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Friday, 10 January 2014

The Celtic Year - Ash


Ash/Nion

18th February – 17th March

The 3rd month/moon of the Celtic Year, the prominence of Ash is its connection to the oncoming Spring… blossoms are beginning to bloom, bird song is becoming more melodious and chill of Winter is fading (slowly) away.

INNER SELF – OCEAN RITUALS – MAGICKAL POTENCY – PROPHETIC DREAMS – SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS – KARMIC LAWS – HEALING – PROTECTION – RAIN-MAKING – WOMEN’S MYSTERIES – PROSPERITY – LOVE

Associations:
Polarity:     Feminine
Element:    Water; Fire
Deities:      Eostre; Frigg; Minerva; Nemesis; Odin; Poseidon; Thor;                     Neptune; Mars; Uranus; Gwydion
Planets:     The Sun; Jupiter; Neptune
Colours:    White; Pale Blue; Transluscent
Animal:     Snipe
Gems:       Turquoise; Lepidolite; Sea-green Beryl

Herbal Uses:
In Spring, use the leaves and ‘tender-tops’ in a fasting tea to help ease constipation and help with weight loss.
Sap from the ‘flowering Ash’ has a sugary exudates which can also be used as a laxative.

Magickal Uses:
Besom & Magickal Tool Handles – A tool made from Ash is said to be more productive than if made from other woods.
Ash talismans make a wonderful protection amulet
As Ash is an excellent serpent repellent, if you have no snakes around, it can be equally successful at keeping unpleasant people and psychic vampires at bay.
The leaves of an Ash tree, when kept under a pillow during sleep, will induce prophetic dreams.

Other Information:
The Ash is the tree featured in the ‘Hanged Man’ card of a tarot deck.
Sacred to Odin as Ash is often known as the Yggdrassil in many Scandinavian nations.
Ash, with Oak & Hawthorn make up the triad of powerful faery trees.
The tree of the sea God, Poseidon due to its watery association.
Supposedly a serpent repellent.
Frequently used as the ‘Yule Log’.

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