Willow – Intuition

Mother Willow leans over the pool and looks into the depths; she demands you do the same. It is not confrontational, just the chance for a little self reflection. This is a period which is governed by a state of heightened sensitivity. The reason is your inner self or subconscious realm is trying to relay some messages to you. This can come in a variety of forms. Little voices, vivid dreams , mood swings, accept this as a good thing these signals the natural process of intuition. If something feels instinctively right trust that feeling. The Willow a tree that brings the subconscious to the conscious realm.

The flexible timber of the Willow is another wood coppiced for fencing, basket work, etc. The summer is epitomised by the cracking sound of the ball on the Willow cricket bat. Modern research is still being carried out on the chemical by-products of the Willow for it is one of the herbal remedies that have been acknowledged to hold great significance to the medicines of the present.

The Willow is a tree of the Moon, in witchcraft it is normally dedicated to Hecate a goddess of the underworld. Sometimes frightening but in general a benevolent icon of the night. She is a symbol of the unconscious mind and can take any of the triple goddes forms.