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Learning about the Elements will help you balance your thinking and emotions. It will aid you in choosing the right deity, choosing personal symbols and determining the best time to work for spiritual enlightment. AIRAir is thought to be the subtle material realm between the physical and spiritual plane. It represents the intellect, creative imagination, and new beginnings. This is where all thoughts come from and where our spirit goes to be nourished. Air is feminine and has been associated with breath - the spirit or soul of all living creatures.
Air CorrespondencesColor: Blue, Silver, White, and Gray Symbols: Circle, Bird, Bell, Sylph, Flute, Chimes, Clouds Tools: Wand, Rod, Staff Plants: Almond, Broom, Clover, Eyebright, Lavender, Pine Stones: Amethyst, Sapphire, Citrine, Azurite Places: Sky, Mountain Tops, Tree Tops, Bluffs, Airplanes Zodiac: Aquarius, Gemini, Libra Time: Spring and Dawn Direction: East Process: Thinking, Reading, Speaking, Praying, Singing FIREFire people are extremely passionate. They live life to the fullest and have powerful emotions. Everything is intense and when nothing is occurring they will create something even if it is troublesome. They are seekers of passion and willing to suffer in order to avoid boredom. Their minds are quick and active. They are often quick to anger and quick to forget about it. They also tend to get involved quickly, lacking the staying power of the other elements. They are passion and brilliant and live for the moment. Fire CorrespondencesColor: Red, Red-Orange, AmberSymbols: Triangle, Lightening, Flame, Salamander Tools: Sword, Dagger, Fire Pot, Double Headed Ax Plants: Basil, Blood Root, Dragons Blood, Ginger, Orange, and Tobacco Stones: Ruby, Garnet, Diamond, Bloodstone, Flint, Topaz and Sunstone Places: Volcanoes, Ovens, Fire Places, and Deserts Zodiac: Aries, Leo and Sagittarius Times: Summer and Noon Direction: South Process: Passion, Anger, Quick, Active, Energy and Power WATERWater is passive and receptive. It is associated with the universal womb, the Great Mother, birth and fertility. It is life giving and life destroying. It is used to cleanse or purify physically and psychically. It is the emotional response to a situation. It is sensitivity, inspiring intuition and part of the Goddess within us all. It is remembering the past and foreseeing the future.
Water CorrespondencesColor: Green and Turquoise Symbols: Crescent, Shells, Boats, Ship Wheel, Anchor, and Cup Tools: Vessel, Grail, Chalice, and Cauldron Plants: Aloe, Cucumber, Dulse, Gardenia, Lily, Lotus, and Willow Stones: Aquamarine, Chysocolla, Moonstone, and Mother of Pearl Places: Ocean, River, Lakes, Ponds, Waterfalls, and Beaches Zodiac: Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces Times: Autumn and Sunset Direction: West Process: Love, Nurture, Sensitivity, Psychic Ability and Healing EARTHEarth is our ability to manifest desires helping to ground energy and focus. It is passive in nature and represents both the womb and the grave by bringing forth and taking away. It is stationary, without the active ability to create. It is the final outcome and is related to the flesh and all physical matters. It nourishes, affirms, sees, touches, smells, senses, feels and holds. It is both sensual and practical. It can be stubborn and generous and has instinct rather than feeling. Earth is slow, steady ever changing while remaining the same.
Earth CorrespondencesColor: Yellow, Brown and Russet Symbols: Square, Cornucopia, Spindle, Scythe, and Salt Tools: Shield, Pentacle, Flail and Horn Plants: Alfalfa, Cotton, Oats, Patchouly, Vetivert, and Wheat Stones: Moss Agate, Jasper, Malachite, Peridot, and Tourmaline Places: Caves, Forests, Fields, Gardens, and Canyons Zodiac: Capricorn, Taurus, and Virgo Times: Midnight and Winter Direction: North Process: Responsible, Practical, Organized, Steady, and Grounded |
