Land formations and topography
Land Formations
Land formations such as plains, valleys, deserts, hills, buttes, mesas, etc. define the nature and presence of local Hartmann lines and regional Curry lines. The most crucial factor, in my experience, is to study the fabric of the land in your area. Here’s where your topography map comes in handy. It can give you an overview, provide elevations, and even describe possible symbolic beings (animals, birds, insects, amphibians, etc.) in the terrain. Looking at the land to understand its energy characteristics is also called geomancy, the reading of the earth regarding energy distribution, emphasis, and current flow.
In China, feng shui cites energy currents and magnetic lines that are invisible and run through the geography of Earth. Known as “dragon currents,” these energy lines come in two forms. One is yin (feminine/negative), symbolized by a white tiger and the other is the yang (masculine/positive) current symbolized by a blue dragon. From a geomancy point of view, a yin landscape is going to be soft, flowing, and rounded. Think of gently sloping plains, rounded hills, U-shaped valleys, and womb-shaped caves, or land formations such as box canyons. Any landform that looks feminine is more than likely running yin energy. Just think flat, soft, and rounded, and you’ll understand that there’s a possibility of a female vortex in that vicinity.
Yang is a male energy expression. Think of hard angles like pinnacles, sharpened peaks, rugged looking mountains, and steep slopes. These can include mesas, buttes, sharply jutting hills, mountains, rocky plains, or rocky desert areas. In these locations, a masculine vortex will more than likely appear, but not always. No land on Earth doesn’t have a vortex or two around it. The only question is, where is it located and is the vortex male, female, or androgynous energy?
For example, I have found canyons, arroyos, wadis, ravines, and fissures or cracks in the earth created by earthquake activity (consider this a “cut in the skin of Mother Earth”) as good places to locate a vortex (or more, depending upon the length of the canyon). Often, a canyon will cut across or parallel a local, regional or planetary energy line.
Sycamore Canyon is a fifty-mile long north-south canyon that cuts from Flagstaff, Arizona down past Clarkdale, Arizona. Within this canyon, there is an incredible amount of vortexes of all sizes. The lower one-third of the canyon contains the headwaters of the Verde River. This body of water comes from an underground aquifer water cavern that moved out into what is known as an artesian well. The headwaters of any creek, river, or other body of water are sacred as well as powerful—and there is always a vortex surrounding it. The world’s water bodies (above and below ground) are considered symbolically to be the blood of Mother Earth. This canyon is so long that there’s no question that energy lines will be running north-south, as well as in other directions based upon the local geography of the land in relation to the canyon.
Another example would be the Grand Canyon. It also has a body of water running below it—the Colorado River. This is a vortex-teaching canyon of incredible repute. It’s great if you’re young and can traverse the steep, rocky trails, but if you’re older, I’d advise against it. We lose people every year to the heat and dehydration, and it’s not worth the risk. You can find a canyon much closer to where you live to go noodle around in and discover a vortex or two.