1.0California Psychicshttps://www.californiapsychics.com/blogimportedhttps://www.californiapsychics.com/blog/author/importedrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2qZt4BTRiM"><a href="https://www.californiapsychics.com/blog/holidays/pumpkin-symbolism.html">Pumpkin Symbolism</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.californiapsychics.com/blog/holidays/pumpkin-symbolism.html/embed#?secret=2qZt4BTRiM" width="600" height="338" title="“Pumpkin Symbolism” — California Psychics" data-secret="2qZt4BTRiM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Although the pumpkin has become the modern American symbol of Autumn and especially of Halloween, the apple was this holy day's most ancient signifier -- because apples were harvested and made into alcoholic cider at this time, and because the seeds of an apple when it's cut across (rather than down) form a five-pointed star, or a Pentagram -- which was a sacred shape to the pre-Christians (it represented the head, arms, and legs of a human being). Hence the tradition of bobbing for apples. In Christianity, of course, apples have become associated with the Forbidden Fruit consumed in the Garden of Eden, and thereby connote the "Fall of Man" -- and the broken, sinful aspect of human nature: its dark side.