Uilleand has flowers with the sweet nectar hidden at the base of the narrow flower. The animal partner with Uilleand, the Killdeer, has a nest that is on the open ground but is hidden by the bird's misdirection--the broken wing pretense-- when danger threatens. These natural occurrences are symbols in the Spirit World of hidden sweetness and the attainment of the heart's desire. The Killdeer's nest and chicks are so important to the parents that they will confront any predator without hesitation. Honeysuckle flowers are both beautiful and fragrant but the plant is a common wildflower, just as Killdeer are attractive and appealing birds but not difficult to find.

Countless myths, parables, and folk-tales illustrate this principle. An entire industry, the romance novel genre, is based on this idea. Your heart's desire is not rare or occult, but hidden in plain sight right in front of you. Acceptance of the gifts you have been given is the path to true happiness. Wyn, the rune of uncomplicated joy or bliss, is the corresponding rune. The message is unreservedly good and directed to the individual on a personal level, "The desired end will come; the thing you are hoping for will happen."

Joy is not a destination to be traveled towards or a formula to be invoked. It is a way of being. In all the world, we are the easiest people for ourselves to trick. We trick ourselves into thinking that we will only be happy when some external result occurs. When we finish what we are working on, when we find true love, when we complete the perfect family, when we live in our dream home, then we will be content. Our heart's desire, however, is inside our heart and not external at all. It is how we feel that makes happiness not what we gain.

The dangers inherent in this message are obvious. There is the message of the reversed card, that we must know what we truly wish for in order to make a wish. We must also always be careful what we wish for because we may find our wishes granted in unexpected ways. The more subtle danger in human society is the always-present desire of others to make decisions for us. It is not our lover's desire, our spouse's desire, our mother's desire, our children's desire, our boss's desire, or society's desire but our own deepest desire that we can attain. Any person who professes to know better than you do what you want is lying.

These cautions aside, we can always be glad receive this ogham message. It says, "Look confidently into your heart and find happiness there."