed by this rune.