Element:  Nitrogen Chakra:  Earth Star Sign:  Aries Mantra:  I Am Nitrogen. I Am the invisible breath that sustains life. Activation:  Firmly press your heels into the ground and breathe deeply. On the first day, Nitrogen reveals itself as an invisible breath. Its name comes from the Greek words nitron  (natron, a mineral salt) and gen  (generator), meaning the one that generates vital salt. Though it has no color or scent, it is a creative substance, a spark that gives rise

Element:  Carbon Chakra:  Earth Star Sign:  Aries Mantra: I Am Carbon. I Am the eternal ember that ignites life. Activation: Firmly press your heels into the ground and breathe deeply. On the first day, Carbon ignites as an eternal ember. Its name, from the Latin carbo , speaks of coal and of the fire that transforms matter. Since ancient times, humanity has kindled embers to illuminate the night and bring warmth to the darkness. In the heart of Carbon burns that same spark:

Element:  Boron Chakra:  Earth Star Sign:  Aries Mantra: I Am Boron. I Am the spark that rises from the white salt of the Earth. Activation: Firmly press your heels into the ground and breathe deeply. The first day of the Boron cycle returns us to the white salt of the Earth. Its name comes from the Arabic buraq  and the Persian burah , words that evoke brightness, purity, luminosity. From them comes borax, a mineral that since ancient times has been used as a cleansing and t

Element:  Beryllium Chakra:  Earth Star Sign:  Aries Mantra:  I Am Beryllium. I Am the clarity born as a gem within the rock. Activation: Press your heels firmly into the Earth and breathe deeply. The first day of the Beryllium cycle takes us to the heart of the precious stone.Its name comes from the Greek beryλλos  ( beryllos ), a green–blue gemstone, ancestor of what we now call emerald. From its origins, this element was tied to clarity, light caught in the stone, radiance

Element:  Lithium Chakra:  Earth Star Sign:  Aries Mantra:  I Am Lithium. I Am the spark hidden within the stone. Activation:  Take a firm step, pressing the heels into the Earth, and breathe deeply. The Lithium cycle begins with a spark hidden within stone. Its name comes from the Greek lithos , meaning stone. It was discovered in minerals, concealed within the depths of the Earth, like a secret fire waiting to be recognized. Lithium does not reveal itself in air or water, b

Element:  Helium Chakra:  Earth Star Sign:  Aries Mantra:  I Am Helium. I Am the light that ignites at dawn. Activation:  Press your heels firmly into the Earth, breathe deeply, and repeat: I Am. The first day of the Helium cycle introduces us to a solar god.Its name comes from the Greek helios , meaning sun, and it was not discovered on Earth but in the sky, when in 1868 astronomers observed an eclipse and detected an unknown line in the light of the Sun. Thus it appeared be

Chakra:  Earth Star Sign:  Aries Mantra:   I Am Hydrogen. I Am the first heartbeat of the universe. Activation:  Take a firm step grounding your heels, breathe deeply, and repeat: I Am. The Path of the Alchemist begins with the first of all elements: Hydrogen.Light, almost invisible, and yet present in nearly everything. Nearly seventy-five percent of the visible matter of the universe is made of it. It appeared in the very first moments of the Big Bang, when the ocean of fie