What is the Ogham?
Filled with mystery, the Ogham is a fifteen hundred year old alphabet used to write the ancient Irish language. It is carved on a set of wooden staves made of 20 of the most sacred trees to the Celts and is used as a complex and powerful system of divination. It can be likened as the Celtic equivalent of the Runes.
The Ogham (also spelled Ogam) is said in Irish legend to have been invented by Ogma, an ancient solar god of the Tuatha Dé Danann, although much of the details of its origins remain shrouded in mystery.
What is known, is that the Ogham system is based on a reverence and profound trust in the wisdom of the trees. Each one has a unique archetypal symbology and set of correspondences, as well as its communicative power for magic and healing. The cultivation of this craft has been in Celtic literature and Druidic orders which observed these relationships.
“In Irish poetry there are many descriptions of Druid and bard figures coming into the possession of divine inspiration through the medium of the great trees.” (Mountfort, Paul Rhys)
It is a complex system based on the sacred relationship between the individual and the ancient, immortal and wise spirits of the trees. The significance of each is derived from a combination of the physical and energetic ways each tree portrays itself as well as the meaning extracted from expressions in Celtic folklore. It seems that the archetypal tree stands as a representative for all of those which stand alongside it as in its principle form.
Each Ogham tree is honored in its own right, for its unique spiritual medicine. The practice of divination with the trees is a deep and beautiful journey, one of acknowledgment and respect for the great wisdoms of the earth.
Those included in the Ogham are: Birch/Beith, Rowan/Luis, Alder/Fairn, Willow/Saille, Ash/Nion, Hawthorn/Huath, Oak/Duir, Holly/Tinne, Hazel/Coll, Apple/Quert, Vine/Muin, Ivy/Gort, Reed/Ngetal, Blackthorn/Straif, Elder/Ruis, Pine/Ailm, Gorse/Onn, Heather/Ur, Poplar/Eadha, and Yew/Idho.
A variety of options are available for bespoke readings.* The most popular are surrounding love, career, and on liminal dates such as new/full moons and the wheel of the year. General readings are also available. Please reach out directly to book.
*Please note combination readings of the tarot and ogham are also available upon request. All bookings are non-refundable after payment is made. Rescheduling may be possible with 24-hour notice.
The Druidcraft Tarot
The traditional tarot cards are infused with incredible art and mystic storytelling made by practicing Druids. This deck speaks to the wisdom of the earth, the elements, and gods and goddesses of ancient origins, with the Welsh story of Cerridwen and Taliesen woven through the entire deck. They tell of mother earth, her cycles and shifting seasons as they are represented within the self and fulfill a yearning for deeper connection with nature even when not physically in it.
A variety of options are available for bespoke readings.* The most popular are surrounding love, career, and on liminal dates such as new/full moons and the wheel of the year. General readings are also available. Please reach out directly to book.
*Please note combination readings of the tarot and ogham are also available upon request. All bookings are non-refundable after payment is made. Rescheduling may be possible with 24-hour notice.
Sisters, we are the oracles who speak in ancestral tongue, channels of magic and mystery. It is time that we remember the ways of the seasonal and cyclical self, to become attuned to the language of the inner landscapes. The hidden secrets of life, death, and rebirth are within us. We are innately regenerative, just like the earth. We are dynamic shapeshifters. We carry the crystal ball within our very crowns. And we carry the cauldron of transformation within our very wombs. The power of sacred feminine alchemy is accessible to us when we choose it, when we choose to be present with it all. May we no longer shrink in the shadows but rise in sovereign sisterhood. May we no longer turn on each other but be seeking common ground, heart to heart. May we encourage compassionate boundaries in ourselves and eachother. May we allow ourselves to be seen and heard in the world, and may we ground into this embodied and trusted inner knowing.