Element of Water: Emotional Problems?

Is the Element of Water a symbol of emotional problems or a lack of flow in your life?

What's with all these water problems? I mean by that, problems I'm having with the water element.

For several months, I've had every imaginable water problem. That includes roof leaks, leaky toilets, ice dispensers overflowing out the door of the house, backyard flooding, sprinkler systems not sprinkling, wells not flowing, ad nauseum. Why all the water issues?

I'm drinking plenty of water and enjoying long, hot baths. No health issues related to water, at least. Like dehydration or incontinence. Thank goodness.

But the water element is also a symbol of emotions and their flow. Being a Pisces several times over, I do tend to live in my emotions. I no longer dam up anger, for example, but let it out. I've become quite good, in fact, at allowing my darker emotions to flow. That doesn't mean I let them all flow, and it's studying the element of water that makes me realize this.

I have particular currents of emotion that I have not been able to let flow over the winter months, even though I've not allowed my heart to ice over either or my blood to cool. I've let those currents swirl in little eddies but not take their natural course forward because their channels have been altered for the moment. It's not a permanent control of the flow, either externally or internally, but for the moment, some things cannot be allowed, and those emotions want badly to find their way out again. The channels are deep and as strong as ever, even if they are blocked for a while. When the time comes, the rocks will be removed one by one until one...probably near the start...gives way to a gushing of emotion I've held back. Sometimes life must be structured like that until things flow freely again.

Meanwhile, I am heartened that the element of water problems in and around my home are old ones that are now being put to rest. The roof leak is the result of an incompetent workman's efforts, finally recognized and being repaired. The sprinklers and well are being cleaned out of old crud and, as they begin to spurt again, my gardens grow lush. None of these problems are anything new, but they are finally being made whole again or adjusted to perfection. The element of water--and the emotion it represents--is a strong one.

I'm anxious for my emotional flow to correct itself, for that time when I can show my emotions freely and openly again. That time isn't now, and I like to say that I can wait but my emotions instead burst forth at times or get clogged at others. I'm someone who needs to show my feelings--and have them reciprocated openly without fear of punishment.

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