By doing so, we gather inspired insight and clarity into who we are. The druids had a profound connection with trees and believed they were vessels of infinite wisdom.Ĭarrying this concept a step forward, we can associate the likeness and personality of trees to our own human nature. The system of Celtic tree astrology was developed out of a natural connection with the druid’s knowledge of earth cycles and their reverence for the sacred knowledge held by trees. Further, the druids observed patterns in the color and shape of a person’s life according to the motions of the moon (their calendar being based on a lunar year) and the season in which we are born. Over time, they recognized that a child born within a certain season would develop certain qualities. The spiritually savvy Celts, particularly the druids were expert observers. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Ĭeltic tree astrology is based on the ancient idea that the time of our births is pivotal to the formation of our personality and behavior. The Celtic cross, a pre-Christian symbol which was later amalgamated with the Christian crucifix. For both beliefs, the Trinity Knot symbolized the way in which the three separate essences were vitally interconnected.
To Christians, it illustrated the essential core of Christian belief where God was the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Thus, trees were considered living entities, possessed with Infinite Knowledge and Wisdom…symbolically representative of the Cycle of Life, Death and Renewal, and symbolically connected with the three planes of existence: mind, body, and spirit. These energies were identified with spirits and the Celtic Druids believed that trees were given these spirits, who dwelt within, and were perceived as attributes of the Supreme Being. For too long now this extensive and rich tradition of Celtic Astrology has been sadly neglected. The Druid religion was based mainly upon an awareness of natural and supernatural energies. The Celts have a long tradition of astrological learning stretching back to a time long before Christianity and the incoming of Greek and Latin learning. Each Celtic Zodiac Sign corresponds to a given tree, a letter of the Ogham alphabet, a Guardian Animal, a Celtic God, and other items such as Gemstones. On the whole, Celtic societies were based upon the equality and balance between the male and the female…the female Druidesses being symbolized by the Spirits who lived in the sacred trees. The Druid religion was based mainly upon an awareness of natural and supernatural energies. As such the Celtic Zodiac is based upon the cycles of the Moon, with the year divided into the 13 lunar months established by the Druid religion. In time, the Celtic people eventually designated a tree to each of the 13 Moon Phase’s in their calendar, in accordance with its magical properties.
The Celts envisioned the entire Universe in the form of a tree, whose roots grew deep below (in the ground) and whose branches reached up high (into the Heavens).
Each tree has particular magical qualities whose secret mysteries come from the ancient Celtic alphabet, the Ogram. The year is divided into 13 lunar months, with a tree (sacred to the druids) assigned to each month. The Celtic Zodiac is drawn from the beliefs of the Druids and is based on the cycles of the moon. It is based on an ancient Celtic symbol system. Celtic Tree Astrology is the astrological system practiced by the ancient Irish.
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