We’re talking about one of my favorite ogham today: Hazel. I’ve even got a little hazelnut sapling that hasn’t died yet, even though I...

I’ve seen holly my whole life, but it wasn’t until recently that I learned it could grow to full tree size instead of the little...

Oak is one of those trees of legend, you know? With more than 500 varieties across the Northern Hemisphere, both deciduous and evergreen,...

There are hundreds of species of Hawthorn that thrive in a wide variety of conditions. Some are native to my area! They are shrub trees,...

Crowning the set of three modifiers is Star. If Mountain represents connection to the Earth Mother and all that has happened before, then...

Ogham Tuesday: Wave This glyph looks a little like a sine wave, doesn’t it? I love that. Waves travel; they’re not fixed. Mutability is...

Ogham Tuesday: Mountain Why these modifiers? Last week, I talked a little about modifiers in general and why I use them in my own...

For today’s Ogham Tuesday, I’m taking you on a bit of a side quest. Remember how I talked about Nine Fires’ philosophy being encompassed...

Healing, Recreating, Delighting Apple/Quert is the tenth letter in the Ogham alphabet. Everything about apple is sweetness—the scent of...

Enlightening, Inspiring, Knowing Holly/ Coll is the ninth letter of the ogham alphabet. Representing the /k/ sound, this ogham is the...

Judging, Testing, Pruning Holly/Tinne is the eighth letter of the ogham alphabet. No matter what divination system you prefer, there’s...

Founding, Establishing, Enduring Duir /Oak is the seventh letter of the Ogham alphabet. Of all the “important” trees in Gaelic lore, Oak...

Restricting, Confining, Waiting Hawthorn is the sixth letter of the Ogham alphabet. Starting this week, and continuing for five weeks, we...

Many varieties of Ash tree are native to North America, thriving in a wide range of climates while generally preferring moist,...

“It’s only mystery and I like it.” With apologies to The Rolling Stones and thanks to that bumper sticker I saw eons ago, Willow has...

Alder trees are native to Europe and Great Britain. The European alder ( Alnus glutinosa) reaches a maximum height of ~25 meters, with a...

Rowan (or mountain ash) trees are a big family, though unrelated to standard ash trees at all. Varieties thrive in habitats around the...

I am at least 17% powered by metaphor, which definitely informs my druidic and divinatory practice. Especially with a symbol set like...

Nion/Ash is the fifth letter in the ogham alphabet. Ash: Transforming, Shape-Shifting, Evolving Nion  is the fifth letter of the ogham...

Willow: Dreaming, Perceiving, Bewitching Saille/Willow is the fourth letter of the Ogham alphabet. This week we have another wet wood....