Willow
Willow
Imbalances:
- victim, resentful, bitter, blaming others, unable to forgive
Positive Influences from the Tree:
- accepting life’s situations, adapting to change, strength from within, trust, vision, fertility forgiveness, healing of pain on any level, bend rather than break.
Message:
- Allow your emotions to come to the surface, it’s important to let go and find your own way to allow deep healing.
Qualities & Traits of the Willow Essence: ‘ The Observer’
- this essence is deeply connected to the moon so personality traits hold hands with the mystical aspects of the lunar realm
- highly creative, intuitive, psychic, intelligent
- keen understanding for cycles
- inherently know every situation has a season
- realistic perspectives and patient
- natural ability to retain knowledge
- bursting with potential but sometimes holds back true nature
- powers of perception allow the personality to shine and what deeply leads the person
Earth Months – Tree – Moon Cycle connection:
- Willow is the 5th moon of the year: April - May
- Willow is a Birth Tree for those born between April 15th-May 12th
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Ancient Irish Ogham Alphabet:
Letter: W
Sound: Saille
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Yew
Yew
Imbalances:
- exhaustion, mental anguish, sadness, melancholy
Positive Influences from the Tree:
- love, openness, trusting life’s journey, courage
Message:
- Trust that love will support you through your own passage of death, transformation and re-birth. Learn to face these cycles with an open heart.
Qualities & Traits of the Yew Essence: ‘ The Alchemist’
- lack of flexibility can lead to emotional coldness and detachment, this manifests physically as asthma and digestive issues.
- bottle up feelings leading to trapped energy
- responsible, trustworthy
- reliable, always ready to help a friend in need
- leadership skills, great planning and organizing abilities
- neat, tidy, likes order, efficient
- relentlessly seeks perfection in every situation
- problematic when things become rigid, feeling trapped, lacking spontaneity
- relaxation techniques can benefit letting go and enjoying life
Earth Months – Tree – Moon Cycle connection:
- Yew is 1 of 5 inner constitutional tree essences (instead of connected to a moon cycle, it is representative of our deeper inner self cycles)
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Ancient Irish Ogham Alphabet:
Letter: Idha
Sound: I
