This month we will be looking at connecting to the element of Fire. In this article I plan to explore a variety of ways we can work with this element to enhance all areas of your life. We will learn about the elementals associated with fire, their gifts and explore ways to strengthen your link with them.

Fire brings passion and power and is associated with transmutation and regeneration of energy. People that embrace the element of fire can be driven, motivated, courageous, and passionate and will be able to initiate change and provoke action.  The phoenix is always depicted as rising from flames thus symbolising death and re-incarnation; this is to show the transformative energy of Fire.  

One way we can harness the beneficial energy of fire is through undertaking candle magic. This can assist us to bring about positive change and to make decisions. The art of divining the future from shapes that form from hot candle wax is known as Ceromancy and is one of the oldest forms of divination. Different coloured candles may also be used to divine for different purposes. Here are a few examples of candle colours and their associated areas for divination:

• Yellow – communication

• Orange – creative inspiration

• Blue – knowledge

• Red – passion, love  and relationships

• Pink – compassion and friendships

• Green – career issues

• Purple or lavender – spirituality

Ceromancy is undertaken by dripping hot candle wax into a bowl of water. The shapes that occur when the wax solidifies are used to gain insight in to the future. It can be useful to keep a record of shapes and their meanings in a journal. This will enable you to build up a dictionary of symbols and their meanings for future reference. 

Fire fairies can be called upon to help us connect with our inner spiritual fire and expand our awareness. They support us when there is a need to change our perspective on life and see beyond our current situation. They can help us to re-ignite our inner passion and find new ways forward. 

Making and wearing a bracelet in red, orange, gold or deep yellow can also be a way of strengthening the connection with the fire fairies, to ask for their help. These striking colours will reinforce your link with this element. 

Bracelets can be made by entwining thin ribbons of two or three of the above colours and finishing them off with a bead made from a similar coloured crystal. Crystals associated with linking to the fairy realms or the element of fire can also be used such as: sunstone, fairy cross or staurolite, carnelian, amber, citrine, garnet and hematite. 

Dragons and Salamanders are associated with the element of Fire and considered solar animal totems. Some people believe that we have individual personal salamanders that assist us with activity and feeding our creative energy. They are said to help by motivating us to exercise our physical bodies, thus maintaining our natural creative flow.

Dragons are linked to protection, authority, motivation, good luck, wealth and success. Dragon energy helps us to assess situations and adapt if necessary. It represents leadership skills and is beneficial to work with when developing this area or mastering new skills. I have included a meditation below to assist you to connect with dragon energy to gain insight and wisdom:

• Start by sitting quietly and setting your intent to link with ancient dragon energy and gaining knowledge from its years of wisdom.

• If you wish, light a candle in one of the colours mentioned above.  This will assist to strengthen the link, especially if you have questions to ask related to one of the areas associated with the colour.

• Now, ground your energy by visualising small golden roots growing out of the soles of your feet and plant them deep in to the earth below you.

• Ask the dragons and Archangel Michael to provide you with protection during your meditation.

• Close your eyes and visualise a path unfolding in front of you. Step on to the path and walk along it, as it winds its way through a beautiful forest.

• Notice everything around you. It is spring and the forest is beginning to come alive with colour. Everything is undergoing a phase of growth and renewal.

• The path begins to come out in to a clearing and you start to climb gently up a mountainside. You stop and admire the view and feel the fresh air on your face.

• To your left is a small bush with large striking red flowers. You move closer to smell one of the flowers and notice that in the middle of each flower is a beautiful crystal.

• You pick one of the flowers and then continue on your journey up the mountain path.

• When you are almost at the top of the mountain you stop to rest and notice a cave opening in the mountainside. 

• Venturing in to the cave, you see a large dragon sitting to one side. It looks up and nods at you reassuringly and beckons you to sit down.

• The dragon welcomes you and says that it has been waiting to speak with you. He asks if he can see the beautiful flower that you are holding. You pass it to him and then sit on a rock nearby.

• He asks if you know what type of crystal is within the flower. Then he tells you that it is a Fire Agate and that it is very special.  It is a gift to support you during times of change. 

• The dragon takes the crystal out of the flower and passes the flower back to you. He tells you that he will connect with the crystal and provide guidance for your next phase of life. 

• He asks you what wisdom or knowledge you would like him to share with you on this visit. What are your questions?

• Spend some time now sitting and speaking with the dragon. Listen to his wise words. 

• Next the dragon passes the crystal back to you and you gently place it in to the flower. He tells you to keep the flower and use the crystal to access dragon knowledge again.

• He bids you farewell and you thank him and make your way out of the cave. 

• Walk gradually down the mountainside and along the path back through the forest.

• When you are ready, gently stretch and open your eyes. Ground your energy back into the room. 

• Now, when you are ready, write down the knowledge and wisdom that the dragon imparted to you during your visit.  

Over the past few months we have explored connecting with the four elements of Earth, Water, Air and Fire. We have discovered ways to work with the elementals associated with them, ways to develop the link with the specific element, background information and folklore related to the four elements. 

There are many other ways to work with the elements of nature through working with various belief systems such as Native American principles – shamanic methods, Pagan belief systems and Druidism to name a few. However, you do not have to be a part of any of these systems to work with the natural beauty of the elements and its associated elementals.

You can foster a more natural lifestyle to help the balance of the elements through exploring growing your own plants and vegetables, using renewable energies, recycling and in many other ways. These will assist the elemental kingdom to maintain the earth and look after our environment. 

To finish, here is a message I have channelled from the elementals associated with fire:

Take notice of the little things that occur around you at this time. Be humble and admire the light in all that you see. Put all your awareness into revelling in the little tasks and let the energy you harness through this assist you to make your dreams transpire. Ask us for inspiration to spark you in to action and complete your tasks with ease and a new sense of purpose. 

If you would like to enter for a free fairy reading next month, then please write in to me at tinamcnaughton13@gmail.com