When this fruit is given freely, the child, the family, and society prospers. Children are the roots of the family tree. These tiny white fibers of innocence begin their invisible journey from within the sacredness of the earth. They pass first through the middle of the mothers body. She holds them close and preserves their wholeness through nutrition and the sense of touch.
Mother is the trunk of the tree.
She represents the feminine principles of firmness and stability that unifies the family. She also provides the access and means to experience the feelings that inspire the love of life. The heart of the relationship between the mother and the father is represented by the place on the tree where the branches begin. Mother hands each child to the father, whose duty it is to individualize the branch of each child into its appropriate place in the light. Father is the branching of the tree, he represents the masculine principles of individuality and the will to live.