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.
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’.
One
of the ‘Sacred Druidic Three’, along with Oak and Thorn.
The Celtic Year – Oak
See also
For
articles of my other Celtic Trees, see below
The
Celtic Year – Birch
The
Celtic Year – Rowan
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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