Let’s Harness the Power of the September 22nd Equinox – Cultivating Balance!

We are once again coming up to a transition moment for the rhythm and cycles of Earth. In the TCM Five Element System, these transition moments the times between each rhythm and season belong to the Earth element (Spleen and Stomach Meridians).

The equinox energies are so amazing! I absolutely love to take full advantage of them. It is all about balance. 

Twice a year we have an explicate invitation to come into balance. To reflect. To harmonize. To open to the Yin (feminine) and the Yang (masculine) energies that are within every form of creation and honor them equally. It is through this portal that we can invite our inner system, subtle energy bodies, and our outer systems to equalize and restore balance.

Giving yourself the give of working with the equinox energies opens the flow of energy into the next phase of the cycle from a place of balance and harmony.

For those in the northern hemisphere, the next phase is Metal (Lung and Large Intestine Meridians).

Metal is the time of Autumn, reflection, and harvest. It is the last element in the creation cycle so it is also a place where we explore endings. It is where we have the opportunity to gain a higher perspective and see that which we created. To take stock and enjoy the fruits of our creations and work. It is where we can see what is working and what isn’t. During Metal, we directly interact with the Law of Constant motion through the life cycle. Each cycle has a beginning, middle, end, and then a return to nothingness. Metal is a time of allowing the grief and loss of these cosmic cycles and laws to be present. To witness the impact of this law in all its different forms so that you can release your attachments to that which is naturally shifting and open to allowing the cycle to continue. The emotional energy of Metal can often be “bittersweet”. You move in and out of experiencing the contraction of the cycles ending to the expansion of the truth that we are all one and connected no matter which forms the energy is housed in. Metal, when balanced, calls forward a deep sense of release, inspiration, and the ability to let go so that you can move into the next cycle of creation that is calling you forward into. 

For those in the southern hemisphere the next phase you are moving into after the September Equinox is that of Wood (Liver and Gallbladder Meridians)!

You are shifting from that place of winter, stillness, and allowing your body to call forward what it would like to create in this new cycle. Winter was a place to see what fears might be holding your creative energies hostage and opening to allowing those emotional energies to be dissolved so that you can nurture any new creations that are wanting to be born through this cycle. Think of seed germinating in the darkness of the soil. It is in the process of gathering its form and starting to grow a root structure that will help it as it continues to grow. Toward the end of winter, that seed feels an urge to not only put in roots but also start to break through and work its way to the sun and the light. It must begin to move up and down at the same time and into motion. The wood energies have a driving quality to them.  It is the energy of assertion and action. It is the energy of movement. Caution here, if the seed grows too fast, pushes too hard with the up motion, and forgets to also ground itself with its root system the growth and movement aren’t balanced. Kindness, compassion, and temperance are needed to harness the power of Wood so that your actions are directed in a balanced way. The assertive energies can easily shift into anger, resentment, and judgments binding the system and having a creation cycle that is building a structure that is unsustainable. 

During this equinox I invite you to take some time to reflect and see how you are doing with:

• Balance, 
• Nourishment, 
• and Sustainability within your systems (inner and outer).

Journal Questions:

• What areas are doing great and rocking it out? Take a moment and celebrate them and give gratitude and love to them! 
• What areas might need attention?
• What is coming forward for you to shift or change so that you can create more balance, harmony, and union in your systems?

This reflection exercise will help your system to be able and step into its next natural rhythm element with greater balance, health, and vitality.

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