Life in Language
So, Which Tree Are You?
The origins of the tree zodiac & the wisdom & language of the ancient Celts
[Main photo: The Druid Grove dtd 1845; “A bearded and robed man sits in the shade of a giant tree, probably an oak tree; in the background a group of three robed figures surrounds a smaller tree.”]
The language (and personality) of trees has apparently been known for more than a few thousands of years by the amazing lost history of the Celts. Below is a fun historical poem I made just for you:
Key:
English
Gaeilge [Irish]
᚛ᚌᚐᚓᚔᚂᚌᚓ᚜ [ogham — for ‘Gaeilge’]
Latine [Latin]
᚛ᚂᚐᚈᚔᚅᚓ᚜ [ogham — for ‘Latine’]
We shall come full cycle
Beidh muid ag teacht tumthriall iomlán
᚛ᚁᚓᚔᚇᚆ ᚋᚒᚔᚇ ᚐᚌ ᚈᚓᚐᚉᚆᚈ ᚈᚔᚋᚈᚆᚏᚔᚐᚂᚂ ᚔᚑᚋᚂᚐᚅ᚜
nos veniam ad completum exolvuntur
᚛ᚅᚑᚄ ᚃᚓᚅᚔᚐᚋ ᚐᚇ ᚉᚑᚋᚚᚂᚓᚈᚒᚋ ᚓᚕᚑᚂᚃᚒᚅᚈᚒᚏ᚜
from the glass and metal cities of modernity
ó na gloine agus miotail cathracha de modernity
᚛ᚑ ᚅᚐ ᚌᚂᚑᚔᚅᚓ ᚐᚌᚒᚄ ᚋᚔᚑᚈᚐᚔᚂ ᚉᚐᚈᚆᚏᚐᚉᚆᚐ ᚇᚓ ᚋᚑᚇᚓᚏᚅᚔᚈ᚜
de civitatibus conflator speculum modernus
᚛ᚇᚓ ᚉᚔᚃᚔᚈᚐᚈᚔᚁᚒᚄ ᚉᚑᚅᚃᚂᚐᚈᚑᚏ ᚄᚚᚓᚉᚒᚂᚒᚋ…
