Dagaz/Day

The rune stone featured at the bottom of this image is Dagaz.

"Phonetically, Dagaz has remained throughout the evolution of human language very similar to the pronunciation of 'day.' It is therefore, fairly easy to relate the ancient meaning of this rune to its present day correspondences. Dagaz refers to the a day, a period of darkness and light, since the Norse counted their days from evening to evening, with the midpoint being dawn and the rising of the sun. It is the rune of awakening and, metaphorically, rebirth.

"Symbolically, this rune represents the first rays of the sun rising over the horizon, and is therefore associated with the dawn and dawnings. Dagaz is a rune of paradox, the balancing of opposites and movement, not as contradictions and opposition, but as counterbalances and compliments. It represents light. It is the rune of 'clear vision' and 'enlightenment.' It represents time and space, and the weaving movement of the loom of life.

"The pictogram is very similar to the upper portion of the runic depiction for Mannaz, which will lend meanings of new opportunities, insight or understandings on an individual basis."


Another rune-inspired image by Svetlana Bakushina is featured here.