POMONA:  Apple Mother:  Dropping in

PAMONA is a Roman goddess known as “Apple Mother.” She represents the cycle of life, of death and rebirth. If you draw or are drawn to this card, it is time to let go of what no longer serves you and drop into the core of your being and see what new things are germinating. Letting go is seldom easy. We tend to hold on to things that need to fall away for fear of loss, loneliness or abandonment. The ancient ones looked to the spiritual symbolism of the apple tree to realize that when something dies, something is always reborn. 

PRACTICE OPPORTUNITY:

Cut an apple in half between the stem and blossom ends of the apple. Inside you will see the seeds of the apple laid out in a pattern of a 5 pointed star in a circle. Contemplate this pentagram shape. It has be the symbol of magic for millennia.It holds the magic of rebirth. In meditation, sink into your womb-heart center. Tune into what you need to let go of and begin the process of releasing it. Now tune into the seeds of new potential waiting to germinate. Choose to energetically nurture these seeds until they germinate, sprout and bloom into new and beautiful things in your life. 

STORIES OF THE GODDESS:

The apple was symbolic of the womb heart of the goddess mother throughout the Indo-European world. As such, it was the symbol of immortality, for when a person died, their soul descended into the womb heart of the goddess, from whence it was reborn. The Greek maiden goddess KORE is the daughter of the mother goddess Demeter, emerging from the center of her womb heart. Hence our word “apple core.” If you cut an apple across the equator you will see the seeds in the shape of  a 5 pointed star. This pentagram star represented a soul as did stars in the night sky. The star was seen in the core of the apple, and also in the night sky. Civilizations in the Mediterranean region saw the stars in the sky as disembodied souls in the oceanic womb of the cosmic sky goddess Ishtar.