The Tree Horoscope: Discover Your Birth-Tree and Personal Destiny

by Daniela Christine Huber

• Explains how to determine your personal tree of life depending on your date of birth and how this tree reveals your gifts, talents, and life path • Features full-color photos that capture the true spirit of the trees • Details each tree’s spiritual meaning, element family, essential qualities, healing effects, gifts and talents, and symbolism Drawing on her intimate knowledge of trees and connections to Celtic traditions, Daniela Christine Huber shares a new interpretation of the tree horoscope calendar--where 22 archetypal trees are associated with different dates throughout the year and just like birth stones or astrological signs can reveal your innate talents and unique life path. Featuring full-color photos that capture the true spirit of the trees as well as in-depth descriptions of the characteristic qualities of the tree personality types, Huber’s guide explains how to determine your personal tree of life depending on your date of birth and reveals how this tree stands by your side with its gifts and talents as a faithful friend and companion for a lifetime. The 22 trees of the calendar are Oak, Hazelnut, Rowan, Maple, Walnut, Yew, Chestnut, Ash, Hornbeam, Fig, Birch, Apple, Fir, Elm, Olive, Cypress, Poplar, Cedar, Pine, Willow, Linden, and Beech. Each tree species occurs twice in the annual cycle, except for Oak, Birch, Olive, and Beech, which are specially assigned to the equinoxes and solstices. Each tree description explores the tree’s spiritual meaning, element family, essential qualities, healing effects, gifts and talents, and symbolism. The author also includes an everlasting birthday calendar to record the birthdates of your family and friends, and she looks at the birth trees of several famous people. Showing how each of the 22 trees of the tree horoscope holds great power, Huber explains how your birth tree is the guardian of your individual potential and reveals the abilities and talents available to you in your life. Recognizing and developing the gifts that your birth tree reveals can help you dissolve entrenched habits and patterns, regain inner balance, and activate the full potential of your tree horoscope destiny.

Genres: Astrology

181 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 5, 2021

Reviews

[Alicia Bayer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't really expect to believe the information in this book (it just doesn't really align with my personal belief system) but I expected to have fun with it as I tend to love this type of book for entertainment purposes. They can usually get pretty accurate for everybody with vague enough descriptions and a few things everyone is likely to identify with. Unfortunately, this book didn't come close to describing anybody I tried to plug into it -- myself, my husband, my friends or my five kids (okay, one kid was kind of close but the law of averages would give you one). It was vague but even then it felt like a miss for most of us. Most of our trees weren't even ones that grow around here, which is a bit of a shame. I would have loved to have been an oak, elderberry or hawthorn (most of these are not options). IIRC, I'm a yew, which is poisonous. Hmmm... I related more to the apple tree description, though still not that much (I didn't really identify with any of them). The book is also very short and doesn't really give you anything much to do with your newfound tree horoscope. Even a Chinese restaurant menu tells you which animal sign you get along best with. 🙂 There's about a page and a half for each tree sign with descriptions and a line about what use the tree may have. A lovely thought, but not really a hit for me personally.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.

[Audrey (Warped Shelves) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This review is based on an ARC of The Tree Horoscope which I received courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher (Inner Traditions/Earthdancer Books).


2.5 stars

Wow, okay, my copy of this galley is supremely broken! Entire paragraphs and passages are jumbled up, thrown out of place, starting and stopping midway through each other. I was able to read and understand about half of the text (including, thankfully, most of the horoscopes), but otherwise this file is a house of mirrors.

It’s always fun to learn something new, and Celtic Birth Trees are something which I had never heard of before this book. Something which confuses me though, is that any Celtic/Druidic astrology I look up online claims 13 tree signs, not 22. Also, according to the Internet I am under Hazel, whereas this book would consider me a Cedar. Reading both, I am obviously more Hazel than Cedar. The same applies (respectively) to my close loved ones. So who is correct: the author or the majority of Internet sources?

I would love to see this book in its final published form. Whether the information laid out in The Tree Horoscope is more accurate than what the Internet gives me, I really can’t say. Regardless, this is an interesting read and great springboard for a new topic to explore.

[The Shakti Witch · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun take on Celtic Tree Astrology also known as Druid Astrology. The information is presented in a clear and well designed layout. I can see that this would make tree plantings for new borns more significant. Sadly Northern hemisphere centric.

*eArc provided by the publisher and NetGalley

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun little book to explore. I have never heard of tree horoscopes before and I enjoyed reading about some of the Celtic history of trees and their connection to us. As with a lot of horoscope-type books, the reader will only connect with one tree based on their birthdate, so there's really only a handful of pages that most readers will be interested in. Each tree horoscope is broken down into different parts including its associated element, gifts and talents, a mantra of sorts that the author refers to as "carpe arborem", symbolism, healing powers, an inspirational quote, and a summary of the life path. At the back of the book, famous people who shares these trees is listed as well as other related reading materials. Overall, I enjoyed this book and while I didn't find enough value in it to purchase it for myself, it has lit a spark in me to try and research the idea of tree horoscopes more on my own.

Thanks to the author, Earthdancer Books, and Netgalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

[The Starry Library · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a guide on the Celtic tree horoscope. Introductory chapters explain the basis of this system, what it has to offer, and the spirituality of trees. The tree horoscope is not as specific or descriptive as a planetary horoscope but rather empowers, heals, and inspires the individual to forge a stronger connection between root and sky or earth and heaven.

A two page over-view of each tree based on one's birth month and day is provided.

I do have a couple of questions for the author

1. What does it mean if you are allergic to your birth tree?
2. What is the best way to work with your tree if the tree is not native to your geographical area? How do you call in its energy?

Overall this is an interesting short read on a unique nature based horoscope. With that being said, I did not relate to my tree as much as I thought I would.

[Raina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although I had never heard of tree horoscopes, my love of astrology lead to give it a go. I recieved an ARC from NetGalley and the ARC was a bit of a mess with heading sized text randomly interspersed throughout the text (which I can only assume was due to it being an ARC but did take away from the read.

There are differences between the information the book provides and what is generally available online. For example, the book provides 22 trees while online 13 is the number provided. According to the book, I fall under the Yew tree while online sources put me under the Reed tree. I connected with qualities of both however.

Still a decent read with information regarding the tree astrology in the chapters before you get into the different tree signs.

[Kim_reads · Rating 3 out of 5]

As I’m interested in horoscopes and astrology I though I’d give this a go. Although for my some of my tree horoscope was true, I don’t think it was entirely accurate. Plus the book says I’m a Rowan but other books and internet pages say I’m a Alder. The layout seems a little basic and there could have been more pictures of the trees to celebrate their beauty. All in all not bad for a bit of fun.

[Zoe.gets.lit · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a Pagan and practicing witch I love reading about nature and spirituality, and this book is a mix of the two! This book gives an overview of Tree Horoscopes and Birth Trees. I found the insights the tree horoscope gave to be mostly accurate for myself, and I look forward to using this knowledge in my practice from now on.

The only other feedback I have is that I find the font chosen for the main text a little hard to read at times and that pulls focus from the content of the book, but also that the book itself feels a little basic in design compared to others I have seen on similar topics.

Overall though this book is a good read and is very informative for those who are interested in nature, spirituality, and horoscopes.

[Poppy Cain · Rating 4 out of 5]

An amazing insight into the 'Celtic Tree Horoscope'..

Before today I had no idea that based on your date of birth, and according to the Celts, you were assigned a tree. There was a lot of pulling from Greek philosophy and other houses of through- and it was very quick and interesting read.

[Flo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting book. Even if you don’t believe in horoscopes, it’s always enlightening to read books like this that can teach you something new, For example, I never knew tree horoscopes. It was a fun read.

[Samantha Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting read. I did however have issues with the format of the ARC but I assume that was corrected since. It just took me a while to get into the book and found myself skimming over some of the information. I did learn a lot from this and have made some notes about the horoscopes.

[Emma book blogger Fitzgerald · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is lovely book telling you about different trees and which trees match your date of birth which gives you your tree horoscope.
Thank you NetGalley for letting me read this book.

[Sandra]

I was really hoping to enjoy this book as I love Astrology however I was really disappointed. It only gave the basic information about the tree sign. There was nothing about compatibility with other signs, or anything else you usually find associated with horoscope signs like colours, days of the week etc.
I think this book has potential if it only went into more detail.