Willow
Submitted by Owen McCafferty on Thu, 2009-11-26The willow is a tree of the moon and strongly linked to lunar aspects; associated with femininity, love, healing, and death; sacred to the White Lady; also known as the tree of enchantment.
Its groves were considered so magickal that Druids and all types of artisans sat among these trees to gain eloquence, inspiration, skills and prophecies.
It is associated with the elements of water.
The willow symbolizes flexibility and growth; it is often used for weaving and binding.
It is used in love magick, protection magick, healing magick, and peaceful magick; used for intuition, knowledge, and gentle nurturing; excellent for wishing spells; for a wish to be granted, ask permission of the willow, explaining your desire. Select a pliable shoot and tie a loose knot in it while expressing what you want. When the wish is fulfilled, return and untie the knot. Remember to thank the willow and leave a gift.
Its leaves are used in love attraction sachets.
Its limbs make excellent moon magick wands.
The willow protects from enchantment.
Helps in the effective, easy deliveries of babies.
It has the ability to banish depression and sadness; sitting beneath a willow tree calms and soothes the emotions.
The willow has long been used for dowsing and for finding buried objects.
Use combined with sandalwood to invoke spirits.
Carried, the wood gives bravery, aid dexterity, and help overcome the fear of death; in ancient Britain, willows were commonly planted in burial sites.
If you need to share a secret, confess to a willow and the secret will be trapped.
Willow wood is good for making magick harps.
To find if you will be married soon, on New Year's Eve, throw your shoe into a willow; if it doesn't catch in the branches the first time, you have eight more tries; success means you will be wed.
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