We Are Still in Spring

Build the hearth. Tend the fire. Then let the Horse carry you.

Right now there is a lot of collective focus on new beginnings - new years, new moons, significant astrological shifts - in particular, the year of the Fire Horse, and rightly so! The speed, the power, the once-in-a-lifetime intensity of it all. The “horse” is a prominent force. 

But what I’m not seeing much attention given to is the element that sits underneath it -

The Fire 🔥 

Right now we are being thrust into what I can only describe as a “false summer”.

There is a palpable urge to explode, to push, to do.

You may experience this as a long-awaited surge of energy, courage and confidence, like you're finally feeling ready to propel yourself forward and out of that longstanding funk.

That’s good, right?

Yes.

And no.

What you are experiencing is extreme for this season.

We are in spring, don't forget. 

Winter (water) gathered you inward.

Spring (wood) is about growth, direction, structure.

Summer (fire) is full expression.

When fire throws itself out in all directions it can obscure what you think you need to do.

Imagine flames leaping wild in every direction. Who knows what they might ignite? 

We don’t just want to set light to things for the sake of setting light to things, or because we can, or because it’s "out of our control".

Fire is the heart.

It governs awareness. Expression. The place we move from, speak from.

When the heart is steady, you don’t have to force anything. You don’t have to push your truth. You don’t have to raise your voice to be heard.

There’s a radiance.

But when fire becomes wild, urgent, excessive, scattered, the heart gets overheated.

And when the heart overheats, you lose discernment.

You think you’re being bold, but you’re reacting.

You think you’re speaking your truth, but you’re discharging heat.

Don’t let this wild energy distort your truth.

Use it.

Be aware of it.

Feel into it.

Let it guide you.

Apply too much force or try to control it, and you may find yourself getting burnt.

Because reacting to heat with more heat is not transformation. It’s reactivity and we don’t want to leap from one form of pressure straight into another - out of the frying pan and into the fire!

Remember: It’s SPRING.

Spring is where we build the hearth.

It’s where we create the structure that will later allow us the flexibility and freedom to move.

This is the season of learning to walk before we jump.

Of strengthening roots before reaching upward.

Of shaping the environment that can hold our expansion.

If you skip this stage, summer burns out.

If you honour it, summer radiates.

You need the hearth to hold the fire. 

And this isn’t just conceptual. This is physical! 

You may notice anxiety rising.

Heat in the body.

Flushed skin.

Restlessness in the blood.

Changes in circulation.

Cold one moment, heat the next.

The body does not separate itself from the seasons.

It responds.

Fire lives in the blood.

In the vessels.

In the warmth that circulates through you.

When fire rises too quickly, you feel it.

Subtle anxiety.

A sense of urgency.

An inner pressure that wasn’t there before.

Mine happened overnight following the new moon.

The middle finger of my right hand - the Pericardium meridian.

No coincidences.

The body speaks all the time.

Not to show us what’s wrong, but to point us toward where balance is needed.

Extreme heat.

Extreme cold.

Tightness.

Surges.

These are not random.

They are messages.

The wisdom of nature is not outside of us, it moves through us, and we must be willing to notice.

In my way of reading the body, this is not pathology, it’s communication.

The vessels tell us when there is too much pressure.

The skin tells us when heat is rising.

The heart tells us when it feels pushed.

Anxiety is not always something to silence. Sometimes it is fire asking for containment, or for movement.

The body is constantly delivering guidance, not to alarm us, but to help us return to balance.

The energy this year may take you places that are not in your control. But what you can take charge of is:

The vehicle you use - the Horse.

The hearth you build - the structure and environment that will hold your fire.

The space in which you allow the energy to move - the wider currents of nature, the forces that are designed to keep us balanced.

The Horse is energetic. A free spirit. She needs space to express herself.

The hearth is what contains that energy so it warms rather than scorches.

And the space - the connection to the polar forces, the rhythms of nature - is what keeps you from tipping too far in one direction.

We can absolutely use this year to become the unstoppable leaders we aspire to be - without an aggressive fight.

If the horse in you is wild, give her space to run that energy off.

Create space for her to return to pasture.

Open the gate to her paddock.

But build the hearth first, so when the heat rises it warms rather than scorches.

And when summer truly arrives, you are not reacting to pressure, you are moving from alignment.

This is not about suppressing the fire. It is about cultivating an “inner summer” that will support you moving forward consciously.

Not chaotic. Not pressured. Not driven by performance.

But connected to your body, your environment, your energy, your heart, your truth.

So you can shape your year like never before.

Consciously connected and able to navigate with the currents of nature - just as you are designed to! 

Then the Horse doesn’t drag you.

She carries you.

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Wishing you a beautiful, steady, wild journey through this new year.

Much love x