An oldie, but a goodie: the Rowan cross
Today on my romps around London, I found a twig from a Rowan tree. A tree of so much magical potential that one of its many nicknames is, in fact, the Witch Tree.
How could I NOT do a spell with it?
So today, I did a little home warding charm called a Rowan cross, for warding the home from negative energy and ne’er-do-wells. This particular charm goes back a long way here in Britain – a few hundred years, at the best guess. I reckon you could also carry this with you while traveling, both to protect your things and to keep from getting lost – another use of the good ole’ Rowan tree.
Here she is, with instructions to follow:
For this, you need only two things
A twig at least 6 inches long, or 2 twigs of 3 inches or more, either from a Rowan tree or any other tree you associate with protection and the home.
Red thread, string, or yarn
You can do any sort of mood-setting ritual you like. Personally, I simply lit a while candle.
If you have one 6+ inch twig, cut it in half. Once you’ve got two little twigs to work with, decide whether you’d like to glue them in the middle to make a cross to help you get started. Personally, I didn’t bother. They stayed fine after my first couple rounds with the yarn.
Tie them together in the middle loosely with your yarn. Now, we wind the yarn!
So as not to make this stupidly linguistically awkward, I found a nice little diagram on how to do this if you’re unfamiliar with this pattern. Basically, you go over to the right side of the twig, under to the left side.
You can cover as much or as little of the twigs as you like. Personally, I just went until I felt it was done.
I tied the yarn around one of the rungs and passed it over the flame, asking it to protect my home.
Then you can hang it in front of a window, a door, whatever entrance you’d like to protect.
Ta-da! Thanks, Rowan tree.
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