First Aicme

Beith

Birch

Luis

Rowan

Fearn

Alder

Saille

Willow

Nion

Ash

hÚath

Hawthorn

Duir

Oak

Tinne

Holly

Coll

Hazel

Ceirt

Apple

Muin

Vine/Bramble

Gort

Ivy

Straif

Blackthorn

Ruis

Elder

Ailm

Pine/Fir

Onn

Gorse (Furze)

Úr

Heather

Eadha

Aspen/Poplar

Idho

Yew

Idho

(Ee-oh / Ee-oo)

"I honor the ending and begin again."

Aicme Group:
Ailm
Element:
Earth/Spirit
Keywords:
death & rebirth; eternity; ancestry
Season:
Deep winter
Symbols:
bow; graveyard; spiral
Colors:
deep green; red arils; black
Tree:
Yew

Meaning

Death-rebirth, ancestry, and initiatory stillness. Honor endings; sit with the elder silence; let the cycle turn without rushing.

Yew is death’s bow and the evergreen crypt of ancestors. Kennings intone oldest age, silence, and rebirth in shadow. It is deep time, initiation, and the spiral from ending to beginning.