The Celtic Tree Calendar: Your Tree Sign and You

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The Oak moon falls during a time when the trees are beginning to reach their full blooming stages. The mighty Oak is strong, powerful and typically towering over all of its neighbors. The Oak King rules over the summer months, and this tree was sacred to the Druids. The Celts called this month Duir, which some scholars believe to mean "door", the root word of "Druid." Much more widely accepted than the calendar is naming the full moons based upon it. If you follow Graves’ model of beginning with the winter solstice, the first full moon after the winter solstice would be the Birch moon, etc. More popular, however, is the Samhain as New Year model, in which case the first full moon after Samhain, November, is the Birch moon. They can cause nausea in some people when raw so they are best used processed (such as cooking or tincturing) and removing the seeds. The tree has many magical influences and was thought to help people to face up to things that may have been avoiding. It was also believed that it could take you the fairy realm. Alder can be used with spells to help with business and academia.

The Celtic Birth Tree Calendar is the Celtic version of the zodiac. So, forget Aquarius and Cancer for a minute while we find out what your Celtic birth tree is and what it symbolises.

Elder Tree

October 28 - December 23: Reed is typically used to make wind instruments, and this time of year, its haunting sounds are sometimes heard when the souls of the dead are being summoned to the Underworld. The Reed Moon was called Negetal, pronounced nyettle by the Celts, and is sometimes referred to as the Elm Moon by modern Pagans. This is a time for divination and crying. If you're going to have a séance, this is a good month to do it in. This month, do magical workings related to spirit guides, energy work, meditation, celebration of death, and honoring the cycle of life and rebirth. Jenner, Henry (1982). A Handbook of the Cornish Language. New York: AMS Press. pp.203 ff. ISBN 0404175570. (reprint of 1904 ed.)

Other signs find them mysterious and hard to get to know but once they are friends, willow signs are fiercely loyal and great at keeping secrets. They have a realistic outlook on life giving them much more patience than other signs.regions on the upper slopes. Fir cones respond to rain by closing and the sun by opening. Fir can see over great distance to the far

The corresponding star sign of Pisces and Aries, the Ash Tree is a huge, relentless tree with roots that deeply penetrate the Earth.Those born under this sign have strong connections to history and their ancestry and love to pass on the knowledge they hold to others.

There are four main observable cycles of the moon. The first is the synodic month, or lunation cycle. This is the time it takes from full moon to full moon, and results in what we know as phases of the moon. ELDER (Sambucus spp.) - The Latin name sambucus is derived from a Greek word for a wind instrument made from elder. Also known as Ellhorn, Elderberry, Although you don't have to follow a Celtic path to celebrate the Celtic tree calendar months, you'll find that each of the themes in the Celtic tree months ties strongly to Celtic culture and mythology.

The Elder Tree rules the thirteenth moon and makes up the final month in the Celtic tree calendar. It’s one of the most magical trees and is a symbol of both death, regeneration and magic. Eddas as the species of Yggdrasil - the 'World-Tree". The first man, named Ask, was created from an ash log. Ash was commonly used to Next let’s look at the Cherokee and Lakota calendars. Well some examples show 12 months, others show 13. And they are clearly naming for the lunation cycles which last 29,5 days. I suspect that all of these calendars (because they were observational) would have been 12-month lunar calendars with a 13th month added every two and a half years (blue moon). I see no evidence for 28-day month length or reconciliation with the solar year. They are Lunar calendars only. The 13-month, 28 day alternative has been in use on this planet for more than 6000 years. In prehistoric India and China, and throughout South America it was the standard time-keeping system. The Essenes, Egyptian, Polynesian, Maya, Inca, Lakota, and Cherokee used a 13-month, 28 day calendar. the Celtic knowledge of the Druids is based on the tree Calendar, also a 13-month, 28 day calendar. Today many cultures are still using their traditional 13-month calendar system. Reed is typically used to make wind instruments, and this time of year, its haunting sounds are sometimes heard when the souls of the dead are being summoned to the Underworld. The Reed Moon was called Negetal, pronounced nyettle by the Celts, and is sometimes referred to as the Elm Moon by modern Pagans. This is a time for divination and scrying. If you're going to have a seance, this is a good month to do it. This month, do magical workings related to spirit guides, energy work, meditation, celebration of death, and honoring the cycle of life and rebirth.