What tree did you fall from

[tesseract_5]

this is rather interesting (from an e-mail) -- you Harry Potter fans will remember the discussion about wand wood and meanings, and that JK Rowling recently posted on her site that she did take the trees and meanings from Celtic mythology

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[quintos]

G.g

Hornbeam Tree (Good Taste) -- of cool beauty, cares for its looks and condition, good taste, is not egoistic, makes life as comfortable as possible, leads a reasonable and disciplined life, looks for kindness and acknowledgment in an emotional partner, dreams of unusual lovers, is seldom happy with its feelings, mistrusts most people, is never sure of its decisions, very conscientious.

Wow. It'd be hard for them to be more wrong on that...

[astralis_lumen]

Maple Tree (Independence of Mind) -- no ordinary person, full of imagination and originality, shy and reserved, ambitious, proud, self-confident, hungers for new experiences, sometimes nervous, has many complexities, good memory, learns easily, complicated love life, wants to impress.

Inttteresting.

[rampantwhistler]

Wow, what a fun idea!

Poplar Tree (Uncertainty) -- looks very decorative, talented, not very self-confident, extremely courageous if necessary, needs goodwill and pleasant surroundings, very choosy, often lonely, great animosity, great artistic nature, good organizer, tends to lean toward philosophy, reliable in any situation, takes partnership seriously.

That sound pretty accurate to me. . . 'cept maybe the "good organizer" and "looks very decorative" part. What's that supposed to mean anyway?

[eryn_]

Cool. I got maple. It doesn't always work out that the answer is one I'd like to admit to.

[tesseract_5]

*waives hi to eryn* Maple is probably one of the most beautiful wood grains, but I can't picture the tree in my head. heh. I used to know so many more trees when I had to learn tree id for ecology class :)

[eryn_]

I'm pretty sure I couldn't identify a maple tree without seeing a leaf... :-) but reading the symbolic description given, it's pretty accurate.

Like most people, when called upon to identify a tree, I will: look serious; investigate the leaves, bark, etc.; then pronounce (with great certainty and self assurance), that, "That, is a tree." It's really quite amusing, the first time anyway.

[taffyd]

I am CYPRUS TREE! It mostly fits me, I guess. But then these things are meant to :p