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[yoga-onion]

Legends and myths about trees

Celtic beliefs in trees (26)

I for Idho (Yew) - December 21st Winter Solstice 

“Death of a king in his waning 6 months - The Celtic Tree Calendar (Ref), the end of the beginning, the beginning of the end ...”         

Colour: dark green; Star: Saturn; Gemstone: olivine; Gender: female; Metal: lead, Element: earth; Patron: Banba, Hecate; Symbols: resurrection, death + rebirth, eternity, path to meet ancestors + land of the soul

Today is the winter solstice, also called the hibernal solstice, the day in the northern hemisphere when the sun is at its lowest altitude in the south and day is shortest and night longest during the year (reversed in the southern hemisphere).

Yew is an evergreen tree with dark green leaves and red berries. The yew is a robust tree with a thick girth and an extremely long life. It is probably the longest lived of all trees.

As soon as the downward reaching branches reach the ground, the tree begins to grow strongly, as if it has been reborn as a new tree. The eldest living yew tree is in Europe is said to be the Fortingall Yew, in Perthshire, Scotland, and it has been estimated between 3000 to 9000 years old.

In addition, the yew's hollowed-out heartwood, especially when wet, looks like a flayed animal, and when cut it appears to bleed, so the yew is increasingly said to be a sacred tree. Yew sticks were believed to be able to divine the future, and yew sticks were used as 'writing pillars' to engrave the Ogham script, as they could be preserved almost forever.

As the druids believed the natural law of reincarnation, where the soul becomes reborn as another person, the yew was seen as a protector of the soul during the journey to the Otherworld. Some believe that the road to the Otherworld is shaded by rows of yew trees. Furthermore, the yew is said to stop any obstacles caused by evil spirits from the other world.

As a sacred 'tree of immortality', believed to protect and purify the dead, yews are often planted in cemeteries, many of which are as old as the church or much older.

ケルト人の樹木の信仰 (26)

IはIdho (ｲﾁｲ) - 12月21日 冬至

“衰えゆく半年の王の死 〜 ケルトの木の暦（参照）、始まりの終わり、終わりの始まり…”

色: 深緑; 星: 土星; 宝石: オリビン; 性: 女性; 金属: 鉛; 要素: 土; 守護神: バンバ、ヘカテ; シンボル: 復活; 死＋再生、永遠、先祖に出会える道＋魂の国

今日は冬至、北半球では太陽の南中高度が最も低く、一年の間で昼が最も短く夜が最も長くなる日(南半球では逆転する)。

イチイは濃い緑色の葉を持ち、赤い果実を実らせる常緑樹。イチイはたくましい樹木で胴回りが太くなり、ものすごく長生きをする。おそらくすべての木の中で最も長生きする木といえるだろう。下方に伸びた枝が地面に着くと、新しい木に生まれ変わったかのように、力強く生育を始める。ヨーロッパで最も古いイチイの木は、スコットランドのパースシャーにある『フォーティンゴールのイチイ』と言われており、樹齢は3000年から9000年と推定されている。

また、幹の中が空洞になったイチイの心材は、とくに湿っていると、一見皮を剥がれた動物のようで、切れば血を流すようにも見えるため、ますますイチイは聖なる木だといわれるようになった。

イチイの杖は未来を占うことができるとされ、またイチイの棒はほぼ永遠に保存できるため、オガム文字を刻印する「文字棒」として使用された。ドルイドは、魂が別の人間に生まれ変わるという輪廻転生の自然法則を信じていたので、イチイはあの世への旅の間、魂を守ってくれるものと考えられていた。冥界に至る道はイチイ並木の木陰になっているという説もある。さらに、イチイは異界の悪霊が起こすいかなる障害をも食い止めるという。

神聖なる「不死の木」として、死者を守り浄化すると信じられたイチイは墓地によく植えられ、その多くは樹齢が教会と同じか、またはそれよりずっと古い。

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[jadeseadragon]

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[blackcrowing]

is there any source on Samhain being the beginning of the new year, or is that just made up? I've heard it's disputed

OOOH EXCELLENT QUESTION!

Ok so it is widely considered to be the equivalent of the celtic new year (I myself believe it likely was, but that concept might not have held the same kind of significance for them that it does for us but that's a discussion for another day)

In the late 1800s John Rhys put forward that Samhain would be the celtic new year based on a passage of Julius Caesar accounts of the Gualish

the Celts reckoned Dis the father of all and regarded darkness and death as taking precedence over light and life. So in their computation of time, they began with night and winter and not with daylight and summer. This is probably the key to reckoning years as winter.

This point has been disputed on apparently two different grounds; firstly, that it would be 'absurd ' for the dark parts of the year to be cosmically more important to the 'Celts' (I'm using the umbrella here for simplicity) than the light, food producing, half (which strikes me as incredibly audacious to assume that one cultures perceptions of the world should apply to another). The second argument seems to be based on the fact that Bealtaine is often a time of arrivals in the mythology. The Tuatha arrive on Ireland's shores on this date and many important figures are born on or near this time, but I think an equal argument for important events happening on Samhain can be made which makes this point moot at best.

So back to the question at hand, aside from Julius' account, as far as I'm aware we don't have any explicit statements from antiquity to say that the 'dark half' was the beginning of things, but it is universally accepted that the 'Celts' started their days at sunset. This doesn't take a wild logical leap then to assume they also started their year so. Emily Lyle notes this also in her paper "The Starting-Points in the Coligny Calendar."

Prehaps the most interesting theory, though, is that EACH HALF of the year consisted both independently and together, making Samhain and Bealtaine BOTH "new years." Which is more or less Lyle's conclusion to her paper discussing the Coligny Calendar.

#celtic #celtic paganism #celtic polytheism #irish #irish paganism #irish polytheism #paganism #pagan #caladar #samhain #Bealtaine #coligny calendar #ask #anon #blackcrowing

[wildhemlock]

March 2023 Moon Phases, Spring Equinox, and More Astronomy

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This month, there are many Geocentric Conjunctions to view as well as the passage of time into Spring. The Vernal Equinox occurs on March 20th, 2023, marking the First Day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Tomorrow, March 2nd, there will be a double Geocentric Conjunction! Astrophotographers and amateur astronomers alike can catch both Mercury and Saturn together while Venus and Jupiter are also in conjunction. Later this month, Mars is in conjunction with the First Quarter Moon. I am sure there will be lots of great pictures of that!

On March 20th, the Sun crosses the Celestial Equator once again, following its Ecliptic Path across the sky. This point is called the Vernal, or Spring Equinox. The Axial Tilt of the Earth is now parallel to the Sun, so that our planet is neither tilting towards or away from the Sun. This results in approximately equal hours of night and day, giving the Equinox its name.

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[lacunafiction]

~Birth Date Reveal: Silas/Sofia Dorran, February 8~

Aquarius and the Rowan Tree Signs

#fernweh saga #silas dorran #sofia dorran #RO aesthetics #RO birthdays #long post #yes; it's been 84 years but! I am /finally/ revealing some of the characters' birthdays in anticipation of the release date on January 5th! #(😁 am I going to include that date in most tags/posts as a gentle reminder? possibly. 😌) #I started with S since their birthday comes the earliest in the year out of the ROs. #you can click on the images to make the text larger; they are all pretty big! :D #one thing to note is the use of Celtic astrology; it's important in TFS. It might be cool to look up where your MC falls on the calendar. #who do queue think you are?

[breelandwalker]

Oh great witchstorian, I bring to you an offering of tea and coffee and the promise of "I owe ya one" in return for an answer to a question of mine:

Do you know what that big deal about "Celtic astrology" is? Which group did it come from? Where's the rest of the context necessary to understand it? Or was it created recently and then applied backwards?

~Jasper from @jasper-pagan-witch

Ohhhhh THAT.... -claps on the hat-

Okay so, here's the thing. The ogham letter calendar? That exists. We have evidence of it dating back to the single-digit CE years. That's just how some Celtic peoples marked their year.

The Celtic Tree Calendar setup we see today, particularly the mapping of the tree calendar onto a "zodiac," is an entirely modern invention. It was invented by Robert Graves, yet another contribution to modern paganism from his novel, The White Goddess. (Honestly, I don't know how anyone can look down their nose at pop culture paganism when so much of Wicca and nondenominational paganism based upon Wicca can trace its' roots - pun fully intended - back to fiction and poetry from the 1940s.)

Graves was one of those people who was REALLY into trying to figure out what the ancient Druids were up to, and he made an attempt to figure that out by charting the mythology of Ireland, England, and certain parts of mainland Europe and the Middle East. One of the theories he put forward in The White Goddess was this idea of a tree calendar that more or less followed the same model as the Greek zodiac we're all familiar with from our daily horoscopes.

Now, witches, pagans, and New Agers just LOVE a good zodiac, and while there are many ways of casting a horoscope or calculating a birth chart, the systems do not always overlap or work in the same ways. But since when have details mattered when you can have a tree instead of a constellation for your birth sign, or a "Native American Moon Zodiac" infographic that just looks so cool and free-spirit-y on your Facebook page?

So yeah. When you see anything referring to a "Celtic tree calendar" that presents the idea as an astrological system? Completely modern invention.

Is it fun? Absolutely. Is it a neat thing we can do if we want? Sure.

Is it real in the sense of being created or used as an astrological device by pre-Christian Celtic pagans? Not even remotely.

Hope this answers your question!

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[anhonestdaysworkcomic]

i've done so much research on medieval farming and all it's gotten me is more questions

#but that's work for tomorrow #luckily the more i learn about what goes into a medieval farm #the more natural i can make the lulls in my comic be #cause there will be a lot of character interactions that will take place over chores #so i gotta know what would be accurate daily and seasonal chores #ALSO i realized recently that so many of my plotting problems got solved simply cause i got a calendar for the Celts #because there's events i need to take place to teach Dante lessons #but they dont need to actually be in any particular order because it will happen regardless #the only things that follow a necessary timeline is Dante's emotional learning curve #so by getting my hands on The Celtic Book of Days #(i actually now own two copies cause the authors targeted this subject very differently from each other so there was benefit in having both #i can now plug my scenes into a sensible order cause harvests happen in the summer (during Beltane) and in the fall (during Lughnasa) #and vegetables also get planted in Beltane and Lughnasa so anything related to planting sowing and harvesting will be within this timeframe #and then winter starts with Sanheim (both as a fesitval and also the name of the season) which is what set off the final arc #because Sanheim is the start of the year (November 1st btw) which is perfect in my opinion to finally resolve the original conflict

[yoga-onion]

Legends and myths about trees

Celtic beliefs in trees (24)

Ss for Straif (Blackthorn) - Samhain/Hallowe'en, opening the veil between this world and the spirit world…

“Mother of the Forest – The Celtic Tree Calendar (Ref), The Beginning of Winter”

Colour: red; Star: Mars, Saturn; Gemstone: black opal; Gender: female; Patron: Morrigan; Symbol: inevitability of death, protection + revenge, discord + insidiousness

Blackthorn forms vigorous young trees from the roots, from which dense, thorny bushes grow in dense clumps. Armed with sharp thorns, which can damage human skin. It already starts flowering in early spring, at the beginning of March, and with the onset of winter it produces black berries, commonly known as 'sloes'.

Samhain is the most important festival in the Celtic world, celebrated on 1st November to mark the beginning of winter and therefore the new year. The name 'Samhain' means 'end of summer'. The seasons change from summer to winter (the time of the dead) with this festival. It is a period of short days and darkness, but it is a necessary period for nature to enter a peaceful rest and welcome the bright spring. In the calendar of agricultural societies, this is an important stage for the germination of crop seeds.

Samhain was the solemn festival, when fires were lit and sacrifices were offered to gods such as Taranis and Teutates. Importantly, it was believed that on the eve of this day, 31 October, a passage between this world and the spirit world was opened, allowing inhabitants from the other world to come and visit this world freely and interact with humans in this world. However, while the comings and goings were sometimes favourable, it was also envisaged to be dangerous.

On the Samhain eve, children went from house to house to collect festive offerings. It was also customary to celebrate Samhain by placing a brightly burning candle inside a hollowed-out turnip at the entrance to the house.

Blackthorn is a tree traditionally used for black magic and witchcraft, and its thorns remind us of our own insidious roots. We must remember that we hurt ourselves and others in many ways. If we think about how to avoid hurting each other and courageously face our own insidious roots, blackthorn can guide us to overcome this dark side of our human nature and help us to return the debts of our hearts.

It also helps us to accept the fact that death is something from which no one can escape.

木にまつわる伝説・神話

ケルト人の樹木の信仰 (24)

SはStraif (ﾘﾝﾎﾞｸ) -サウィン/ハロウイーン、現世と霊界のヴェールを開く…　

『森の母 〜 ケルトの木の暦（参照）、冬の始まり』

色: 赤; 星: 火星、土星;  宝石: ブラックオパール; 性: 女性; 守護神: モリガン; シンボル: 死の不可避性、保護+復讐、不和+陰湿

リンボクは根の部分から活力のある若木を形成し、ここから棘だらけの茂みがびっしりと密生する。鋭い棘で武装したリンボクは密生した藪をつくり、人間の肌を傷つける。３月初旬、早春にもう花をつけ始め、冬の訪れと共に、通称「スロー」という黒っぽい実がなる。

サウィンとは、ケルト世界で最も重要なお祭りで、11月1日に冬の始まり、つまり新年の始まりを祝う。「サウィン」とは「夏の終わり」を意味する。この祭りを境に季節は夏から冬（死者の時期）に変わる。日が短く暗い時期だが、自然が穏やかな休息に入り、明るい春を迎えるために必要な期間である。農耕社会の暦では、作物の種が発芽する重要な時期でもある。

サウィンは最も重要な厳粛な祭りで、火が焚かれ、タラニスやテウタテスといった神々に生贄が捧げられた。重要なのは、この日の前夜、10月31日に現世と霊界を結ぶ通路が開かれ、あの世の住人が自由に現世を訪れ、現世の人間と交流できるようになると信じられていたことだ。しかし、その行き来は時に好ましいものであったが、危険なものであることも想定されていた。

サウィンの前夜には、子供たちが家々を回り、お祝い用のお供えを集めた。サウィンを祝って、内部をくり抜いたカブの中に、明るく燃えたろうそくを立て、家の入り口に飾る風習もあった。

リンボクは伝統的に黒魔術や呪術に使われる木であり、その棘は私たち自身の陰湿な心根を思い起こさせる。私たちは、さまざまな形で自分自身や他人を傷つけていることを忘れてはならない。どうすれば互いを傷つけずにすむかを考え、勇気を持って自分自身の陰湿な心根と向き合えば、リンボクは人間が持つこの暗い側面を克服するように導いてくれ、心の負い目を返上するように導いてくれる。

そして、死は誰も逃れることのできないものであるという事実を受け入れる助けにもなってくれる。

#trees #tree legend #tree myth #folklore #mythology #legend #celtic tree calendar #celtic world #time of the dead #winter #halloween #samhain #nature #art #turnip

[calendulacraft]

:: summer days & witchy reads ::

((Celtic Tree Magic by the Witches' Almanac))

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Rhiannon’s almanac oc 2023 Lunar Calendar 🥰

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[paperstreetdolls]

I’m honour of tonight’s lunar eclipse (or tongue twisting ‘Super Flower Blood Moon’!) a wee snapshot of all our moon garlands together 🌸🌙 #garlands #wallhangingdecor #paintedbyhand #homedecorinspo #inkartwork #lunareclipse #handmadebyme #moonphase #moonart #fullmoonvibes #moonmagick #colourfulhomes #bluewall #plantloversofinstagram #originaldesign #madeinscotland #plasticfreeshopping #smallart #paperstreetdolls (at Glasgow, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdl61IyqdCt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[kath-artic]

i have such a complex right now. i have two friends in my department and we’re all the highest ranking board members of the club we run and we’re also known for being the top students in our department and so we all collaborate but we also have a little bit of friendly competition and my one friend just realized something while writing a paper for her grad school apps and she texted me about it and i took her revelation a step up and now shes using what i said in her paper sdkjbfhskudfbails

#just very satisfying to be able to give one of them a revelation because they already know so much #my goal is to get there with my professor #im hoping my speculative celtic calendar will make him shit himself #also very funny to me that me and her just send him a message on facebook whenever we realize some crazy shit

[woodportraits]

celtic tree calendar

According to the Celtic faith, humans were created from trees.

Each birth date can be attributed to one of 21 species of trees. These in turn decipher the character of those born that day.

#trees #celtics #calendar