Pussy Willow

Pussy Willow, Beach Willow, Lake willow, Kittens Paws are all names given to this beautiful and gentle tree. Pussy Willow is the symbol of the return of unconditional love and nonjudgmental softness and emotional, it heals the pain from life and helps ease the trails and tribulations that we may face. 
In Slavic legend its said that many springtimes ago, according to an old tale, tiny kittens had been chasing butterflies at the river's edge and fell in to the fast flowing water. The mother cat, helpless to save them, started crying. The willows at the river's edge swept their long graceful branches into the water - the kittens gripped on tightly to the branches and were rescued. Each springtime since, the story goes, willow branches sprout tiny fur-like buds where the tiny kittens once clung. While in the Hellenic path the tree is linked to Hekate and Helice who was Zeus’s nurse, and was also associated with water. Her priestesses used willow in their water magic and witchcraft. The willow muse was called Heliconian (after Helice) and was sacred to poets. The Greek poet Orpheus carried willow branches on his adventures in the Underworld for protection from the darkness.
Add Pussy Willow to your healing workings to help let go of the pain of the past, add to self love and love working to bring in unconditional love and always carry to heal the pain of life and protect for its shadows.
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