Steam Cave

Elemental Forces

This card speaks of connecting with elemental forces. The geometry here is of triangles and star tetrahedrons. The illustration was inspired by a hot springs steam cave in which the bather sits in medicinal waters inside the earth and listens to the pulse of the planet as the springs ebb and flow and gurgle. There is a womblike feeling within this cave in the earth, where fire heats water into steam.

You know how this feels, deep in your bones, though you may never have experienced it. Coming from a primal place in our cellular memory, this feeling holds the power of the elements and speaks directly to the relationship all humans have with those elements and with Mother Earth. Many traditions call in the elements as they begin sacred ceremony. In doing so, a deeper connection is established between the material world and the world of Spirit.

This card reminds you to honor your relationship to the earth and elemental forces, and to ground yourself in the knowing that wherever you go you are always home. Try constructing an elemental altar or placing photographs or art representing the elements somewhere where you will see them regularly. Find a way to honor the earth and her elemental forces in whatever way feels appropriate to you.

Reversed

You have been at odds with loved ones or colleagues and are in need of the wisdom of earth energies and elemental forces. Call in earth, air, fire, and water, and see what that feels like in your body. Realize that the ones you are at odds with are also of this earthly home. Take a fresh look at your situation and communicate from your heart.