Winter Earth Magic
WINTER SEASON
The Winter Season duration is from Winter Solstice through to Spring Equinox.(June 21-September 20).Viewing the four seasons from an energetic perspective,arriving at Winter heralds the completion of the Solar cycle.Symbolically we are moving towards closure and death.We are impelled to favour quiet activities,with contemplation and introspection as ideal pursuits.The first nine months of the Solar cycle have been primarily life focused.Getting on with life,moving forward,hatching new plans,acting on them,reaping the rewards.
When we arrive into Winter there is a significant shift.Winter is well and truly a time for spiritual focus,awakening ones soul to guidance,elevating ones spirit with meditation,reading metaphysical and philosophical works,rewarding ones spirit with the pursuit of wisdom.
Quietude....Silence....Contemplation
Leisure activities are best chosen at this time to bring balance to the active and achievement oriented self.When we pause to explore silence we really create the opportunity to truly understand how we have been directing our lives,how we are best to continue.Holding on tightly where necessary and letting go lightly where its needed.
The Energetic filters that primarily guide us during Winter are
1/Harmony...soul balance,a virtuous heart
2/Rhythm...habits and patterns linking to eternal wisdom,and earth rhythms
3/Guidance..spirit nurtures and inspires.
Through taking the time to restore ourselves,we can find comfort in the opportunities to sit out the rain,find some heat to warm us,improve our mind,exercise in a way that restores health and rejuvenates wellbeing,clean out the clutter,prune to improve shape and yield,fill ones soul with philosophical inspiration.Symbolically we are offering ourselves to the divine realm for guidance and who we are,and how we live determines the resonance of the temple we enter.
The moon is always my guiding favourite in any season of the year,however I must confess I keep a very close eye on her position in the heavens during the Winter months particularly in her yang phase when she is moving for two weeks towards full moon.Her reflected light during those two weeks brings more vitality and energy to get things done .In this yang phase we experience the freshness of Spring energy and the action-oriented fuel of Summer heat.Especially in Winter as soon as the moon starts to wane,and become smaller in the night sky, I really notice the quieting force of it.Both sun and moon are then holding hands in their intention and guidance to go....inside,reflect,absorb.......go into Silence.
HARMONY…EVERYTHING IN BALANCE
HARMONY…EVERYTHING IN BALANCE/Heart Chakra yin/SolarPhase4 ….
The Heart Chakra is the centre of the Energetic field,and of the Soul. It is where the centre of gravity is experienced within.The Heart Chakra is the key to self-love,love and compassion.The health of our physical heart,the rhythm and quality of our breatheing,the balance and harmony in the way we lead our lives,are all components that keep this centre strong.
There are numerous ways to develop an harmonious life,and strength in the Heart Chakra.The following are a few ideas:
1/ Achieving balance in our approach to work,family,and leisure.
2/Being logical and consistent in our actions,so as to not cause instability and disharmony.
3/Ensure Thinking,Feeling,Willing,the three forces of the soul,have developed harmoniously.
4/Showing respect outwardly in our relationships with others,and respect in our thoughts.
5/The world benefits from pure feelings and thoughts,as it does from good deeds.
6/Nourish ones soul with the ideas of great spiritual teachers and philosophers.
7/Create moments of silence for yourself amidst nature…..gardens ,rivers ,forests,mountains.
8/Strive to maintain a mood of inner harmony whether joy or sorrow is experienced.Lose the habit of swinging between being up one minute,and down the next.
LIVING IN HARMONY ,associated formulations:
Energy Elixirs:HARMONY everything in balance,FOUR YIN love-selfimage
Energy Guardian:AWAKENING beauty
RHYTHM..NATURAL TIMING/THROAT CHAKRA YIN/SOLAR PHASE 4
RHYTHM …natural timing.
The Throat Chakra is the centre of communication……
Mindfulness,Wisdom,Clarity in the way we speak,and how we listen keeps this centre of Energy healthy and strong.
The deeper and more esoteric quality of the Throat Chakra relates to the rhythms of life,and our relationship to the harmonic rhythms of Nature and theUniverse.RHYTHM restores power.
When Winter is still with us,and whilst the days are lengthening and the promise of Spring is showing with the blooms of Magnolias,fragrant Daphne,and delicate Helebore,we are in tune still with the solar phase 4.This phase 4 Energy is designed to key us into a thoughtful reflective state,where we begin to reflect on the feeling that life is good and will be even more enriched, when some of our RHYTHMS and habits are changed,and inspiring new ones introduced.
This stage of the ‘Living In Harmony’ journey heralds the closing phase of the year long quest to gain insight,the understanding of our own nature,and the way we spend our days.RHYTHM is the eleventh step, the one where we pause and consider how we have spent the last eleven months,how in flow we are with time.The Etheric Energy field which protects and assists the physical body to regenerate relates particularly with ‘Time’.It could be said that it is a ‘Time Body’.
Are we attuned to the flows of day and night,the change in seasons,the cycles of the moon?Is time our friend?Am I breatheing deeply freely?Is there a spring in my step,a smile on my face?Am I in flow with the natural wellspring of my own nature?When we infuse the appropriate RHYTHM into life we are less chaotic,time is with us and the harmony we feel ‘within’ is reflected back to us from ‘without’.
Its important to remember ……..sometimes its time to just stop………Stop and listen and observe to experience nature….When we do it becomes clear,that there is a great wisdom governing all natural processes,that everthing happens in accordance with natural laws.
LIVING IN HARMONY associated formulations
Energy Elixir:RHYTHM natural timing….FIVE YIN communication creativity
Energy Guardian :TRUTH harmonious and silent
Annette Mason Alchemist and creator of Living In Harmony