Druid Signs According to the Celtic
Lunar Calendar Part One: The Intro, by Avia/ Ιερέας των κελτών και σημάδια σύμφωνα
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Druid Signs According to
the Celtic Lunar Calendar
I'm
always fascinated by the similarities shared by different cultures. From Celtic
to Mayan, Chinese to Native American...every civilization keeps tabs on the
sun, moon, stars, etc. It says a lot about the profound influence the celestial
heavens have on us earth-dwellers.
In
fact...so intense are the movements in the heavens, our ancestors attributed
massive meanings to the cosmic characters who dance in the skies. Yep. Ancient
zodiac/astrological systems were established as a way to create meaning. It was
important to our early people to bring the skies down on their level as a means
of understanding how the universe works.
I
really dig that. I'm always ciphering how stuff works, always assigning deeper
meaning to just about everything. It's human nature to do this. Why? It has to
do with making sense of life. Let's face it. It's a kooky-crazy world, full of
unknowns and mysteries. Essentially, one way to get a handle on the grey areas
of life is to study and/or create a cracker-jack astrological system.
By
linking celestial bodies to earthly and humanly behaviors - we start to get a
grip, gain some control, and make sense of our world. The Celts knew this. They
held a reverence for all life - seen and unseen. So much so, the Celts
developed an intricate system of celestial wisdom. Very cool. What's even more
cool is the Celts married moon movement with their sacred Ogham.
The
Celtic Ogham is a super-keen language of trees. The Druids were hyper-observant
of trees and their relationship with the moon. Over time, Druid signs were
developed according to the tree and full moon within a month. Basically, Druids
created a mash-up of meanings between trees, moons and mankind. Pretty clever,
I'd say.
This
dovetailing of moon, human and arboreal goodness to create monthly Druid signs
was very helpful in tracking down vital stuff like...
Weather
predictions
Estimates in animal populations
Personality traits and
behavioral cues in humans
Guidelines insuring best crops
for the season
Even portents of war and peace
within the clans
I'd
say a system that makes these kinds of connections with a startlingly accurate
predictive power is pretty freaking awesome. It's a nod to the
savvy-sensitivity of the Druids and the in-depth way of life of the Celts.
Speaking
of getting in-depth...the Druids didn't go about assigning Ogham trees to full
moons willy nilly. No way!
Did
you know a Druid couldn't even BE a Druid until undergoing at least 20 years of
intense training!? Yep. Can you imagine? I mean...in our modern world, it takes
around 11 years of college training to become a doctor!!
My
point is this: Druids were super-serious about the business of submerging
themselves in the sacred wisdom of the universe. Druid signs are derived from
mega-mammoth commitment to study, meditation and observation of the movements
of all life - above and below terra firma.
So
how do these Druid signs work? For us, the end-users of this fabulous
astrological system, it's pretty simple. We are the receivers of ancient
wisdom. The Druids did all the work by scrutinizing over Nature's movements.
Druid masters observed correspondences and tested theories until this form of
Celtic astrology ran as smoothly as a fine-tuned, cherry '57 Chevy.
Basically,
it works like this: Druid signs are based on the Celtic lunar calendar. That
means the Druids took measurements of the moons rotation around the earth
within a year. Within each month, there is at least one full moon. These full
moons were matched with corresponding power-trees in the Celtic Ogham system.
How
did the Druids know which trees to match with each full moon? Well, consider
this: The Celtic way of thought was all about the energetic communication of
life. Not just any life communication...ALL life. They knew that everything
grows, lives, breathes, moves and speaks in a unique way. Speaks? Yeah, Druids
were savvy in Nature-talk. They could hear with their spirit-ears, and what
they heard was a specialized language of trees.....powerful and packed with
timeless wisdom.
In
listening into the party-line of trees, Druids were able to match them up with
their perfect lunar partners. From there, Druids started to match the behavior
of monthly moons and trees with human behavior. They realized, for example, a
person born between December 24th and January 20th had specific personality
propensities corresponding with a designated tree and full moon within that
time frame.
So
that's the low-down on Druid signs according to the Celtic lunar calendar.
Still interested? Check out all Druid signs according to lunar year, Ogham tree
and explore your personality traits through a Celtic view. I hope you find this
as enlightening as I did while researching and writing it.
If
you find this concept of Celtic astrology as fascinating as I do, please click
on this link: Druid Signs Part Two. There you will find 13 Druid Signs and
personality traits for each full moon sign. It's pretty interesting, and I
think you might really enjoy the insights in the article.
As
always, thanks so much for reading. May all your symbolic and astrological
explorations be plentiful and positive!
Post Script:
It's
important to note these are moon signs. So what's the big deal? Well, it is a
big deal, because moon signs tend to address our alternate personality traits.
Why? Think on it...the moon itself is all about shadow, mystery and what is
hidden. Traits that fall under the full moon are likely latent and subtle
within us. It has to do with the symbolic way the moon expresses herself. Lady
Luna only has the ability to shine brightest when light is exposed upon her.
Same holds true for moon sign personalities. It's not until we ourselves or
others shine light on our deepest depths that those lovely traits are exposed.
Brightest of bright,
Avia
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