Birth Dates – December 24th to January 20th
Birch – Tree Info esp. Silver Birch and Downy Birch
Letter – B – interestingly the Viking Rune for ‘B’ is ‘Beorc‘ which also means ‘Birch‘.
Old Irish/Gaelic – Beith – meaning ‘Birch’ and is connected with place names such as Dunbeath in Caithness, Scotland, meaning ‘Hill-fort of the Birch’.
Related Blog Post – New Beginnings!
Key Words – new beginnings, purity, birth, renewal, changes .. see The Trees
Silver Birch helps to promote flexible thinking, helping ideas to flow more easily.
Tree Sign Personality – The Achiever – Those born under this sign are said to be ‘great leaders’. Like the Birch tree, you are resilient, adaptable, tolerant and tougher than you think! You can achieve a LOT in life due to your strong drive to expand not only your own knowledge, but that of others too – which you do in a truly empathetic and charming way 🙂 This ability to motivate means that you can help yourself and others to reach ‘new horizons’ and also bring beauty, light and love back into our lives 🙂 You are said to be most compatible with Vine and Willow signs 😉
Elements – Air and Water – said to rule ‘thought’ and ’emotion’.
Celtic Deity – Arianrhod – An ancient Welsh Goddess of the moon, stars, space and time, her name means “Silver Wheel”. Her mother is Don, the great Welsh Mother Goddess and her consort was originally Nwyvre, a Sky God. She is the mother of Llew Llaw Gyffes and associated with beauty, fertility, reincarnation and higher learning. The constellation Corona Borealis is known as “Caer Arianrhod” in Welsh meaning “stronghold/fortress of Arianrhod” and it was here that departed souls were believed to rest before their reincarnation.
Animal – Cow – gaelic name ‘Bo’ – according to the Druid Animal Oracle by Philip and Stephanie Carr-Gomm and beautifully illustrated by Will Worthington – Bo symbolises ‘Nourishment’, ‘Motherhood’ and ‘The Goddess’.
Bird – Pheasant – gaelic name ‘Besan’
Symbolises ~ Passion, Self-Awareness, Protection, Ritual, Fertility, Sexuality, Aggression and Creativity ..
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Plant – Agrimony – according to the Plant Animal Oracle by Philip and Stephanie Carr-Gomm and beautifully illustrated by Will Worthington this plant symbolises ‘Purification’, ‘Liberation’ and ‘Preparation for New Beginnings’.
Agrimony restores the ability to express ones true feelings and emotions no matter what these might be.
Colour – White – symbolic of ‘innocence’ , ‘purity’, ‘simplicity’, ‘cleanliness’ and ‘perfection’.
Crystal – Clear or Milky Quartz
Quartz carries the basic pattern of the Ideal for humanity and the Earth. The shape of the light flow through its crystalline matrix is similar to that through our DNA so that it can be used to remind us of our original crystalline structure.
Planet – Venus
Divine Ogham 