| Sacred Trees |
| As well as herbs, trees play an important role in Witchcraft. They can be used for a variety of purposes, such as making wands, staffs and stangs and their fruit, bark, leaves etc can be used in spell working. Below is a list of trees and their properties. Alder - water magick, strength. Apple - Associated with the element of water. Use for making wands, in love spells and good luck charms. Ash - Masculine and ruled by the Sun. Its element is water. Associated with purification - use to make brooms for cleansing and wands for healing. Also associated with study and health matters. Birch - Associated with purification,blessings, health, and beginnings. Cypress - Masculine, ruled by Saturn and associated with the element of Earth. Used to consecrate ritual tools, Cypress is often connected with death. Elder - Feminine plant ruled by Venus and the element of Air. Often used in magick wands - it is considered bad luck to burn elder wood. Hang its leaves around doors and windows to ward off evil. Fir - Feminine, ruled by Saturn and the element Earth. Very good for magick concerning protection, prosperity, birth and rebirth. Hawthorn - Masculine, ruled by Mars and the element Fire. Said to promote happiness in marriage and relationships. Also associated with purification and protection. Hazel - Masculine, ruled by the Sun and the element Air. Very good for magick wands and believed to be the only wood suitable for divining. Holly - Masculine, ruled by Mars and the element Fire. Protects against evil, enhances magick and fertility. Ivy - Masculine, ruled by Saturn and the element of Water. Traditionally, holly and ivy were given to newly-weds as a good luck charm. Associated with fertility and love. Mountain Ash (Rowan) - Masculine, ruled by the Sun and the element of Fire. Used to make dowsing rods and wands. Associated with protection, healing and good luck. Oak - Masculine, ruled by the Sun and the element of Fire. Associated with fertility, power, balance, protection, success. Pine - Masculine, ruled by Mars and the element of Air. Helps focus the mind and is often burnt in cleansing rituals. Similar associations as Fir. Poplar - success. Vine - happiness. Willow - Feminine, ruled by the Moon and the element of Water. Wands of willow can be used for healing and work best at a new moon. Used in moon magick, wishing spells and brooms. Yew - psychic awareness, spirits, death passage. For further information try: Green Witchcraft by Ann Moura Everyday Magic by Dorothy Morrison Spells, Charms, Amulets and Talismans by Pamela Ball |
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