Sowilo Rune Meaning
ᛊ · sound "s" · Heimdall's ætt · name means sun
sun, success, vitality, clarity, wholeness
Upright meaning
Sowilo is the sun: warmth, energy, and the light that lets you see where you are going. It can mirror a time of confidence and momentum, and invites you to let yourself be seen and to enjoy what is going well.
Reversed
This rune looks the same upside down, so it has no reversed meaning.
Lore
The name means sun. All three rune poems cover it: the Old Norwegian calls the sun the light of the lands, the Old Icelandic a shield in the sky that melts the ice, and the Anglo-Saxon poem, under the name sigel, a hope to sailors until they reach land.
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