Ogham Study Group - Onn

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Onn

Name: Onn
Pronunciation: (UHN)
Sound: O
Tree: Gorse or Furze (Ulex europeus)
Few: two strokes straight across the stemline
Tree web site: http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/cgi-bin/pfaf/arr_html?Ulex+europaeus&CAN=LATIND

The yellow flowers of the Gorse plant link this ogham with the sun, solar energy, and the soil. In Celtic mythology the sun and its rays could symbolize either masculine or feminine energy. The flowers are most prolific in the springtime and this links this ogham with the dawn and the new day. These yellow flowers blossom in other seasons, even in the winter. The flowers attract bees and symbolize the connection of gorse with fertilization and sexuality.

Meaning:
Sexuality, male and female energy, passion, attraction

Reversed:
Danger, entanglement, thorny situations