Are you familiar with the medicine wheel? I'm so excited to share this wisdom with you today!!!! I hope you find todays post truly transformational, medicinal and self empowering. As you use this wisdom each month for your cycle and your sacred time management planning, your life will absolutely become synced in awareness of the natural cycles. You will be aware of receiving assistance from our ancestors, and the wisdom of the 4 directions. I'm calling this version of the medicine wheel "The sacred law of 4 ~ The Feminine Wheel of Life"...
Before we begin it is with the deepest respect that we honour the keepers of this wisdom. We acknowledge the sacredness of this work and thank the ancient ones and the star people for making this wisdom available to us, the tribe of many colours, sacred women in service to the divine. We thank you Great Spirit Father Sky, Mother Earth & Spirit Tree for the wisdom and guidance you bestow in our hearts as we walk this sacred path of life.
The ancients used medicine created wheels as places of prayer and ceremony. Working with the 4 directions in this way brought the people of the tribe into alignment with the 4 elements, the 4 directions and Grandfather Sky, Mother Earth, Grandmother Moon & Father Sun. Inside the medicine wheel was a map of each person in the tribes birth, their shadows and their gifts & the medicine totems they needed. It brought peace to their land and ushered in powerful transformation until the white man came (or the christians in the case of the celtic people).
We are co creating life with all of nature, all of the time. Wether we are conscious of it or not, this life is a co creation. Our life is our ritual, our art and our service to the greater good of all of the cosmos. When we live our lives in this sacred way, our actions become our prayers.
It seems only fitting that our final lesson is bringing our intended lifestyle into alignment with our cycle & the cycles of life through the 5 elements. But first some history about the medicine wheel.
The medicine wheel is a symbol that represents the circle of life and death.
Historically, the monuments were constructed by laying stones in a particular pattern on the ground oriented to the four directions. Most medicine wheels follow the basic pattern of having a center of stone, and surrounding that is an outer ring of stones with "spokes" (lines of rocks) radiating from the center to the cardinal directions (East, South, West and North). (Wikkepedia)
As explained on 'Native Voices'
The Medicine Wheel and the Four Directions
The Medicine Wheel, sometimes known as the Sacred Hoop, has been used by generations of various Native American tribes for health and healing. It embodies the Four Directions, as well as Father Sky, Mother Earth, and Spirit Tree—all of which symbolize dimensions of health and the cycles of life.
The Medicine Wheel can take many different forms. It can be an artwork such as artifact or painting, or it can be a physical construction on the land. Hundreds or even thousands of Medicine Wheels have been built on Native lands in North America over the last several centuries.
Movement in the Medicine Wheel and in Native American ceremonies is circular, and typically in a clockwise, or “sun-wise” direction. This helps to align with the forces of Nature, such as gravity and the rising and setting of the Sun.
Meanings of the Four Directions
Different tribes interpret the Medicine Wheel differently. Each of the Four Directions (East, South, West, and North) is typically represented by a distinctive color, such as black, red, yellow, and white, which for some stands for the human races. The Directions can also represent:
- Stages of life: birth, youth, adult (or elder), death
- Seasons of the year: spring, summer, winter, fall
- Aspects of life: spiritual, emotional, intellectual, physical
- Elements of nature: fire (or sun), air, water, and earth
- Animals: Eagle, Bear, Wolf, Buffalo and many others
- Ceremonial plants: tobacco, sweet grass, sage, cedar
The Sacred Law of 4 & The Feminine Wheel of Life
It is made up of 4 sacred circles, that represent the circle of life, they merge together to form one beautiful flower...
The 4 directions North, South, East & West, along with the 4 elements; Earth, Air, Fire, Water.. The 4 seasons; Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn. As well as the 4 Archetypes; Crone, Maiden, Mother, Maga. And the 4 phases of the moon; New, Waxing, Full and Waning.
When we work with the Sacred Law of 4 we are working with the of the earth, we become finely attuned with the natural rhythms & cycles of life both within and without. This in turn brings immense harmony & insight to our earth experience. The sacred law of 4 is considered by some as earth astrology and provides a platform/map for our lives.
A medicine wheel can be created for any cycle, a year, each season, your whole life!? For this exercise we are learning how to create & work with the medicine wheel for our menstrual cycle, integrating the elements explained above. Over time you will begin to experience each of the elements in your very unique way, as you will also experience your cycle in your own very unique way.
Finding feminine consistency is less about linear schedules and more about cyclic schedules. Creating your month according to the energies and archetypes that support your journey. Beginning your month after your bleed with inspiration, goal setting, dreaming, building to optimize your ovulation phase, then moving into the transformation phase where you can transform, heal and prepare for the deep let go and dreaming that happens with your cycle... We women have super powers and when we tune into the rythms that nature intended for us we get so much more done in much less time... Creating ample time to rest, replenish, be wild, be soft, snuggle up, seduce our lover, dance in the rain, work on our project, play with our kids, and put our best foot forward...
The point is, the feminine wheel of life is making the transition from doing it on your own, to doing it with life, with the help of the 4 directions, the Goddess, the mOon, the Sun, the Stars, and the wisdom of our bodies!
I'm offering free workshops about this subject if your would like to dive a little deeper into these waters click here ..
Thanks for reading...
Many blessings sister xxx Jadey
