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

Straif

(Strahf / Strayf)

"I let trial forge my edge."

Aicme Group:
Muin
Element:
Air/Earth
Keywords:
trial; ordeal; resilience
Season:
Late autumn → darkening year
Symbols:
thorn; sloe; cudgel
Colors:
black; deep purple; white blossom
Tree:
Blackthorn

Meaning

Trial, fate-shaping, and thorny protection. Accept the hard lesson; set strong wards; let challenge temper your edge.

Blackthorn is the witch-staff and storm of trials. Kennings call up bitterness, fierce protection, and fate’s thorny hedge. It is ordeal, baneful lessons, and the steel that forms in the dark weather.