It's A Wonderful Life
IN MANY CULTURES THE POMEGRANATE IS SAID TO BE THE TREE OF LIFE, AND THERE IS SPECULATION AS TO WHETHER IT IS THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
IT’S LATIN NAME LITERALLY MEANS “SEEDED APPLE.”
ONE OF THE THREE BLESSED FRUITS IN BUDDHISM, AND A SYMBOL OF RESURRECTION, FERTILITY, ABUNDANCE, AND LIFE EVERLASTING, THE POMEGRANATE ADORNED THE PILLARS OF KING SOLOMON’S TEMPLE AND THE ROBES AND REGALIA OF JEWISH KINGS AND PRIESTS.
THE POMEGRANATE IS ALSO FEATURED IN THE TAROT, SPECIFICALLY ON THE HIGH PRIESTESS AND EMPRESS CARDS, SHARING THE SAME SYMBOLISM AS BUDDHISM.
IT ALSO SHARES MYTHICAL TIES TO THE UNDERWORLD AND PERSEPHONE’S JOURNEY BETWEEN WORLDS.
THIS “SEED OF LIFE” HOLDS UNSPOKEN TREASURES.
WHAT HIDDEN TREASURES MIGHT IT REPRESENT WITHIN YOU?
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
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