September 30th- Celtic Tree Month of Ivy

Planet: Moon, Saturn

Element: Water

Symbolism: Fidelity and Fertility, Protection, Healing

Stone: Opal

Color: Indigo

Bird: Lark, mute Swan, Swallow

Deity: Ariadne, Artemis, Arianrhod, Pasiphae, Dionysus, Bacchus, Osiris 

Medicinal properties: 

All parts of the ivy plant are poisonous if ingested…Ivy should never be used for self medication or given to others. Medicinally ivy was used for toothaches, as an astringent, and as an aid to bring on menstruation. 

Magickal properties: 

Ivy is carried by women (and brides) for good luck. Wherever it is grown or strewn, it guards against negativity and disaster. Use ivy in fidelity and love charms.  Ivy is magickally paired with Holly.

• Ivy represents the embracing and confining female principles of life. 
• Ivy is a symbol of the Goddess because it grows in a spiral, one of the Goddess’ symbols.
• Place some ivy on your altar to symbolize your spiritual journey through the Wheel of the Year: in winter we follow the spiral energy down and within, and in the spring we follow it up into the light for our own symbolic rebirth.
• Dreaming of ivy can foretell of a broken engagement. 
  • If ivy grows on a tree in your dream, you may have grief. 
  • If it grows on a house you may have wealth. 
  • If it is growing on a friends house in your dream, then they may have good health. 
  • If you dream of a potted ivy plant you will have happiness.