Romancing, Pursuing, Indulging Onn/Gorse is the 17th letter of the Ogham alphabet. The bright yellow flowers of the Gorse plant speak to the focus on passion of the Gorse/Onn ogham. Onn is the 17 th  letter of the Ogham alphabet and represents a vowel sound that lies somewhere in and around the long [o] sound and the [aw] sound, as they are pronounced in U.S. English. I will absolutely not be making a joke about passion and the lip-shape of this vowel sound. Passion brings to

Far-Seeing, Observing, Understanding Pine/Ailm is the 16th letter of the Ogham alphabet. Can you hear me from up here? Just checking The fourth set of ogham differ from the first three in that the letters represent vowel sounds, rather than consonants. Ailm  is the 16 th  letter of the ogham alphabet and represents the vowel sound most closely sounding like the “ah” sound in the world “calm”—at least in U.S. English. All of the Word Oghams refer to groaning sounds, and this i

I have to admit: the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Elder is Monty Python. “Your mother was a hamster and your father...

I don’t think any ogham is BAD, but Blackthorn is one that demands respect for sure. And, while I will crack a joke about nearly all...

The ogham for this week is blessedly literal: Broom, which is both a shrub and the tool made from it. An omen of simplicity and care in...

Ivy is a plant with RANGE. And I’m not just talking about the way it climbs all over everything. Clematis? Love it. Wish I were better at...

The world has a lot of vining plants, not all of them delightful. Lucky for us, Vine/Muin is an ogham of delight – ecstasy, even. Think...

Regretting, Reckoning, Maturing Elder/Ruis is the 15th letter of the Ogham alphabet. Aw, man. I HATE this ogham. It’s all about being...

Struggling, Blocking, Wounding Doom Doom Doomy-doom. That’s it. That’s the omen. Blackthorn/Straif is the 14th letter of the Ogham...

Cleansing, Sweeping, Healing Broom/nGetal is the 13th letter of the Ogham alphabet. Representing the 13 th  letter of the ogham alphabet,...

Anchoring, Binding, Persisting Ivy/Gort is the 12th letter of the Ogham alphabet. Gort/Ivy, the 12 th letter in the ogham alphabet,...

Harvesting, Feasting, Celebrating Vine is the 11 th letter of the ogham alphabet and represents the /m/ sound as we say it in English...

I’m delighted that there are so many ogham trees here at my home, including a lovely old crabapple. She grows on a slope and her shape is...

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...