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Today’s Rune was Gebo, Partnership. I think of the many partnerships I have formed in the past, am now engaged in, and that are forming as you, dear reader, bear witness. The lines are not always clear, but when I compare and contrast the meanings of partner, partition, and the anglo word parcener, (all from a common root) it becomes clearer to me where my Te lies in the various relationships I am now engaged in. Should be a very interesting season of this mans life.

part·ner
n.
1. One that is united or associated with another or others in an activity or a sphere of common interest, especially:
1. A member of a business partnership.
2. A spouse.
3. A domestic partner.
4. Either of two persons dancing together.
2. (Nautical) A wooden framework used to strengthen a ship’s deck at the point where a mast or other structure passes through it. Often used in the plural.

par·ti·tion
n.
1.
1. The act or process of dividing something into parts.
2. The state of being so divided.
2.
1. Something that divides or separates, as a wall dividing one room or cubicle from another.
2. A wall, septum, or other separating membrane in an organism.

parcener
n.
(Law) A coheir, or one of two or more persons to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as one estate.

I reminded of that Ouroboros toiling in the garden…