The Medicine Wheel is a tool used across shamanic cultures. It helps us to give context and perspective to our human experiences when viewed through the qualities of the directions and their associated elements. We can use the wheel to explore how the elemental qualities are expressed through us as individuals, in our relationships, in our communities and as a broader social collective. It is a compass by which we can navigate our lives.
The Medicine Wheel transforms a story of wounding into a story of healing. We can work to understand how the elemental forces express themselves through our experiences. We can look at where the elements might be out of balance or where there may be a misdirection of their power. Once this is established, we can learn how to restore the balance and bring in the healing.
Any kind of ritual or ceremonial work needs to be held in a strong, safe container and the Medicine Wheel provides this. To open sacred space I use the wheel, calling in the powers of all 7 directions and their associated elements. Medicine wheels vary between cultures and a quick search online will show you just how many variations there are. The medicine wheel that I work with has the directions/elements placed as follows :
East/Fire - the time of birth, initiation, new beginnings, passion, anger, destruction, renewal
South/Water - the time of childhood, vulnerability, emotions, cleansing, fear, indulgence, purity
West/Air - the time of the teenager, thought patterns, independence, ideas, dreams, perspective
North/Earth - the maturity of adulthood, grounding, ancestors, habits, rigidity, suppression
Below/Mother - Nurture, transformation, life force, the feminine, fierceness, suffocation, destruction
Above/Father - Discipline, life force, the masculine, power, tyranny, foresight, disconnection, connection
Centre - Great mystery, everything, nothing, pure potential, dreaming, expansion, limitless
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