The birch symbolizes growth and the strength of life. It is considered a tree that stores the life-giving power of the Sun, and was dedicated to the now almost universally forgotten feminine aspect of the Sun.
BIRCH
The weeping birch is a favorite place for the games of Slavic mermaids, therefore, on the days of their games (Trinity), colored ribbons and rags are knitted on the birch - the mermaids braid their braids. Since birch is a tree of life and rebirth, its branches adorn the house and clothes for the Night of Bonfires. Birch twigs are used in purification rites.
A living tree has the ability to "draw" illness and weak witchcraft from a person - for this you need to hug the tree and ask for help. The patient is planted, leaning against the trunk, at the roots. The patient's belongings, which cannot be brought, or brought, to a tree, are hung on a birch branch with a request for help.
A birch branch fused with an oak branch is used in love magic. Birch roots are used to cause harm, spoilage.
Thin branches of weeping birches are used to knit "knots" - a form of charm. Runic spells are written on birch bark with ink from oak nuts and a feather from a raven's wing. Almost all parts of the tree are used in healing.
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ASPEN
Aspen is a witch tree. Possessing witchcraft power, the wood of this tree blocks the power of a human sorcerer (but is powerless against a Mage). The lower crowns were laid out of aspen and the roofs of the baths were made, since in the bath a person is cleansed and gives birth to most peoples also in the bath - in order to avoid slander and damage. Experienced witches know how to use (modulate) the tree's own power, creating spells and spells on aspen branches.
Caskets are made of aspen wood for storing witchcraft and magical tools - wood blocks both the power of the tool and any attempt to "reach" it from the outside, better than silk. Thus, you can hide something valuable from the "seers".
Another aspen is the “language” of the Forest. By listening to the rustle of aspen leaves, sorcerers receive answers to their questions from the Green Man. The bark and young branches of the tree are used in healing.
APPLE TREE
The apple tree is the first tree in the horoscope of the Druids. In European symbolism, the apple tree is considered a tree of rebirth to eternal life. The Greeks left us a legacy of the legend about the golden apples of the Hesperides, the Scandinavians - about the goddess Idunn and the apples of immortality, the Celtic epic tells about the blessed Island of Apples Avalon, the Slavs have fabulous "rejuvenating apples"
The apple tree is one of the first cultivated trees and therefore in esoteric teaching is associated with a conscious choice. Associated with choice and, probably, with fortune-telling, the apple tree is of great help in divination, and in addition, its wood has long been used in love and healing magic.
This tree of feminine power, feminine sexuality, awakens the sensual side of nature in a woman. If you want to experience a surge of erotic forces, then go to bed in the summer under an apple tree, however, she is more willing to share her powers with young girls.
Under the influence of the energy of the apple tree, a girl can imagine the image of an ideal man suitable for her, and in a dream she can see her betrothed. But we must beware of the temptations that this tree may surround you with. There are no moral rules for the energy of the apple tree, it is guided only by the call of nature.
Mother Earth tree, Cybele (wild apple tree and its fruits)
One of the Trees-Leaders of the ancient Irish - the death penalty was imposed for the illegal felling of an apple tree. Vessels for storing medicinal mixtures and ointments (in healing) are made of dense wood, because it is believed that the property of the apple tree is to enhance the healing properties of drugs.
Wood is also used for ritual bonfires. Fruit wine is used in fertility rituals dedicated to the Mother. The fruits and delicate roots are used in love magic.
PINE
Pine loves people and wishes them well. In addition, this tree very subtly senses the accumulating evil and throws all its considerable strength to dispel it. That is why pines survive with great difficulty in cities - there is too much unkind energy there, and this tree always "takes fire upon itself."
If you have a choice, always go for pine. Pine boards, pine furniture will always be well protected from evil forces. And pine branches with cones should decorate any home, especially in winter, when the weakened sun does not have time to drive away the creatures of darkness from the human dwelling. Especially Pine patronizes Lions.
Pine has a beneficial effect on gold. If you hang a gold chain on a freshly cut pine branch in the first quarter of the moon and remove it at noon on the day following the full moon, you will receive a good amulet against evil forces looking for easy prey (this talisman is not suitable to ward off a blow aimed specifically against you).
The connection with the fire of insight can be traced with the ritual of burning a pine cone, which is present in almost all northern peoples. This resinous fruit symbolizes a storehouse of wisdom that holds the entire material world together.
Pine is a tree of tranquility and height of spirit. If an important moment has come in your life, your fate is being decided and you need to answer a number of serious questions in a calm atmosphere, you cannot do without communication with a pine tree.
The aura of this tree is very strong, it will help the person who turns to it to rise to an unprecedented height of spiritual illumination, creative takeoff. With direct contact, the power of the pine will take away the irritation and annoyance that accumulate in your soul every day.
The energy of pine will help you get rid of nervous disorders and stress. No neurosis can resist its influence.
Pine is a compassionate tree. It must be addressed with an open mind. Pine is able to cleanse a person's aura from extraneous influences, partially remove damage. In the old days, it was believed that the smell of pine helps to get rid of feelings of guilt.
ROWAN
Rowan is astrologically associated with Uranus, with which the power of lightning is also associated. It is believed that lightning is not terrible for mountain ash, and therefore, as protection, all settlements, as well as temples, were planted with these trees.
The mountain ash spirit represents the keeper of secret truths - secrets associated with immortality and personal freedom of the gods. In Celtic mythology, mountain ash was considered a magical tree, and its bright red berries are "food of the gods" guarded by a green dragon.
Rowan berries are widely used as an amulet that protects against evil spirits and witchcraft.
Rowan wood is used for Brigitte's sacred fire. In the same way, talismans can be made from rowan wood, guarding against temptations on the path of spiritual development.
On the wood of mountain ash, protective runes were usually cut, since mountain ash was known for its ability to protect against witchcraft. In addition, it was believed that mountain ash can protect from the evil eye and damage, from evil will, so bunches of mountain ash were hung on poles at the entrance to cattle corrals and placed at the door lintel.
It is believed that mountain ash sharpens perception and develops the gift of foresight. In the past, sacred mountain ash groves grew on the inviolable places of the sanctuaries of the ancient gods, since mountain ash provided magical protection and aided predictions. In addition, such skills as the ability to control one's feelings and protect oneself from other people's spells were associated with mountain ash. Rowan is the best ally for women who find true pleasure in the physical side of love.
Direct contact with mountain ash is able to awaken the dormant sexuality in a woman. For mountain ash, the favorite female age is about 40 years. For such women, she gives in love a particularly warm autumn, full of strength.
MAPLE
Maple is a tree that helps people of all types to find peace of mind, brings tranquility, self-confidence. This is a tree of inner strength and balance. It is not touchy; takes over all emotional outbursts, frees from boiling passions.
A tree of solar-martian nature. Represents the host of the Light. In many ways it is similar to ash, but its strength is aggressive and effective. Therefore, maple is used to create barriers to Darkness.
A solar disk carved from maple and hung over the door, maple steps at the entrance to the house, the doorposts of the front door made of this tree - all these are protections from evil forces, often used in ritual buildings dedicated to light, solar deities.
Maple was used in the construction of bridges over running water. Running water is an obstacle for the dark forces, and the maple did not allow these forces to use the bridge. Maple branches covering the barn, or stuck into the walls, protect livestock from the evil eye and damage. A red-hot maple arrow kills undead.
A drink made from fermented maple juice is the sacred wine of sun worshipers. Bread is baked on maple leaves in order to convey the power of the Sun to the loaf and take away possible unkind energy from the dough. Maple (and its parts) is actively used in healing.
SPRUCE. The sacred tree of the Hunter in its dark, aggressive aspect of the God of Death, the guide to the realm of Death. The hut on Chicken Legs is the abode of Yaga, built of spruce logs and stands in a dense spruce forest, which perfectly describes the properties of this tree. Leshies live in the spruce forest.
Spruce is associated with death among many peoples - funeral fires were made from spruce trunks, coffins were hammered from spruce boards (but one of the five boards must be maple). At the same time, the spruce also symbolizes the sacred meaning of Death as liberation, purification, a sacrament opposite to birth in the Wheel of Life.
Spruce (branches) is used as protection from the Hunter's anger or malicious jokes, i.e. at home - from bad weather and a hurricane, crops - from hail. But you cannot use trunks in construction - the Hunter will get angry and strike the structure with lightning. Likewise, you cannot use spruce to fire the stove. But a forest fire of dead spruce will provide the Hunter's mercy.
It is best to spend the night under a spruce in the forest, because it will protect from the night games of spirits. But in a thunderstorm it is better not to hide under the spruce. The braid is made from a spruce trunk - perhaps this connected the braid with Death in the Western tradition. In healing, spruce is used to treat diseases under the control of the Hunter.
Spruce offers its energy support all year round. It does not carry particularly strong properties, but its energy is constantly available to those who feel a lack of strength in themselves in winter. She will not give you more energy than you need.
Spruce helps to control emotions, adjusts to a philosophical mood. The smell of burnt dried needles is an excellent tool for cleaning your home from harmful influences.
Ritual use: In ancient Greece, spruce was considered a symbol of hope; the Greeks used spruce branches in divination. In the Celtic Druidic calendar, the spruce is dedicated to the day of December 23, when a divine child is born, embodying the spirit of fertility. The Christmas tree symbolizes the beginning of the annual cycle and life in general.
Magical use: Spruce cone - a symbol of the fire of life, beginning; it restores health; in a number of traditions it is associated with the phallus.
JASMINE
The symbol of the moon and night secrets. Used to bewitch a loved one. Basic properties: love, well-being
Jasmine flowers are used in bags of dried herbs used to grab the attention of a loved one, and in a wide variety of rituals designed to enhance well-being. Jasmine attracts pure love.
Stimulates creativity, the birth of original ideas. Strengthens self-esteem, a sense of well-being, helps to adapt to unfamiliar surroundings.
Develops psychic and mental abilities, attracts money, love.
Ritual Uses: In Christianity, the white color and sweet scent of jasmine made it a symbol of the Virgin Mary. This plant also has a secondary meaning - nobility, grace and benevolence.
Magical Uses: Dried jasmine flowers are added to purses and love potions; they attract spiritual love. If flowers are worn or burned, they will generate money and promote health. If you burn jasmine in the bedroom, you will see prophetic dreams. The flowers of the plant are sniffed to cure insomnia.
Jasmine candle enhances psychic protection and heals the aura. Jasmine is associated with the number 9 in numerology, symbolizing femininity and associated with the manifestation of the Mother aspect of the Universe.
WILLOW
Willow is a moon tree, dedicated to the moon, moon goddesses and moon magic. If ash is the Tree of the Created World, then willow is the Tree of Creation. With a willow twig, Kerridwen interferes with the drink of transformations in her magic cauldron.
In everyday witchcraft practices, willow is almost never used, because its power is difficult to modulate - the powerful potential of transformation obeys the World Law, and very often instead of "what you want" you get what "should be".
Cages for sacrifices were woven from willow vines, because the willow contributed to the immediate and "correct" revival of the spirit of sacrifice.
Willow branches are used to cover and decorate the altar or the place where sex magic rituals are performed. these rituals are about transformation.
The concepts of cyclicality, rhythm, and ebb and flow are associated with it. Willow is a tree of female magic. She is associated with the Moon, all the ceremonies dedicated to earth and water that women perform.
The willow energy cannot be called good, it is indifferent to the problems of good and evil, it serves only nature, obeying the laws of balance and justice. The energy of the willow gives amazing strength to women who are able to bewitch, turn away, damage the offender, ruin his fate. Willow is extremely sensitive, she may not want to communicate with you. In Western tradition, the weeping willow leaning towards the water has become a symbol of unhappy love and sorrow.
Ritual Use: Burial mounds in Britain, often found near marshes and lakes, are sometimes decorated with willow due to its symbolic association with death.
In China, willow is a tree of immortality (even a small piece of willow can grow a whole tree).
In Japan, willow is a tree of sadness, weakness, tenderness, and girlish grace.
Magical Uses: Willow leaves are carried with them or added to infusions to attract love, and the tree itself is used as a material for magic clubs in moon magic.
All parts of the tree protect against evil forces; they can be carried with you or kept at home. To ward off evil, simply knock on wood.
Willow leaves, bark and wood are also used in healing rituals. Magic brooms, especially witchcraft, were tied with a willow branch.
The consecrated willow was considered a healing remedy among all Slavs. They fumigated it, drank it, pounded into powder, together with juniper, applied it in lotions. Diseases were carried to the willow.
OAK
Oak is a tree traditionally associated with the gods of thunder, Zeus, Jupiter, Dagda, etc. However, this connection arose relatively late in the history of mankind, when it was these gods who took a dominant position in the pantheons, because very often it was the oak that was the tree growing at the ancient altars.
The sacred property of the oak is almost forgotten and it can be traced only by examining the name of this tree in different languages. The energy of the oak (living tree) creates vortices that connect the worlds. Therefore, the so-called "Gates" or "Portals" are most often located in oak groves, or where these groves once were.
And therefore the oak is a tree of wisdom and Power, because in his neighborhood it is possible to communicate directly with the inhabitants of other worlds and Gods. The rite of fraternization, carried out under the crowns of two oak trees that have grown together with branches (an oak has the ability to grow together with branches of its own kind and some other trees) connects not for one life, but "until the end of time."
Oak is an energy donor. With direct contact with him, a person receives the maximum possible amount of vital energy.
However, one should not forget that this is a strong but harsh tree. His aura is very powerful, it only perceives well healthy people. A person who is seriously ill and suffering from chronic diseases is better off not communicating with this tree.
Communication with an oak tree energizes a person, calms the soul. It has long been noted that walks in the oak forest normalize blood pressure, have a beneficial effect on the work of the heart and nervous system.
Oak always prefers warriors, fighters, strong and healthy people. He heals wounds received in battle, heals the souls of warriors, shares a piece of his longevity.