Description Birch is associated with purification, protection and exorcism, and represents renewal, rebirth and new beginnings as it is the first tree after Winter to come into leaf. When beginning a new project or journey, call upon the powers of the Birch as it is also a tree of new beginnings and new view points. Branches marked with sigils were carried for protection and given as gifts to newlyweds for fertility. In Wales the Birch is a tree of love, wreaths would be made out of the branches and twigs and given tokens of love. Birch rods are used in protection spells and carried to protect from malicious magic such as curses, crossing, or hexing or even from mundane situations and people. The wood was used to make cradles and boughs of birch were hung over the child as it was believed to protect them at night and keep them from being enchanted by the Little People. To ward off the evil eye, tie a red ribbon on the branch of one of these lovely trees. To exorcise people and animals one would gently strike them with the twigs of this tree. A tree of new beginnings and new view points. Birch will also protect your home against lightening.
