03/12/2025
Feel your fire rising?
Expanding into the brightest, warmest, most expressive phase of the Chinese medicine seasonal wheel.
This is the Peak of Yang in the year: light at its fullest, energy at its most expansive, spirit at its most awake.
Fire invites us into a different way of being…
It asks us to open, to feel, to connect, to express — and to allow ourselves to be illuminated from the inside out.
In Five Element theory, Summer carries two powerful archetypes:
❤️ The Lover — the part of us that seeks connection, intimacy, affection, and emotional warmth.
🛡️ The Heart Protector / Pericardium — the boundary-keeper of the heart, helping us connect with care, discernment, and emotional safety.
Together, they guide us through the spectrum of human feeling:
✨ love
✨ passion
✨ desire & sexuality
✨ creativity & expression
✨ joy
✨ gratitude
✨ companionship
✨ belonging
At the centre of it all is the Heart — the home of the Shen, our spirit.
When the Shen is settled, we feel peaceful, inspired, connected, and emotionally attuned.
When Fire is balanced, we experience warmth that nourishes rather than overwhelms.
Let this be a Summer of soft expansion, heartfelt expression, embodied pleasure, and the kind of joy that settles deeply into the spirit.
May your Fire burn bright — and may your heart feel held as it opens. ❤️🔥