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Thursday, 2 January 2014

The Celtic Year – Rowan

Rowan/Luis
22nd January – 18th February


The second month of the Celtic Calendar. I have chosen to write about it first because I have just purchased a Rowan wand in time for the month beginning.

PROTECTION - ASTRAL TRAVEL - PSYCHIC ENERGIES - PERSONAL POWER – DIVINATION – STRENGTH – SUCCESS – HEALING - WORKING WITH SPIRITS

Associations:
Polarity:        Masculine
Element:        Fire
Sabbat:         Imbolc
                   Deities:          Brigantia; Thor; Brighid; Aphrodite

Planet:          Sun; Mercury
                   Animals:         The Duck, The Blackbird, The Green Dragon
Colour:          Red; Green
                   Gems:            Yellow Chrysolite, Ruby; Tourmaline

Medicinal Uses
  • The berries of this wonderfully powerful tree are rich in vitamin-C and therefore are a great preventative measure against a variety of ailments: flu's & colds, even scurvy.
  • The organic acids, tannins and sugars of the berries make them great for tonics to help the body as once the berries are ripe they act as a mild purgative and diuretic.  

Herbal Uses
  • Rowan bark has astringent properties and can be decocted to help cure irritable bowel.

Natural Uses
  • Berries of the rowan tree act as an incredible food source for a variety of birds: the grouse, cedar waxwings and many others.
Magickal Uses
  • In meditation – clears the mind and opens us up to inspiration.
  • Rowan Essence – vibrational medicine uses this essence to assist in attuning us to nature, broadening perspective and making room for a deeper understanding of our place her in the Universe.
  • Spell work – Protection; astral travel; psychic energies; personal power; divination, strength, success; healing; working with spirits.
  • Ritual – Initiations
  • Tools - spindles and spinning wheels; tool handles; stakes and pegs; dowsing and diving rods.
Other Information
  • The Celts considered Rowan the symbol of the hidden mysteries of nature and the quickening of the life force. Scottish tradition only allowed Rowan wood in ritual and nowhere else.
  • Rowan is one of the nine traditional woods that is added to the Belfire (burned at Beltane).
See also:
+Shiann Raven Moon Rowan Blog Post

For articles of my other Celtic Trees, see below

The Celtic Year – Birch

The Celtic Year – Ash

The Celtic Year – Alder

The Celtic Year – Willow

The Celtic Year – Hawthorn

The Celtic Year – Oak

The Celtic Year – Holly

The Celtic Year – Hazel

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