Lucky Leaf

The oak tree is lucky for money and health. Try to catch a falling oak leaf in autumn, before it touches the ground. Keep the leaf safely in your purse or wallet to ensure it will never be empty. If an oak leaf accidentally...

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Sacred Thorn Tree Day

Sacred Thorn Tree Day and the Hawthorn Moon Month begins annually each year on this date,  It goes from May 13 - June 9. This is a great time for magic concerning peace, prosperity, protection, fertility and marriage.

The Hawthorn is a prickly sort of plant with beautiful blossoms. Called Huath by the ancient Celts, and pronounced Hoh-uh, the Hawthorn month is a time of fertility, masculine energy, and fire...

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To Regain Lost Energy

This is so simple that I'm not even sure if it qualifies as being a "spell." It does, however, work like magick. When your energy is dragging, sit with your back pressed against a tree trunk and ...

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Simple Spell to Divine The Future

Lie beneath leafy trees and relax ...

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To Cure a Backache

Find a tall sturdy tree that looks healthy and strong. Circle the tree nine times clockwise, asking it to ease your pain, using a chant such as this one:

O great tree, O strong tree,

Absorb my pain so I'll be free....

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Tree Spell To Get What You Want

This is a spell that can be used to help you get whatever it is that you want: healing, guidance, courage, peace, harmony, love, success, money, energy, insight, power... anything. What is required is a clear idea of what you want and/or need, a tree receptive to your need, a leaf from that tree, a charcoal tipped stick, piece of flexible vine, and a dime....

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A Tree Love Spell

On a small leaf make an image of yourself. This can be something as simple as a stick figure and your name. On another make an image of the type of person you wish to meet. Again, a stick figure with words detailing the persons attributes will be fine.

With a green thread, sew the two images together...

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Tree Magick Basics

Trees have from time immemorial been closely associated with magic. These stout members of the vegetable kingdom may stand for as long as a thousand years, and tower far above our mortal heads. As such they are symbols and keepers of unlimited power, longevity, and timelessness.

An untouched forest, studded with trees of all ages, sizes and types, is more than a mysterious, magical place - it is one of the energy reservoirs of nature. Within its boundaries stand ancient and new sentinels, guardians of the universal force which has manifested on the Earth in vegetable form....

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The Powers of Trees

This is a short, very basic list of common trees and their associated powers. Please bear in mind that tree magic needn't be limited to these tree types, for every tree has its own inherent powers which vary from tree to tree. Experiment!

• Almond: Divination. Clairvoyance. Wisdom. Money. Loans. Business.
• Apple: Healing. Prosperity. Love. Perpetual Youth.
• Ash: Protection. Sea Magick.
• Apricot: Love....

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Hazel Spell For Love

Light a red or pink candle and gather some catkins (flowers) of the Hazel tree (the timing would be perfect for around Valentines day) and wrap them in a piece of red or pink tissue paper. Hold it in your hand over your heart as you ...

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Ash Hexbreaker Spell

Gather fallen ash leaves. 

Murmur your concerns and fears over them. 

Then take them to a crossroads ....

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Acorn Cup and Ashen Key

1. Find an empty acorn cup still attached to an oak leaf or twig.
2. Gather ash seeds (the keys).
3. Murmur over them: "Acorn cup and ashen key bring my true love back to me."

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To Dismiss Winter Greens

All trees or boughs

That have been cut

And kept for luck

Within the house...

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Silver Fir Lore

According to Celtic tree mythology, the Silver Fir is the tree of the day of the Winter Solstice. The Winter Solstice. This usually takes place on December 20th or 21st, although it does sometimes occur on the 22nd or 23rd (check your calendar as it changes from year to year).

• Latin name: Abies alba.
• Celtic name: Ailim (pronounced: Ahl' em).
• Folk or Common names: Common Silver Fir, Balm of Gilead Fir, Balsam Fir, American Silver Fir.
• Parts Used: Needles, wood, sap.

Magical History and Associations: The Silver Fir is associated with the moon and with the planet of Jupiter. Its colors are piebald and light or pale blue....

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Pine Bath

For a magical, cleansing, stimulating, and reinvigorating bath, place fresh pine needles in a muslin or cheesecloth bag. Allow your bathwater to run over the bag, creating an infusion. For extra punch, light some pine scented candles.

More cleansing recipes and ideas can be found at my new website, the Magickal Apothecary.

Sign of the Rowan

Birth dates:

• Apr 01 to Apr 10
• Oct 04 to Oct 13

Key word: Sensitivity

Persons born under the sign of the Rowan tree tend to be full of charm, cheerful, gifted without egoism, likes to draw attention,...

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May Day Beauty Spell

The fair maiden who, the first of May,
Goes to the fields at the break of day
And washes in dew from the Hawthorn tree
Will ever after handsome be.

~Neltjc Blanchan

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Furze Tree Lore

Furze (also known as Gorse) is a druid Sacred tree, whose flowers are associated with the Vernal Equinox (Aprox. March 20).

• Latin name: ulex europaeus
• Celtic name: 'O' - Onn
• Folk or Common names: Broom, Frey, Furze, Fyrs, Gorst, Goss, Prickly Broom, Ruffet, and Whin.
• Parts Used: Flowers

Magical History and Associations:

Furze is a thorny shrub with bright yellow flowers that is associated with the Spring Equinox. This herb is a symbol of the young sun at the spring equinox and royalty....

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Poplar and Aspen Tree Lore

The Poplar or Aspen is the sacred Tree of the Fall Equinox - (Aprox. September 22)

Magical History and Associations:

In Gaelic tongue the tree was called Peble and Pophuil in the celtic way. Poplar is generally a plant of Jupiter, Saturn and the Sun and is associated with the element of water. Its color is rufous (red) and the bird associated with Poplar is the Whistling Swan. The stones associated with Poplar are Amber, Citrine Quartz, Sapphire and Swan Fluorite. The Anglo-Saxon rune poem seems to refer to the Poplar as being associated with the rune "berkano"...

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Hazel Magick

Ruler: Hermes, Aemgus, Artemis, Diana
Type: Tree
Magickal form: branch, nut

Hazel wood is excellent for making all purpose magickal wands, it is one of the most powerful wands for divination. Wands made of this wood symbolize white magick and healing. Dowsing sticks (forked sticks) are used to find water, buried treasure, and locate lost objects.

If you are outside and in need of magickal protection quickly draw a circle around yourself with a hazel branch. For protection while walking, wrap hazel twigs or branches around your walking stick or cane....

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