Ur

A few of power, creation, death, and rebirth.

Pronunciation: OOR
Letter/Sound: U
Meaning: Earth/Soil
Aicme: 4 (Earth)

Associations

Tree/Plant: Heather
Scientific Name: Calluna vulgaris

Colour: usghda, resinous (reddish-amber)
Bird: Uiseoc, lark
Animal: Urcuil, cricket
Tool: Usca, heather brush
Art: Umaideacht, brasswork

Element: Air of Earth

Symbolism: Death, Earth, spirit work, cycles, fate, finality, grief, mortality, ancestral work, land spirits, offerings, sacrifice, release, removing unwanted influences.

Divination

Ur represents death and finality, and reminds us of the need to move forward.

Upright meaning:

• Creation.
• Fulfillment.
• The coming of new life.
• Passion, power, and magic.
• A door opens in the inner world.
• Spiritual power, the forces of nature.

Reversed meaning:

• Dreamy neglect of realities.
• A need for recuperation and reconnection.
• Weakness, dispersed energies, loss of contact with nature and the spirit.

Question: What in my life is passing away? What must I leave behind?