☯️ [New Podcast Episode 146!] Double Fire, Double Intensity, Double Fun! 🎧 💫


July 13,2026

Hello, Inspired Alchemists —

The Fire Horse is at a full gallop as we are halfway through 2026. The question is: are you enjoying the ride, or letting go of the reins?

The Fire Horse year in the Chinese calendar is associated with Double Fire... that's a lot of Fire even for the people who have a Fire Element energetic stack-up. It's no wonder things have felt fast, intense, and sometimes overwhelming. In episode 146, Jaye and Leta break down what the Fire Horse year actually means energetically, why the same year can feel like a gift to one person and an assault to another, and how your Five Element nature shapes your personal experience of it.

Summary of this episode:

  • What makes 2026 a Fire Horse year, and why that combination amplifies everything Fire represents, including joy, passion, and forward momentum.
  • The difference between controlling your outer world and creating from your inner center, and why the heart is called the supreme controller in Chinese medicine.
  • How each of the Five Elements, Fire, Earth, Wood, Water, and Metal, is likely to experience the Fire Horse year differently.
  • The Daoist concept of Xuan Fu, the body's energetic openings, and how closed doors leave you running on your own reserves while open doors connect you to Da Qi, or unlimited Cosmic Qi.
  • Why the free Open Your Doors Meditation can support you through this year's energy.

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Are you ready to go deeper into Alchemy, we have a live event coming up on July 25th: Alchemy Plant Spirit Connection along with Brittney Chowning in our new Alchemy Lab Workshop Series.

We hope to see you there!

Leta

&

Jaye

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The Alchemy Learning Center combines Leta Herman and Jaye McElroy's life’s work of over 25 years experience studying, practicing, and teaching Alchemy, the Five Elements, and the Nine Palaces all over the world. As co-hosts of the Inspired Action Podcast and owners of the Alchemy Learning Center and Alchemy Healing Center, they bring you in this newsletter engaging and comprehensive writings about these and other Daoist and Chinese Medicine concepts.

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