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I'm about to begin the whole 'self inventory' process myself as well as working the Elements in a structured way.
I agree though that most positive and negative traits can be assigned to any Element if you analyze it long enough.
When I first started studying the human qualities associated with Earth, Air, Water, and Fire and trying to decide where I was deficient or out of balance my main discovery was "Damn all my S***'s are out of whack..." Lol
Truth is I'm overly afflicted with 'Air' being a Mercury influenced Gemini and I'm always in my head over thinking things.
It also makes me indecisive because I'm always weighing pros and cons about everything.
So on one hand the process should be easy to adopt because it's the type of thing I do naturally....but it will also be difficult because I have to shift from judging things that are external to me to judging things that are internal and have to be dealt with.
Like @pixel_fortune I had a volatile childhood but to my detriment I repressed it my entire life and have just now started to remember things that I had locked away in my mind.
I was an only child though so unfortunately I didn't have a brutally honest sibling around to wake me up.
So... now I have to wake myself up and so far it has not been pleasant.
From my current perspective Elemental Shadow work is going to be a necessary process but also very difficult and super not enjoyable.
I agree though that most positive and negative traits can be assigned to any Element if you analyze it long enough.
When I first started studying the human qualities associated with Earth, Air, Water, and Fire and trying to decide where I was deficient or out of balance my main discovery was "Damn all my S***'s are out of whack..." Lol
Truth is I'm overly afflicted with 'Air' being a Mercury influenced Gemini and I'm always in my head over thinking things.
It also makes me indecisive because I'm always weighing pros and cons about everything.
So on one hand the process should be easy to adopt because it's the type of thing I do naturally....but it will also be difficult because I have to shift from judging things that are external to me to judging things that are internal and have to be dealt with.
Like @pixel_fortune I had a volatile childhood but to my detriment I repressed it my entire life and have just now started to remember things that I had locked away in my mind.
I was an only child though so unfortunately I didn't have a brutally honest sibling around to wake me up.
So... now I have to wake myself up and so far it has not been pleasant.
From my current perspective Elemental Shadow work is going to be a necessary process but also very difficult and super not enjoyable.