Engraved botanical plate: oak

Oak

Quercus robur

In the Celtic tree horoscope, the oak is the tree of those born March 21, one of the four trees that rule a single day, at the equinoxes and solstices. The horoscope lends it strength, bravery, perseverance, generosity.

In the horoscope

  • March 21

Strength, bravery, perseverance, generosity.

The real tree

  • Quercus robur
  • Family Fagaceae

A tree of temperate Europe whose acorn hangs from a long stalk.

And in the ogham?

Yes: Dair, one of the few true tree names of the ogham. The ogham is the alphabet of early Ireland from which Robert Graves drew his tree calendar; only ten of the horoscope's 21 trees appear in it (pine and fir share one letter).

Dates: majority version of four published tables. Traits: those the tree horoscope lends (Gerbeaud). Botany: Wikipedia and Wikidata. Ogham: Wikipedia (after McManus and the Auraicept na n-Éces).

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