The Fire Type:
| The energy of Fire is radiant. Your energy is flowing and you are excitable, enthusiastic, impatient, spontaneous, quick to react, self-centered, and overly objective. Your natural high spirits give you self-esteem. Strength comes in spurts. A strong desire for self-expression and the need for freedom are your dominate characteristics. Being cooped up depletes your life force; you need vigorous physical activity during the daytime, preferably out in the sunshine, with as much contact with the sun as possible. Winter in cold climates is hard on you, but sufficient outdoor activity during the hot summer months will allow you to store your elemental energy against the gloom of indoor winter months. Your energy goes down when the sun does. Early to bed, early to rise is a good health habit. Illness, which can be brought on by overexcitement and a lack of proper rest, is difficult for you as you dislike being confined and inactive. You need to develop patience with illness |
| or infirmity; premature return to activity can bring on a relapse. Restore your balance by incorporating sunlight into your healing process. You are prone to the syndrome known as SAD, or seasonal affective disorder, caused by lack of sunlight. Light treatment can help. You tend to suffer from headaches; injuries resulting from impulsive behavior; heart problems due to overwork and over-activity; and chronic back pain, which is often the product of lack of rest. When you are ill or recovering, other Fire Types are healing for you because they replenish your energy. Air types are good, but they can tire you with their endless mental speculations. Avoid Earth and Water types; Earth smothers you; Water drenches your Fire. Some flower remedies that will help to renew you are Heather, for self-centeredness; Impatiens, for lack of patience; Hornbeam, for mental and physical exhaustion; and Vervain, for tension and stress. |
| The energy of Earth is related closely to the physical plane and senses. Your energy is stable and you are patient, reliable, hardworking, commonsensical, practical, and stubborn. You have extraordinary stamina. The desire for concrete results and the self-discipline needed to get them are your dominant characteristics. You need to be in physical contact with your element. You need to get your hands and feet into the soil, and to handle growing things and the solid basic material of the Earth, such as rocks and minerals. Crystal therapy works wonders for Earth Types. Though you have great physical stamina, you are not inclined to physical exertion, and you need to push yourself to exercise regularly. You need to go at your own pace, especially in the matter of sleeping and waking. Being rushed can make you ill, literally, or delay recovery. When ill, you |
The Earth Type:
| recuperate slowly, but steadily and thoroughly. Pragmatic even when ill, you are a serene patient if you are convinced the treatment will produce concrete results. You tend to have throat problems, to get colds with sore throats as a result of emotional congestion or pushing your endurance level beyond its limit by continuing to work long past your time to rest. You are prone to digestive upsets resulting from nerves and your desire for perfection. Bones can be brittle .. women especially need to guard against osteoporosis .. and teeth can cause problems. Regular dental checkups are a must. Skin, too, is sensitive and can become dry and scaly if not cared for properly. Restore balance by cultivating your sensuous side, not only when ill but as a preventative measure. Massage and scented body lotions are good choices. When ill or recovering, associating with Fire people energizes you, and you find Water Types soothing. Other Earth Types can make the atmosphere too heavy; avoid Air Types, whose lack of common sense annoys you. Some flower remedies that will help to renew you are Beech, to combat self-criticism; Chicory, for possessiveness; Mustard, for melancholy; and Oak, for heavy responsibilities. |
