Daffodil

Narcissus

Pisces, Aries

Rebirth, Forward thinking

Daffodils are perennial plants grown from bulbs. They like full sun or part shade and well drained soil. Daffodil flowers bloom once each year and, depending on the variety of plant and the climate, flowers last from 6 weeks to 6 months. Flowers grow on a single stem. The traditional flower is white or yellow, with some varieties incorporating orange and pink, and has six petals and a trumpet or bell shaped crown (corona). Leaves grow from the bulb and are long and narrow, growing up to 12 inches in height. 

Bulbs need a cold period to develop roots, with flowers blooming in late winter or early spring. This shows us that some ideas we have planted need time to grow, and when they have been elaborated or grown to a level of maturity, will bloom in their own time. After daffodils bloom, the foliage remain green or will slowly yellow for the next 4 to 6 weeks while the plants continue to create and store energy for the bulb for the next growing season. The leaves will die when the process is completed.

Daffodils as a whole are symbolic of ideas or of the potentials and possibilities available to us all. The Daffodil bulb provides the energy needed for rebirth which can be of a project, idea or relationship. An established Daffodil bulb blooms year after year. We can look to this cycle for the rebirth of projects, ideas and relationships important to us that need that fresh breath of air, or a fresh bloom of energy to carry it on. 

The daffodil flower is symbolic of forward thinking. People who enjoy this spring bloom are also those who are able to look into the possibilities or the potential of the future. They can observe what is and explore the possibilities of what is around the corner or a year or more out. They can project their ideas into the future to see what may happen, and almost seem to be receptors to future ideas that are percolating on the horizon.  

Symbolically, the number six, the number of petals on a Daffodil, relates to problem solving and balance. These attributes tie into the abilities to think through possibilities and to bring projects and ideas into new light. 

Daffodil is the birth flower of March, which has the zodiac signs Pisces and Aries. Daffodil is native to Northern Europe and is the national flower of Wales. Plants, bulbs and flowers are poisonous to people and animals.