“Oak Tree” by Lester Scarbrough, Tree Leaves Oracle
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Oak
Fagaceae (Beech family)
Quercus spp.
Q. alba ………….. White or Stave
Oak
Q. arkansana ….. Arkansas or Water Oak
Q. bicolor ………. Swamp White Oak
Q. chapmanii ….. Chapman Oak
Q. coccinea …….. Scarlet, Red, or Black Oak
Q. durandii …….. Durand or Bluff Oak
Q. ellipsoidalis … Northern Pin or Black Oak
Q. falcata ……….. Southern Red or Spanish Oak
Q. georgiana …… Georgia Oak
Q. glaucoides ….. Lacey or Rock Oak
Q. ilicifolia …….. Bear or Scrub Oak
Q. imbricaria …. Shingle or Laurel Oak
Q. robur ……….. English Oak
Q. rubra …………. Northern Red Oak
Q. velutina ………. Black Oak
(and many many more)
Ogham:
DUIR
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Folk Names: Duir, Jove’s
Nuts, Juglans, Father, Protector, The Druid.
Calendrical: None.
The Oak is a very slow growing tree. Oaks are often very tall trees that can obtain
heights up to ninety feet. Oaks produce purplish red leaves during the fall. Its leaves
vary from species to species, ranging from five to nine lobes (white); six to fourteen
lobes (English); seven to eleven lobes (Northern Red); or seven to nine lobes (Black).
Most oaks share a recognizable image of arboreal open branches attached to a sturdy trunk
and produces a variety of different shaped acorns.
The Oak takes on a masculine image and is associated with the sun, the element of fire
(being the strongest attractor of lightning), and is attributed to the Gods Dagda, Dianus,
Jupiter, Thor, Zeus, Herne, Janus, Rhea, Cybele, Hecate, Pan, and Erato. He is imbued with
the powers of protection, health, money, healing, potency, fertility, luck, and great
wisdom. (Cunningham) Oak represents doorways to the other realms.
If this card, rune, stave is chosen, it means one will be secure and strong in their
pursuits and that the doorway to inner spirituality will be opened to them with chastity,
protection, and determination. It represents primeval strength and the ability to overcome
and survive (Murray). Oak represents the Druid’s final stage of
initiation, or the Class of Druid. He is considered King of the forest both venerable in
age and form. Because it often gets struck with lightning, it displays the ability to
attract the energy, inspiration, and illumination of the Sky father or thunder God Taran. (Carr-Gomm) Oak symbolizes the ability to receive sudden illumination from
above, strength, solidarity, continuity of tradition, and endurance. Druids often taught
under oaks.
The grandest of meeting places for the Druids is within an Oak Grove for conducting
rites for magical protection, power collecting, power focusing, and stability spells. Two
twigs bound with red thread and fashioned into a solar cross will safeguard one from evil.
Acorns placed in windows guard the house from lightning and harm. If one catches a falling
leaf they will be free from colds all winter. Oak fires will draw off illnesses. Carrying
acorns will prevent illness, pains, increase immortality/ longevity, fertility, strengthen
sexual potency, and preserve youthfulness. Planting an acorn in the dark will ensure money
in the near future.(Cunningham) Oak branches are often burned in
midsummer fires and for making wands and staves. Oak represents the seventh moon – the
moon of strength and is good for sacrificial rites. (Glass-Koentop)
Oak is used as an astringent tonic, enema for hemorrhoids, douche for vaginitis, will
benefit bloody urine, stop internal hemorrhages, reduce fevers, soothe sore throats,
shrink vericose veins, wash sore eyes, help skin irritations, stop dandruff (by using as a
hair rinse), diarrhea (use the bark), sinus congestion, post nasal drip, and lung
congestion. Acorns can be used to treat alcoholism, bad breath, constipation, diarrhea,
splenic dropsy, fistula, dizziness, gout, intermittent fever, leukemia, and splenic
conditions. Its flower essence will prevent despondency and despair. (Hopman)
Oak is the finest building material that can be found and provides the essence of
strength and stability for anything constructed of its wood. Oak wood is also unsurpassed
as a heating fuel. Oak is great for tanning (dye made from the bark), dying cloth, and
fodder from the acorns for pigs. Acorns also make wonderful breads, foodstuffs, and
staples.
Fossil record:
Oak
“Quercus consimilis – the leaes of prehistoric oaks – both deciduous and evergreen species – were not lobbed. Fossilized acorns have not yet been discovered in Fossil, Oregon.”
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