My personal relationship with Summer
#1 Season Magic | Summer edition
I’ve been lucky enough to have always had noticeable seasons in the three places & countries I’ve lived in. Long & hot summer days, orange-colored & windy Autumn landscapes, cold & wet rainy - sometimes snowy - winters, and ohh the brightest and freshness of Spring. And like many, I do too have my favorites and fewer favorite seasons.
Since living in the Nederlands and for a bit in Barcelona, Spain, my least favorite season has been Summer. The reason is the temperature.
This hasn’t always been like this. Growing up in central Chile on the sea coast, Summer was my favorite season. What has changed? Well, to start the temperature in Central Chile in those days never went up the 30 degrees Celsius, and even though the Sun is strong like hell over there and you can get burned in minutes, there’s always a fresh, even cold, freeze coming from the sea, thank to the Humboldt Sea Current. Moreover, the temperatures always go considerably lower as soon as the sun makes its departure. You always needed to change clothes; put on some trousers and something with long sleeves, otherwise, you’d get cold.
Well, not in the Netherlands or Barcelona! Where temperature may differ by a few degrees between night and day and you have plenty of humidity. Unfortunately, since living in the Netherlands I no longer live by the coast but instead in the south-middle part of the country. There’s not much cooling down in the night or cold freeze; it’s always hot, and even with windows open you’ll still be hot and sweating while being eaten by mosquitos. Even more, I’m kind of allergic to mosquitos over here, especially the tiger kind ones.
The high temperature at night with the fan at some point only flowing hot air and therefore have quite a crappy night, attempting to go out during the day with the heating sun, temperatures above 30 degrees sometimes almost to 40, and especially 40 or more in Spain, well summer becomes kind of a nightmare.
I don’t do well at all levels during those hots periods. Physically, I get a lot of headaches, I get tired and slow, I sweat a lot, and get acne-like rashes on my face, neck, and even shoulders. This type of weather literally sucks my energy out of my body. It also makes me feel mentally and emotionally drained, and simply I don’t want to go anywhere or be with anyone. I stay in my cave most of the time.
This season is often inspiration and productivity-wise my least favorable one.
Sometimes I think there is also another factor at play: I was born in the Southern Hemisphere, Chile. Where the seasons are reversed. This means that while I’m experiencing Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, where I live now, in my roots this is my Wintertime. This is just a hunch I have, as far as I know, there are no scientific facts for this theory.
Ever since I went through treatments, I’ve been in love with the sun - before I didn’t so much - and during summer this means getting up quite early just to be able to go outside in the early hours of the morning where I don’t feel like a vampire going outside. Yet, this ain’t possible I’ve had a crappy night!
And why am I telling you all of this?
Well, this is just a simple example of how things, the season, and Cyclical Living are not the same for all of us. With Cyclical Living we have structures, but structures are not rules.
If we look at the medicine, energy, and magic of the Summer season you’ll find mostly that this season is a happy one, a productive one, because nature is most abundant during this time. This is the time when animals - including human beings - are out and about. Short nights, with not much sleep, still are many able and more than capable to work hard and make things happen. This is the fire season, full of energy, vitality, strong willpower, and the ability to manifest. This season IS the manifestation season.
This is mostly possible when we feel this ⬆️ way. If we don’t, this isn’t our manifestation season. And as I said, it doesn’t mean that those of us who don’t feel that great during this time, aren’t able to manifest. Again, Cyclical Living has a structure, without rules. Now, it’s a matter to look for our own ‘Summer’ Season, meaning yours may be Autumn instead of Summer.
For me to be able to enjoy Summer at its fullest, means I’d need to be able to cool down. This would mean living near the sea again where I can go in the seawater to cool down as often as I can, be outside under a parasol, and have natural fresh nights. However, this is not possible right at this minute, so I need to adapt to my body holistically instead of forcing myself into a structure that clearly is not agreeing with me at this moment → this is not my best form of summer!
For now, taking cold showers instead, and avoiding what makes me feel bad at all levels is what I need to do in order to go through this season.
And this rambling piece inspired me to create my first Cyclical Living Journaling page to share with you!*
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🖊️ Tell me what you think or your experience with this Summer Season in the comment!
Warm hugs (combined with a bit of sea breeze to cool down in case you need it ;p),
Vane