BEAUTY: GOLD : THE METAL SEASON AND HEALTH

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BEAUTY: GOLD : THE METAL SEASON AND HEALTH

(l ) via Claude Cahun & Linda Benglis

Healthy metal can work to purge negativity, let go of a bad relationship or situation, grieve its loss appropriately and give way to self-reflection, and the bigger picture of its place in our life’s story; metal is beautiful and poetic and shiny, like gilded gold. Healthy metal is a treasure.

Unhealthy metal is clinging and hanging on, even if it is not good for us. It's a bit desperate, it doesn't want to let go. Unhealthy metal or metal out of balance can also be about giving up too easily or letting go of relationships too abruptly. The romance of fall draws us internally whether we like it or not and requires a stillness that winter will capitalize on as it stores up its resources to make it through hibernation so we have strength again to build in spring (again, wood, mentioned above).

Healthy metal is sentimental (Ahh, wasn’t that a glorious trip to the Caribbean? All that golden sun, the warm breeze…). Healthy metal is moral- concerned with doing the right thing. Healthy metal is interested in integrity and straightforwardness. Bad metal is stubborn, nice metal is soft while still being able to stand strong upon its beliefs. Metal corresponds to our “self-worth” on many levels: monetarily, how we think people view us or how we want them to see us, and our moral code. Metal is also money-oriented. It’s concerned with a bit of flash and showing off the finer things. Metal likes material luxury —gold rings and gold things being the ultimate, most precious metal to show off our status.

October 2013