Apple month - Or also known as Vine month
White are the flowers of apple tree, That brings us fruits of fertility.
Pyrus Malus Fruit of Love Tenth month of the Celtic Tree calendar, September 2nd - September 29 Tenth consonant of the Ogham alphabet - Quert
Planet: Venus
Element: Water
Symbolism: Love & Trust, Health, Garden Magick
Stone: Emerald, Rose Quartz
Birds: Grosbeak
Colour: Yellow-Green, Pink
Deity: Demeter, Hera, Pomona, Frigga, Freya
Folk Names: Fruit of the Gods, Fruit of the Underworld,
Silver Branch, The Silver Bough, Tree of Love
Medicinal properties: Eat peeled and grated unripe apples only for one or two days to help relieve illnesses involving diarrhea. Eat some apples whole for a laxative. Apple wine was an ancient cure-all second century A.D. and make sure the wine is at least two years old. Apples are an excellent source of potassium, iron, vitamins A and E, which are found more abundant in the peel than in the flesh of the apple. They help the body detox, they are beneficial to the brain, liver, and bowels. They are used to treat headaches, gout, rheumatism, high blood pressure. Apple with honey has been a remedy for heart problems since ancient times.
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away"
When baked they can be applied as a warm poultice to sore throats and skin inflammations.
Magickal properties: Apple is a great wood for a magickal wand. It is a favorite witch tree. The fruit is used at Mabon and Samhain, and for love spells. Eating an apple opens the gateway into other realms, most often faeryland. It provides illumination and the gaining of knowledge. Dreaming of apples symbolizes prosperity and the good life. At Samhain, winning the game of bobbing for apples meant that you would be blessed by the Goddess for a year. Since apples were symbols of Avalon, capturing one from the water represented crossing to the holy isle. The apple is also considered one of the foods of the dead, so they are often piled high on Samhain altars, for Samhain is sometimes known as the "Feast of Apples."
In 19th Century Lower-Saxon Germany, the first bath water used by a newborn baby was poured over the roots of an apple tree to ensure that the child would have red cheeks, and if it was a girl, large breasts!
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