SUMMERTIME – EXPANSIONTIME – FIRE RULES!

The great power of the Fire element, the element which rules the summer with its warmth, love and joy, lies in the expansion, the flowering in all directions, reaching out, communicating.
Expanding in every direction, Fire moves without boundaries.
Fire lightens up everything in our lives with its high intensity.

So far so good…. we all want to enjoy the marvellous summertime, full of joy, celebration and love!

So…..what does that truly mean, free expansion in all directions?
What does that mean, that everything gets lightened up in our lives?

Throughout our lives we are invited to grow, to expand, because of all the experiences we have.
The Fire element helps us to transform all that we experience into a higher level of consciousness through its strong qualities of truth, enlightment, and above all: love.
That means very practically: letting go of old borders. Stretching. Breathing into the growth, into the pain, the resistance, the fear, all things that we can experience during our life-expansion, our life-stretch. leaving the wel-known comfort zone into the true adventure.
Truly this means: into the true depth of our heart.
That is the place where our inner growth really takes place.
The heart as the palace of our soul and of the highest values we carry with us.

The heart and small intestine are the organs associated with the Fire:
The heart for reaching out with love, and communicate, showing the deep spiritual connection we have. The small intestine with its internal power, which keeps the Fire in our belly-center strong and glowing like a stove, and thus providing us with the life-supporting Qi we need, to live a happy and healthy life.

The Fire-supporting elements need to be free from any blockage, hesitation, or restriction, so we can feel and experience the beauty of free expansion, and experiencing the light upon every aspect of our lives, without any struggle or hesitation.

Because I work a lot with the 5 elements, here is some information on what the other Elements do if they do support the Fire, and if they don´t. Take some time to tune into it, and maybe you will find something which is suitable for your situation!

• WOOD:
  is the element of space, spirals, friendliness, patience, flexibility, vision, discovering new land. It supports a well balanced Fire in all directions, bringing it to the transforming level it can reach.
  If there is not enough material to be burned, supplied by the Wood element, the Fire will start to fade away, or if there is too much Wood (inbalance in the Wood element, caused by frustration, for example), the Fire gets too fierce to be handled and will be angrily burning, with hate just around the corner, only waiting for the slightest chance to show up.
• EARTH:
  is the element of balance, supportive and nourishing power, selflove and satisfaction.
  Fire needs to feel these qualities of the Earth, to be able to illuminate fully and to be able to execute its transforming power.If Earth is too weak, it cannot gratefully receive and absorb the fertilising material which the Fire produces, and the Fire gets suspicious because it cannot trust that its illuminating power reaches the dimension it should. If Earth is too dominant, it extincts the Fire by taking away all the oxygen and space, which keeps the Fire burning.
• METAL:
  the Metal element gives us structure, clarity, courage and positiveness. It is associated with our mental dimension, our thinking. Thus, the Fire will have the full potential of bringing everything it sets on fire to a higher plane, to transform and enlightenment.There might be too little or too much strength in the mindset of the Metal, so the Fire is only busy with burning down the metallic prison to free itself  from those boundaries. The strict opinions of the Metal give the Fire only one or two choices in which direction it can move. If there is little metalpower, it will bring the Fire only chaos.
• WATER:
  this element stands for the creative force we all possess, our life force, vitality, fearlessness, depth, wisdom, fluidly moving, grace. Fire, if it is burning well, will turn water into steam, which helps all other elements to go into a deep alchemic process, including the Fire itself.
  Look at the cycle which Water in nature follows, it is exactly the same thing with the 5 Elements.If there is too little Water, the Fire cannot show its powers into this world, by the creative and vital force of the Water element. The Water will disappear completely because the Fire is too hot, and the effects are clear. Earth turns into a desert, Wood no longer grows, Metal will be everywhere (Minerals, Stone) because it no longer is transported by the Water. The Fire can´t really get hot and passionate if there is too much Water. Fire gets wiped out just like when a Fire gets too much rain.Since Fire has this strong natural quality of radiation, illumination and transformation it will try to radiate. This can also be at any costs. With problems in the Fire element we (often rather helplessly) try to fuel the Fire with all kinds of things which in the end only exhaust the Fire.
  Too much exaggeration in party, in alcohol, in living a life with little sleep, much stress because we always have to go somewhere because we don´t want to miss anything….. quick foods in between all the time…. always ready to seal the deal, to seal another deal, to look for the next thing, projecting our energy far away from us without having the inner Firepower which supports us and which we need so much.
  This so called „false Fire“ is only very superficial, and not deeply rooted within us, and so it will finally leave us exhausted and literally burned-out. We al know these people, who continue without ever stopping, just running until they are stopped quite abruptly by some sudden event which occurs in their lives.
  So: if you want to enjoy the Fire, stay connected with the Fire within, in your own inner space, and let it grow from there!
  Let the Fire help you to overcome obstacles, melt them down, warm them so they will get soft.
  Let the Fire support you when you have areas which are neglected, and in need of warmth and light.
  Let the Fire show you where your own inner Truth lies, and let the Fire help you to radiate this around you.
  Get sparkling, light, and joyful!Have a great summer!

Sculpture „Expansion“ by Paige Bradley

Photocredit kindly provided by Paige Bradly Fine Art:  www.paigebradley.com