Thriving

In the African savanna lives the “tree of life,” the baobab tree. This is a prehistoric species that predates humans. It is over 200 million years old. It has adapted, survived, and thrived in a harsh environment where so many other species have gone extinct. The baobab can live up to 5,000 years and can reach almost 100 feet tall. It is a succulent, which means that in the rainy season it absorbs and stores water in its enormous trunk.

 

This water helps it produce a nutrient-dense fruit in the dry season, when the land is parched and arid. These remarkable plants provide shelter, food, and water for both animals and humans. It is one of the only plants in the world that doesn’t drop its fruit, where it would spoil. It stays on the branch, where it dries out. When picked, the fruit has a three-year shelf life.

 

If you draw this card, you are a survivor. And not only do you survive, but you use situations that others might find challenging to thrive. You expand when others shrink. This may be the time to adapt to your circumstances, rather than be overcome by them.

 

You have a remarkable ability to step beyond any challenge. You are strong. Others may find shelter in your energy, and right now, that’s okay. Through giving to others, you are in turn nourished.

 

This card may be urging you to step into the primal, primordial, powerful, wild part of yourself. Doing this will increase your vitality and contribute to your overall well-being. Sacred Destiny Oracles