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Anne Frank and the Tree of Life
We all have things we must learn to stop taking for granted
For the last half century, Anne Frank and her incredible diary, has served as a symbol of how even in the worst and inhumane conditions, we can find light, joy and hope.
Caged in a small attic in Amsterdam, hiding from the Nazis, the 13 years old girl documented her life in a diary. After two years of hiding, she and her family was finally betrayed and sent to the death camps.
In her diary, that was read by over 25 million readers around the world, mostly children, she makes reoccurring references to an old chestnut tree that she could see through the only window that was not blacked out. The tree was a beacon of light and life, it was her Tree of Life.
She writes:
Feb. 23, 1944: "Nearly every morning I go to the attic to blow the stuffy air out of my lungs, from my favorite spot on the floor I look up at the blue sky and the bare chestnut tree, on whose branches little raindrops shine, appearing like silver…
"As long as this exists, I thought, and I may live to see it, this sunshine, the cloudless skies, while this lasts I cannot be unhappy."
The tree, estimated to be about 150 years of age has been dying from a deadly fungus that attacked it recently. The dying roots and bark refuse to regenerate. This chestnut tree is one of the oldest in Amsterdam. And so it happened, that in the month of Scorpio, the sign that represent death and resurrection, it was finally decided to cut the tree, after all efforts to save him failed.
We are now experiencing an interesting planetary alignment. Five planets are in conjunction in Scorpio. It is as if they all gathered for the funeral of the ancient tree, gathering from all corner of the zodiac to pay respect to the tree that stood there, witnessing the atrocities human being inflict on each other.
Synchronicity so ordained that in Scorpio, while this powerful conjunction takes place, it was decided to take the tree off his misery. But Scorpio is not only the sign of death, it is also the sign of resurrection. In his place, a sampling taken from the old tree will be planted.
Who said trees cannot reincarnate?
The sampling has the precise same DNA, and I believe the same memories that the old chestnut tree had. He will be planted at the same place. For once, we humans have done the right thing.
This new tree will take many years to get to match the glory and beauty that Anne Frank's tree possessed, but he will have the memory of the optimistic and courageous girl who found joy in little things. Trivial things we take for granted, such as watching a tree bloom.
We all have so much to be thankful for, so much things we must learn to stop taking for granted. It is the like of Anne Frank and her tree that lives immortal in her diary, that remind us of this truth.
Gahl Sasson is a professor of Kabbalah and Astrology. His book “A Wish Can Change Your Life” was endorsed by HH the 14th Dalai Lama and has been translated into many languages including Hebrew. Please visit his website where you can subscribe to his newsletter and schedule your very own personal consultation.
