Willow

The willow is the tree of grief made supple. Chinese tradition associates the willow with farewell; Celtic lore with the moon and with the lunar feminine. Jungian analysis reads willow-dreams as grief held with flexibility — a sorrow that bends without breaking. The willow’s proximity to water is always part of the symbol: the tree that grows where feeling flows. Notice whether the willow is in full leaf, bare, or weeping into the water.