Embracing Completion and Abundance with the Earth Element

FIRE’s Challenge in Late Summer

FIRES’ challenge is to remain in the light, the work of which grows increasingly difficult once the Summer Solstice has passed and the cosmic support moved on. Here Fires brightness begins to weary and the days shorten at their edges. At the end of the growing cycle of Spring and Summer, we meet the culminating energies of Earth and the centrepoint of the seasonal cycle. 

The Culminating Energy of Earth

Wood firms its sides and strides into the future, always casting its eye to the possibility beyond the horizon. Fire takes this pace and intention and manifests it in the material world for all to see. Earth, satiated, ripe and complete grows heavier by the day, its branches and blossoms once reaching for the light, are now pulled downwards by the weight of their bounty, everything pauses, basking in the lasts of the light. 

Recognizing Completion and Gratitude

Earth teaches us to see how far we have come and all that we grew and gained, to recognize the feeling of completion, and to know what it’s like to experience contentment, satisfaction and gratitude. 

The Wood element informed the shape of the buds we grew, while the Fire element threw open their doors and unfurled them to the sun. Now the Earth element brings forward their harvest; all we learned, experienced, created and inspire. Sharing and giving thanks for the abundance and beauty that is our lives.