Ogham: The Druid Alphabet

written by Dorea Jude

A guide to the history, meanings, and methods of the Druidic Ogham alphabet. Textbook style arrangement.

Last Updated

05/31/21

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The Fourth 5 Fews (Ailm, Onn, Ur, Eadha, Idho)

Chapter 6
Ailm
Pronunciation: AHL-m
Symbol: Silver Fir
Ogham letter: One horizontal straight line
Letter: a
Color: Light Blue
Key words: Elation, enthusiasm, wonder, awe. Peak experiences, heightened consciousness, perspective, great realizations. Pain, poignancy, fear. Expression of emotion.
Magical uses: Winter Solstice Ritual Bonfire. Heightened Consciousness.
Divinatory meaning: A time of enthusiasm, wonder and awe. Heightened awareness, expansion of consciousness. Dawning of understanding. Allow yourself to feel the full force of your emotions.

Ohn
Pronunciation: UHN
Symbol: Gorse
Ogham letter: Two horizontal straight lines.
Letter: o
Color: Yellow, Gold
Key words: Sexuality, arousal, eros, passion. Attraction, binding force, being in the body, erotic charge. Health and vitality. Erotica, enticements, foreplay.
Magical uses: Fire magic. Fertility rites. Potions. Love magic. Sex magic.
Divinatory meaning: Allow yourself to enjoy and express your sexuality in a free and natural manner.

Ur
Pronunciation: OOR or OO-rah
Symbol: Heather
Ogham letter: Three horizontal straight lines.
Letter: u
Color: purple
Key words: Lovers, courtship, consummation. Partnership, relationship, mutual love, acceptance. Conquest of the shadow (in love), putting down roots, flowering together. Sharing a space, living together.
Magical uses: Love magic. Marriage rites.
Divinatory meaning: Favorable omen for lovers or partners, meaningful and lasting relationship. Comfortable foundations for transition.

Eadha
Pronunciation: EH-yuh
Symbol: Aspen, White Poplar
Ogham Letter: Four horizontal straight lines.
Letter: u
Color: Silver, White
Key words: Fear, testing, right of passage. Conquest of fear, ‘feeling the fear and doing it anyway’, befriending one’s fears. Warrior spirit, spiritedness, self-confidence. Steadfastness, courage, resolution.
Magical uses: Warding magic. Cauldron work. Life and Death magic, rebirth.
Divinatory meaning: A necessary trial from which you will emerge stronger and wiser. Conquest of fear involving acceptance of one’s own personal darkness.

Idho
Pronunciation: EE-yoh
Symbol: Yew
Ogham letter: Five horizontal straight lines.
Letter: i
Color: Dark green
Key words: Transitions, things ending, passing, dying, fading away, withering. An exit, a gateway, a grave, a sign of death. Transformation, renewal, rebirth. An opening, a new element approaching.
Magical uses: Divination. Guardians of the dead, graveyard tree. Life and Death magic. Immortality.
Divinatory meaning: One aspect of your life is fading away, ceasing to be. Gateway tree, a portal to a new life.
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