Sowilo Rune Meaning

Sowilo upright

Sowilo is rune number 16 of the Elder Futhark and belongs to Heimdall's aett. It stands for the sound “s”.

Sowilo is the sun: success, energy and wholeness. A strongly positive rune.

Sowilo merkstave (reversed)

Sowilo looks the same upside down, so it has no merkstave position. Its meaning is the same however it lands.

How to read Sowilo

Read Sowilo together with the question you asked and the runes beside it. In a three-rune cast, the left rune shows the past, the middle the present and the right the future. Let the keywords guide you, but trust your own sense of what they mean for you.