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

Ruis

(Ruh-iss)

"I release, extract, and close well."

Aicme Group:
Muin
Element:
Earth/Water
Keywords:
endings; potency; threshold
Season:
Year’s end
Symbols:
elder mother; cauldron; hedge
Colors:
white blossom; deep purple berries
Tree:
Elder

Meaning

Endings, extraction, and transitional rites. Release what’s spent; craft a clean ending; harvest the teaching from the dark.

Elder is the last cup at the crossroads—funerary and medicinal. Kennings speak of redness, ending, and potent boundary-magic. It is closure, extraction of poison, and the transition that ripens wisdom.