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 Third 5 Fews (Muin, Gort, nGetal, Straif, Ruis)

Chapter 5
Muin
Pronunciation: MUHN
Symbol: Vine, Celtic Tenth Month
Ogham letter: One angled line.
Letter: m
Color: ‘mbracht’, variegated
Key words: Work completed, a project successfully concluded. Harvesting, festivity, celebration. Divine ecstasy, inspiration, fun and feasting. Festival life, seasonal celebration.
Magical uses: the Green Man figure. Celebratory rituals.
Divinatory meaning: Celebration, finished efforts. Self-cultivation, divine inspiration, and ecstasy.

Gort
Pronunciation: GORT
Symbol: Ivy, Celtic Eleventh Month
Ogham letter: Two angled lines.
Letter: g
Color: ‘gorm’, sky blue
Key words: Tenacity, survival instinct, ruthlessness. The growth spiral, the primal impulse of the life-force, flourishment. Ruthless treatment, restricting, constriction, exploitation. Breaking barriers, reformulation of reality, achievements.
Magical uses: Strength enhancing magic. Love magic.
Divinatory meaning: Raw survival instinct enables triumph. Warrior spirit, ruthless tenacity. Growth and endurance.

nGetal
Pronunciation: NYEH-tl
Symbol: Reed, Celtic Twelfth Month
Ogham letter: Three angled lines.
Letter: ng
Color: grass green
Key words: Medicine, herblore, panacea. Cleansing, sweeping out negativity, keeping one’s ‘house in order’, a purgative. Complementary medicine, strengthening health and vitality. The healer’s art.
Magical uses: Herbal magics. Healing magic. Broomsticks.
Divinatory meaning: Foster your vitality through cleansing and healing. Healing of an illness.

Straif
Pronunciation: STRAHF
Symbol: Blackthorn
Ogham letter: Four angled lines.
Letter: ss
Color: purple
Key words: Pain, wounding, damage (physical or emotional). A thorny experience. Division, separation, conflict. The need to address this at its roots. Disruption, difficulty and adversity.
Magical uses: Offensive protection magic. Curses.
Divinatory meaning: Initiation into the mysteries of self-conquest and transcendence. Swords. Mental, emotional, spiritual or physical damage. Remember to change your reaction to events even though you cannot control them.

Ruis
Pronunciation: RWEESH
Symbol: Elder, Celtic Thirteenth Month
Ogham letter: Five angled lines.
Letter: r
Color: Red
Key words: Rue, regret, shame, embarrassment, humiliation. Grievances, retribution, revenge, vendetta. Karma, being called to account, the need to rework destiny.
Magical uses: Time magic. Revenge. Life and Death.
Divinatory meaning: Ability to change past actions. New transformative patterns. Grievances nursed obsessively.
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