Pine is the common name of a genus of trees and perennial leaf shrubs of the Pinaceae family, to which about 120 species belong. Let’s know more about its symbolism, spiritual meaning and uses.

In general, it is above all about plants that colonize new environments thanks to its light and winged pollen, which the wind transports easily.

Pine symbolism

Being a perennial leaf tree, symbolizes immortality and eternity. In addition to this important meaning, common to all conifers, this tree also symbolizes conjugal happiness and fertility due to peer -linked needles and grafted in short twigs called braquiblasts.

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Spiritual meaning of pine

The pines of Greece were consecrated to Rea, which represented the whole and contained inside opposites, configuring as the androgynous from which creation arose.

This perennial leaf tree symbolizes immortality, to the point that its resin was used to purify, sterilize and embalm the things that wanted to be preserved over time. Its resin was also used in censors to purify the sacred space of the temple, evoke the eternal.

The trees, rich in resin, were used as funeral or Christmas trees. According to a Greek myth, the resin the tears of this tree are Atis’s blood. A beautiful young man whom Cibeles fell in love and became a priest of his temple with a vote of chastity. But Sangaride, a seductive nymph, led Atis to break the vote.

Cibeles drove Atis as revenge for jealousy. He ran to the mountains, where he stopped in a tree and castrated himself. Atis died bleeding, but Jupiter pushed him with him and made him the immortal pine. Saturn became his protector.

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Dr. Bach uses their flowers for those who tend to self -destruction due to their guilt, who feel guilty of breaking a rule or vote. Attis / pine can teach that repentance and forgiveness can be reborn as pure and fragrant as it is.

At least seventy species of pine, sober and long -lived plants, they are content with poor soils.

From needles and gems, tisanas, essential oils with balsamic, antiseptic, expectorants, anti -inflammatory and energizing qualities are obtained, which find application in respiratory and joint system diseases.

It was an element of the Dionysian Thyrsus that symbolized fertility, resurrection and immortality – was used in the celebrations of the Dionysus mysteries in Eleusis, at the parties dedicated to the great mother and Hermes.

In the East, Taoist immortals feed on resin and needles. It is said that the resin, penetrated in the subsoil after a thousand years, produces the Fu-Ling, a fungus that gives eternal life. In Japan, pine wood is used to build unummal temples and ritual tools.

In nuptial ceremonies, it represents the constancy of conjugal love. During their new year, the Japanese place two trees of the same size on each side of their doors to honor the kami, the many unumptive deities that govern the visible spheres and that traditionally live inside the pines.

In China, this tree is represented at the gates of immortality and composes the triad of longevity along with the mushroom and a crane, or with bamboo and plum.

In the first centuries of Christianity, it was considered an evil plant for being associated with pagan divinities (PAN, Dionisio and Atis).

Its resin may be burned in all celebrations that involve the awakening of light, vegetation and spirit.

On the night of «Calendimaggio», on the first day of May, he takes a green cotton bag and places inside: three shields of thyme, a green agate, three bay leaves and three pine scores.

Close with a tape of the same color and think what projects you would like to do. This amulet will help you perform them. Guard it at home.

Curious fact: Pine nuts are used in enchantments to attract economic prosperity. The Romans ate them to increase their strength and physical vigor. In the East, it is tradition to consume them to protect the ties of love and friendship.

Pino Christmas Symbolism

The most popular and extended spiritual symbol is that of the Christmas tree.

There are many legends about the origin of pine as a Christmas tree, but the true origin of this tradition is not clear.

According to the Christian tradition, St. Boniface knocked down a giant ash, the Yggdrasil, which contained all levels of the world, from heaven to hell.

Instead, he planted them as a symbol of the eternal love of God and filled them with candles that symbolized the purification and light of Christ.

Another legend says that St. Boniface knocked down a huge oak that took with him all the trees that surrounded him except a small one, which he called «tree of the child God», symbolizing his triangular form of the Holy Trinity.

The tree has also been linked to the apple tree of Adam and Eva, which hung red apples in the Christmas tree that symbolizes the exit of the paradise of Adam and Eva and placing a star on the tip of the tree as a symbol of faith.

Blue Christmas ornaments symbolize repentance, silver gratitude, the golden praises and reds the petition.

The Christmas tree began to be used in Europe in the 16th century, specifically in Germany. It was not until 1841 when Prince Alberto and his wife, Queen Victoria, used for the first time the Christmas tree in Windsor Castle, so their use in England was introduced and popularized later throughout Europe.

The German settlers introduced it in the United States in the early nineteenth century, during the civil war.

Pine symbolism in the world of magic

In magic, their cones are used to favor fertility, while needles mixed with resin are used to move away evil and evil spirits.

They also repel invoices and curses to the client. Unfortunately, rituals is often used in black magic to infuse pain and injuries.

The powdered and burned bark mixed with incense was used to purify the rooms of the sick or after disputes.

Being a perennial leaf tree, it also embodies the eternal life of the soul.

In natural magic it is used to invoke the spirits of forests and nature.

The resin can be mixed with sage, mint or lemon to purify us before or after a ritual and also to purify places. It was a symbol of protection and immortality for the Celtic people, it was revered as a tree of life and the mother, so she symbolized the woman in her fruitful phase.

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Pineapple in magic symbolizes regeneration in life, as well as physical and psychological wounds.

For the Masons, it was a symbol of lighting, resurrection, eternal life and regeneration.

The Celts formed magic protection circles with cones in outdoor rituals. It was also often used in the magic of love and in rites that favor conception.

In most of the important traditions, the sacred and cult figures held a stick with a pineapple on the tip to symbolize the union of the top and the macrocosm with the microcosm and the feminine with the masculine.

It means the pineal gland, also esoterically called the dwelling of the spirit, whereby the third eye the awakening and the opening of this chakra elevates us to one of the highest levels.