Hazel Tree Spiritual Meaning
Divination, enlightenment, inspiration, wisdom, understanding, the divine sage, creativity. The essence of knowledge – in a nutshell. Hazel Tree Meaning. Nine is the number sacred to the muses.
The tree itself doesn’t bare fruit until its 9th year. Odin was said to hang upside for 9 days in the Hazel tree before he obtained the knowledge of runestones.
There is a legend describing a beautiful fountain called Connla’s Well where nine hazels of poetic wisdom hung over the water and were able to produce flowers and nuts at the same time. (i.e. beauty and wisdom). As these nuts dropped into the well they were eaten by the salmon whose spots corresponded to the number they ate.
All the knowledge of the arts and sciences was bound up with the eating of these nuts, and of the salmon who ate them, some say it may be associated with the lost initiations once undertaken in the Bardic grade. In Druidry, the Salmon of Wisdom sits in the Western quarter and is invoked in a circle during a ritual.
Letter C = Coll
Latin: Corylus avellana
Astrology: Mercury, Sun. / Birth: August 5th – September 1st
Element: Air.
Australian equivalent: Hakea, Dagger. Hakea - macrocarpa Needle Bush).
Hazel Tree Meaning Magical And Healing Uses
Divinatory means trusting yourself and your own power to create and manifest that which you are wanting. Hazel tree health benefits, can be used with mead or honey to cure a chronic cough. The oil can be used for threadworm infections in children.
It is rich in magnesium, potassium, and copper – all excellent brain food. It is also good to clear creative blocks. A forked Hazel stick was used as a divining rod. Not only for hidden water or treasures but for the detection of theft and murder.