Celtic Birthday Trees |
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Dec 24th - Jan 20 ~ Birch Jan 21 - Feb 17 ~ Rowan Feb 18 - Mar 17 ~ Ash Mar 18 - Apr 14 ~ Alder Apr 15 - May 12 ~ Willow May 13 - June 9 ~ Hawthorn June 10 - July 7 ~ Oak July 8 - Aug 4 ~ Holly Aug 5 - Sept 1 ~ Hazel Sept 2 - Sept 29 ~ Vine Sept 30 - Oct 27 ~ Ivy Oct 28 - Nov 24 ~ Reed Nov 25 - Dec 23 ~ Elder |
Get in tune with the Moon The Celts used a Lunar Calendar that consisted of 13 months, each 28 days in length. The moon is Each month of the Celtic Lunar calendar bears the name of a tree, which also stands for one of the consonants in the Celtic ‘tree alphabet’. There are basically two different versions of this Lunar calendar: the Beth-Luis-Nion (which begins on the Winter Solstice, the one used for this site) and the Beth-Luis-Fearn (which begins on Samhain). |
Dates from: Robert Graves, The White Goddess 1948 |
CELTIC BIRTHDAY TREES |