CREATIVE PROMPTS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST

Welcome to Leo season—a fiery month that befits this blazing fire sign. A month that is characterised in the Northern Hemisphere by hot, hot heat and in the Southern Hemisphere by coming together around the family hearth. Creating warmth and stoking the fire. 

This month is, thus, the perfect time to tune into the fire within. To build a bonfire or light a candle. To cook over flame and feel its sensations dancing across the tastebuds. While camping, we placed a whole sweet potato into the heart of the fire and it emerged soft and golden as a sunrise. 

Flickering flame can offer a beautiful anchor for our creative practice too—whether through writing by candlelight, or creating beside an open fireplace. There is just something so primal about this process; a sense of tapping into the ancient history of human creation. Of stories shared on common ground. 

Fire is a powerful accompaniment for rituals of all kinds really—dining, creating, and manifesting our dreams. So lean into its warmth this month and sparkle like the Leo lion. ‘There's no in between with the Sun-ruled’, writes Linda Goodman of this larger-than-life star sign. Their eyes may be soft on the surface, but do not be fooled, for they ‘snap and crackle with fire’. 

Where does your inner fire burn from?

1. Gather some kindling with your hands

   Honour where it has been

   And honour where it is going
   
   

2. Start to build your fire

   Where do you feel the warmth?

3. Map how the fire morphs

What changes do you notice in yourself?

In your body: 

Emotional self: 

Creative practice: 

4. Watch the flames

What do they make you feel?


5. [Fire meditation]

Write down a wish for the month ahead

Meditate and feel it flickering inside

Offer your wish up to the fire

6. Let yourself dance like fire

How do you feel when you go with the flow?

7. Light a candle

Create what comes to you

8. Write down what comes to you, stream of consciousness style

---*fire building exercise 

things that set the soul aflame

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fill out the blanks until you feel the spark