Have you ever really sat with the duality of fire?

We talk about the elements all the time in magic, but fire especially carries something primal. It’s the force that cooks our food, warms our homes, lights our candles... and burns shit to the ground when it needs to.

When fire is balanced, it brings life.

You feel energized, focused, creative, turned on by your own vision. There’s movement. Motivation. A spark. It’s like your spirit is lit from within, and things start to flow. You feel protective, not defensive. Powerful, not chaotic. Present, not reactive.

But when fire is unbalanced?

It can erupt as rage, impulsiveness, anxiety, burnout, or that sudden desire to destroy everything you just built.

Or it can collapse entirely, going cold, numb, disoriented, like the light inside you dimmed without warning.

And it’s not just emotional. You can see fire’s duality everywhere - in the world, in our relationships, in our timelines. The same flame that brings warmth can also bring destruction. The same passion that fuels your purpose can turn toxic if it’s never grounded or witnessed.

This is the nature of fire. Not here to be controlled but to be tended to.

So the next time you work with the elements, or call fire into a ritual or a spell, I invite you to feel into all its layers. The part that glows and looks beautiful on your altar, but also the part that challenges you, tests you, and tells you the truth you’ve been avoiding.

Fire is sacred.
But it’s never one-dimensional.

And that’s what makes it powerful.