🌑 Celtic Tree Month of Elder (Ruis) Begins

Elder – The Tree of Endings, Death & Rebirth

Elder (Ruis) marks the closing of the Celtic year — a sacred time of endings, release, and transformation. Associated with the Crone, ancestors, and the veil between worlds, the Elder tree guides us through death and into the promise of renewal. It holds the wisdom of cycles, the power of grief, and the magic of deep spiritual alchemy.

This is a potent time for rituals of release, ancestral honoring, and closing spiritual contracts. Elder invites you to let go of what no longer serves so you can enter the new year reborn. Shadow work, protection spells, and silent reflection are powerful now.

🌿 Elder Tree Correspondences

• Ogham Name: Ruis

• Themes: Endings, rebirth, death and transformation, closure, ancestral rites

• Element: Water & Spirit

• Deities: Cailleach, Hecate, The Crone, Hel

• Magical Uses: Protection, banishing, dreamwork, shamanic journeying, spirit communication

• Herbal Uses: Elderberries for immunity and magic; elderflower for purification (never ingest uncooked parts)