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Elder Futhark Rune Meanings - SOWILO

Rune Meaning Sowilo - "Sun"
Alternative Names
Anglo-Friesian/Germanic: Sowilo
Old Norse: Sol, Sunna
Old English: Sigil, Sigel
Other Names/Spellings: Sighel, Sigo, Sil, Sowela, Sowilu, Sowelu, Solwulo

Sowilo equates to the letter S in our common alphabet.

The rune sowilo is the rune of the sun. To the Norse, the sun was known as ‘Sunna’ or ‘Sol’ and was considered feminine. The sun’s light and warmth supports life and growth. Sowilu stimulates spiritual awakening as a life giving force to new understanding, this runic energy creates awareness and pushes someone going through the stages of an awakening. The energy of this rune encourages one to take on a positive attitude and move forward along their pathway. Sowilo reminds us to catch the rays of the sun when we can to bask in the sunshine. The warmth from the healing rays of the sun charge us with energy to achieve goals that seemed impossible.

From the historical rune poems about Sowilo we get:
The Anglo Saxon rune poem translated tells us: "Sun is ever a joy in the hopes of seafarers when they journey away over the fishes' bath, until the course of the deep bears them to land."


Sowilo is the rune for awakening and boosting extra energy to achieve goals, make dreams come true. Stay in contact with your heart flame. Keywords: hope, success, goals, guidance, enlightenment, self, soul, the sun, wholeness, life force, spiritual awakening and consciousness

This video contains one of my rune poems that can be used for meditation with the energy of Sowilo.