Autumn Is A Time For Change
Nov 3rd, 2009 by Janie Behr
When we are centered, we are self-aware and can begin to synchronize who we are on the inside with our external environment.
Autumn: This is not a time for hustling, though many of us—myself included—have had to fight off the urge. Instead it is a time to reflect, contemplate and gather new tools and meet new people. We need to have the knowledge and insight to change during spring and summer. It is a time to consider and prioritize ways to let information sink in and see how it can be used to our advantage. Autumn’s associated element is metal—from which we gather strength and endurance. In holistic arts, it is important to see the seasons, elements, and their energies as integrated and flowing—not disconnect.
How you enter one season influences the next season.
It is important to bring your attention back to your self—checking in to see what is most needed to fulfill your authentic goals. Fire is what brings us into the strength of metal, yet at the end of its cycle metal softens into water (the winter season) which generates your most creative cycle. So after energetic pursuit, gathering, and understanding of information, winter offers the flexible power for shaping information into new life, is what is considered the most creative of the seasonal periods, which will, give way to springs’ energy of rebirth and renewal.
