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| Birch Tree December 24 - January 20 The Inspiration Vivacious, attractive, elegant, friendly, unpretentious,modest, does not like anything in excess, abhors the vulgar, loves life in nature and in calm, not very passionate, full of imagination, little ambition, creates a calm and content atmosphere. |
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| BIRCH Celtic name: Beth (pronounced: beh) Common names: Beithe, Bereza, Berke, Beth, Bouleau, Lady of the Woods, Birth, Canoe Tree, Paper Tree, Silver Birch, White Birch. “Birch” is derived from the meaning “Bright” or “Shining” in Indo-European and Sanskrit. Celtic Lunar Month Info 1st Moon of the Celtic Year (12.24 to 1.20) Color: White Gemstone: Red Chard Element: Water Planet: Venus Bird: Pheasant The month of Birch is a good time to do manifesting associated with new beginnings. Herbal uses, history & folklore below! |
| Month of Birch Work done in this moon adds strength and momentum to any new choices made. The Birch has applications Lunar workings, love, and purification. Protective uses of Birch include tying a red ribbon around the trunk of for protection, creativity, exorcism, fertility, birth, healing, Forest Magic, Inner Authority/Self-Discipline, a birch to ward off the evil eye. Also, gently whapping someone with a Birch twig drives out negative be perfect to use to make a ‘Goddess’ wand, since Birch is the tree known as ‘the Lady of the Woods’ and a grove of Birch trees is an excellent place to communicate with the Goddess. Herbal Usage Feminine. Parts Used: Leaves, bark, wood, sap, branches. Leaves can be used to make an infusion that is good for breaking up kidney or bladder stones, bark is an astringent and can be used to treat non-hereditary baldness. Tea can be made from the inner bark and leaves - good for rheumatism or as a sedative to aid sleep. Sap can be harvested the same way maple sap is, and then boiled down into syrup. History & Lore The Birch tree is sacred to the God Thor and the Goddesses Diana and Cerridwen. Birch is considered to be a Goddess tree, the symbol of summer ever-returning. The Birch is also a special tree to the Celts (“On a switch of birch was written the first Ogham inscription in Ireland, namely seven B’s, as a warning to Lug son of Ethliu, to wit, ‘Thy wife will be seven times carried away from you into fairyland or elsewhere, unless birch be her overseer.” – Robert Graves, The White Goddess) and Birch wood is one of the nine traditional firewoods to be added to the Belfire that is burned at Beltane. It is one of the three pillars of Wisdom (Oak, Yew, Birch) and often symbolizes the first level of Druid working. Birch trees often have Otherkin spirits attached to them and the “Lieschi” or “Genii of the Forest” are said to dwell in their tree tops. The Ghillie Dhu (pronounced “Gillee Doo or Yoo”) are guardian tree spirits who are disguised as foliage and dislike human beings. They prefer birch trees to all others, and jealously guard them from humans. If the spirit of the Birch tree touches a head it leaves a white mark and the person turns insane. If it touches a heart, the person will die. Sources Robert Graves, The White Goddess 1948 dutchie.org |
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