Fixed Fire Meditation

Astrological Timing: Noon, Sun’s Hour, Sunday
Celestial Correspondences: Sun, Pallas, Leo, Sagittarius
Energies: Focus, Identity, Energy

This fixed fire sign helps you connect to your inner fire. Whether it be  solar themes of purpose and identity, fifth house themes of pleasure and romance, or Pallas themes around sharing your creative self with the world through your career, Leo season reminds you to fuel your inner flame. In this spell, reflect on how you share your warmth with the world through your creativity. 

You Will Need:

Candle, preferably orange, gold, red or yellow
¼ teaspoon olive oil, optional
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, optional
Candleholder
Fireproof dish
3 whole nutmegs, optional
Sharpie

Directions:

1. Anoint your candle with oil and a pinch of cinnamon. Place in a candleholder on a fireproof dish. Dim the lights in the room.
2. Light the candle (if using a match, you can connect to the cardinal fire imagery from the Celestial Spark Meditation) and close your eyes, breathing deeply and bringing your awareness to your body. 
3. After a few deep breaths, open your eyes and gaze at the candle flame. Notice its movements and how it is the only light in the room. Like the sun and other distant stars light up the dark of the cosmos, helping to define reality, so, too, does this candle flicker within the darkness of your meditative space.
4. Soften your eyes as you gaze, and allow the flickering movement of the light to calm your mind. Notice how the wax keeps the flame steady so that the flame doesn’t consume the wick. This is the power of fixed fire – keeping the flame steady and providing consistent warmth and light. 
5. Place the nutmegs in a triangle shape around the candle. When you feel ready, ponder the fixed fire, Leo, Sun, fifth house, and Pallas themes by asking yourself these questions:
   1. As you rotate the nutmegs around the candle, ask yourself, Like the sun has its orbiting planets, what activities, people, and passions do I have in my orbit?
   2. Watching the candlelight shine upon the nutmegs, ponder, “How do I share my light with the world?”
   3. What kind of steady flames do I have in my life? Which do I wish to maintain?
6. With these questions in mind, pick three things that are important to you. If celebrating your solar return (your birthday), you can pick from goals, mindset keywords, hobbies, or a relationship you wish to maintain. Identify three things that are important to you at this time and that you would like to nurture or hold steady in the next year. 
7. Use the Sharpie to draw a relevant symbol for each goal or idea onto each nutmeg. Watch the candlelight nurture the nutmeg with its warmth and place your hand above the three nutmegs.
8. Imagine a light within you, especially around your solar plexus and heart energy centers, glowing in harmony with the candle. This is your own inner light. Like the helium and hydrogen that fuel the sun, consider what things fuel your inner fire. Visualize the nutmeg also humming with the light.
9. Sprinkle the remaining cinnamon above the flame and atop the nutmegs, visualizing, this Sun-ruled spice nurturing your intentions. Let the candle burn down all the way, then keep the nutmegs on your altar, hold it during magickal meditations, place it in a sachet bag to keep on you, or use it in future spells (such as the Grow Your Passions Spells). Take the insight gleaned from this magickal meditation to guide your Leo season spells.

Energetic Enhancement

Hold a sunstone during this spell to aid your meditation and empower your own inner light. You can also combine this spell with the Apollo’s Chariot Inner Light Spell.

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