Tony Crisp Interpretation:
hero See hero/ine under .
A wood, collection of trees: the natural forces in your being, therefore one’s connection with or awareness of the unconscious; other people’s personal growth and connection with self. Branches: members of your family; directions or possibilities in your life. Christmas tree, other evergreen: the eternal or unchanging aspect of your transitory experience. Climbing a tree: exploring or becoming aware of the directions and facets of your personal growth; using your skills or strength to get away from anxiety or danger, such as you do when climbing to get away from a dangerous animal. Dead branch: a direction that no longer has life or motivation in it; a member of your family dying or leaving you. Dead tree: past way of life; something that was full of life for you in the past, but is now dead; dead relative. Falling tree: sense of threat to one’s identity; loss of relative. Flowering tree: fertility; femininity. Oak: strength, perseverance, mightiness, sheltering, protection, hardiness, fruitfulness. Continuance in the face of difficulties, or facing of hardship. This has probably arisen from some of the harsh climates oaks grow in, like on rocky sea cliffs. Many people translate or understand the cross of Jesus to be a tree. Artists have often depicted Jesus nailed to a tree. Often, this is the oak, which symbolizes the power of physical life, the power behind material creation. Leaves: the living, growing part of you. The part that is still vulnerable because of its newness, or outworn (depending on color of leaf) part of your thinking or feeling. You can also be blown like a leaf, suggesting separation from your roots and main growth; or you can take a leaf from someone’s notebook, thus following their example or idea. The leaves as a whole, if falling, can represent the end of your life, the passing ego that dies, but leaves the trunk, the process that gave life. Roots: your connection with the past, with your family heritage or influences; the things you are tied to by necessity or love; your fundamental physical characteristics as they express in your personality. Tree trunk: your family background and connections. Idioms: top of the tree; family tree; barking up the wrong tree; tree of knowledge; dead wood; can’t see the trees for the wood. See death and rebirth, resurrection and the self under .