Saille
A few of grace, fluidity, receptivity, and response.
Pronunciation: SAHL-yuh
Letter/Sound: S
Meaning: Willow
Aicme: 1 (Air)
Associations
Tree/Plant: Willow
Scientific Name: Salix caprea
Colour: Sodath, ‘fine-coloured’ (pale yellow)
Bird: Segh, hawk
Animal: Sionnach, fox
Tool: Srathar, pack saddle
Art: Sairsi, handicrafts
Symbolism: Flow, Otherworld contact, confidence in times of doubt, easing pain, water, the moon, intuition, visions, emotion, psychic workings, balance, harmony, poetry, ancestors, timing and tides, looking inward for answers.
Divination
Willow helps us tune in with the wisdom from otherworld sources and dreams, and is connected with altered states of consciousness. Willow encourages flexibility, forgiveness, compassion, and following the heart’s wisdom.
Upright meaning:
- Faith in a personal vision.
- Moving with the flow of events.
- Intuition, dreaming, the unconscious.
- Listen to your dreams, intuition, and imagination.
- Letting go of fixed ideas and responding to the moment.
- Create!
Reversed meaning:
- A flow in your life is blocked.
- A difficult time (which will pass eventually).
- Inability to move with the situation due to rigidity, confusion, or lack of awareness.
Question: Where am I resisting the flow of my life? Am I listening to the world around me?