Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Leaf

Leaf Fertility; growth; renewal. Green leaves depict hope; revival; renewal. Dead leaves are sadness; Autumn; decay. Crowns of leaves symbolize divinity or triumph and victory. In Chinese symbolism the leaves of the Cosmic Tree represent all beings in the universe -- the Ten Thousand Things.

- - An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols, J.C. Cooper


Today's earrings: leaves, other leaves

Bedtime reading: L. Frank Baum, Katharine M. Rogers

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