ᛇ Eihwaz

Eihwaz is named for the yew tree — famously long-lived, evergreen through winter, and toxic in most of its parts, a tree associated in the old world with both death and enduring life at once. It marks the Futhark's midpoint, standing at the hinge between the row's first and second halves.

Someone born under Eihwaz is traditionally read as having quiet, deep-rooted endurance — strength that doesn't show off, the kind that outlasts more dramatic displays of force. The classical reading leans into the yew's dual nature directly: real resilience often runs through hardship rather than around it, the same way the tree stays green through the coldest months.