Sharlyn Hidalgo

Just a quick note to reviewers that are unhappy with the dates that I use for my work about the Celtic Tree Calendar. Sometimes I am accused of just being wrong. Please be advised that all of the tree calendars are modern adaptions and that we have no way to know if a calendar was used in ancient times. The calendar that begins in December/January is credited to Robert Graves and is well known. The calendar I use begins at the Celtic New Year and I explain in all of my books about the ogham why I choose this moon calendar.

There is no real correct calendar. I advise folks to choose the one that they vibe to. In choosing your own personal birth tree you can have two trees or choose the one that you feel closest to! Many people do not associate the tree teachings with time at all.

I use a calendar because it helps me in my teaching. My book entitled: Celtic Tree Ogham: Rituals and Teachings of the Aicme Ailim Vowels and the Forfeda incorporates a thorough explanation of why I choose the Samhain Calendar but also presents Grave's calendar and other systems. This book incorporates the teachings of the last ten ogham of the Celtic Tree Calendar.

Sharlyn resides in Seattle and is a retired counselor and teacher with a master's degree in psychology. She is also a tarot reader, astrologer, healer, and artist. She is a certified teacher and practitioner of Alchemical Healing through Nicki Scully. She teaches classes in tarot, astrology, dream work, the mandala, the Egyptian Mysteries and the Egyptian pantheon, and the Celtic Tree Calendar. She is a circle leader of Native European Spirituality and offers Celtic apprenticeships.

Her relatives hail from the British Isles and it was her desire to connect with the ancient spirituality of her homeland that led her to the Celtic Tree Calendar and the Tree Alphabet. Her travels took her to Ireland on a tour to connect with the spirits of the land. Green, green, green everywhere. Ireland is the home of the Celtic alphabet that she works with, and she was overjoyed to connect with the Irish trees and plants. Lovely place, lovely people!

Her favorite place besides the British Isles is Egypt and she has led three tours there. Her book Nazmy - Love is My Religion: Egypt, Travel, and a Quest for Peace is about her experiences in Egypt and the amazing Mohamed Nazmy who owned the travel company she tours with. Her latest book about Egypt is a compilation of the last twenty years of her spiritual adventures there.

She has two grown children, and she enjoys sharing her life with her husband Ricardo and her cats.