“Hide and Seek.”
The powers we keep concealed.
Doing more with less.
Secrecy.
To see but not be seen.
There is great power in the unknown, when we convert it then it is an asset, when we come up against it out there, it may be feared. That which remains hidden has it’s reasons.
Water is the qualities shared by both the hunter and the hunted.
Caution, vigilance, night watchman, fearlessness, courage, power, will, endurance, survival.
All of Water can be seen in that silent moment of crouching, the intense concentration, the deep compelling forces, before the tiger leaps.
The ability to be very still, chameleon like.
Stalking is really stillness in motion.
Invisibility cloak.
Some of us stay hidden in order to get close to our prey. Others stay hidden to avoid getting eaten. Which one feels more like you will depend on the strength or deficiency of your Water Element.
It is our ace up our sleeve. Unassuming. Water always is dealing with issues of power or lack of power. Enforcing our will or doomed by the will of others.
Our ability to manage our assets in such a way that will ensure our survival.
How do we resolve our fear of what is lurking in the darkness? By turning on the light. It is the cultivation of wisdom which brings the unseen to light. Knowledge is power. Check mate. Know thy enemy.
The season associated with the Water Element is Winter. Everything we need to know about the Water Element can be observed in nature during Winter. Fundamentally it comes down to ability to survive and preservere as the days grow colder and darker. The ability to control our resources wisely. This is not the time of love and warmth, as in summer. Winter has very different lessons to teach us. Where do we turn as it grows dark and cold out there? What tender fire do we keep lit within ourselves, so that we can endure times of darkness. Will we see another Spring? In a world where so much is unknown do we have what it takes to face into the darkness and venture forth, sustained only by our faith, courage, wisdom and innate will? These are the teachings of Water.
The main organ systems associated with the Water Element are the Kidneys and the Urinary Bladder.
Signs and symptoms that our Water Element may need support:
The predominate emotion of the Water Element is fear which may manifest in any of the following ways:
- Restlessness, inability to be still.
- Sympathetic nervous system on high alert.
- Feeling like you are locked in a perpetual state of fight or flight.
- Issues evolving around power and domination.
- The inability to rest and be at peace.
- Most all kinds of phobias.
- Feeling hot at night, night sweats, night terrors.
- Reckless lack of fear.
- High libido, premature ejaculation.
Or almost the opposite:
- Frozen in fear.
- Lack of ambition.
- Lack of endurance.
- Lack of drive that is related to lack of will.
- Low libido, inability to maintain erection or reach orgasm.
- Feel cold and tired like a dinosaur on a cold day.
- Fear of making any move because “it could be the wrong move”.
- The overwhelming feeling of pending doom.
- Feeling powerless, as if your will has been over run by the will of others.
- Most all sexual issues have some relationship to the Water Element.
- Frequent, urgent, dribbling or copious urination.
- Bed wetting or other nocturnal emissions.
- Incontinence of all kinds including money and secrets or anything else that we are challenged to keep contained or hold on to.
- Premature aging, graying hair, loose teeth.
- Weak bones.
- Bad teeth.