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~The Elements~

Earth.....Direction: North.

Rules: The body, growth, nature, sustenance, material gain, money, creativity, birth, death, silence, chasms, caves, caverns, groves, fields, rocks, standing stones, mountains, crystal, jewels, metal.

Time: Midnight.

Season: Winter.

Colors: Black, Brown, Green, White.

Signs of the Zodiac: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn.

Tools: Pentacle.

Spirits: Gnomes.

Angel: Gabriel.

Name of the North Wind: Boreas, Ophion.

Sense: Touch.

Jewel: Rock crystal, Salt.

Incense: Storax.

Plants: Comfrey, Ivy, Grains: Barley, Oats, Corn, Rice, Rye, Wheat.

Tree: Oak.

Animals: Wolf, Cow, Bull, Bison, Earth-dwelling Snakes, Stag.

Goddesses: Ceres, Demeter, Geae, Mah, Nephthys, Persephone, Prithivi, Rhea, Rhiannon.

Gods: Adonis, Athos, Arawn, Cernunnos, Dionysus, Marduk, Pan, Tammuz.

Earth is the element of stability and of the body. It is wisdom, strength, growth and prosperity. It is the physical earth and the very heart of life. It is essential in spells and rituals of prosperity, business, fertility and stability. Earth is a feminine element and governs stone and knot magick.

Water.....Direction: West.

Rules:Emotions, feelings, love, courage, daring, sorrow, the ocean, the tides, lakes, pools,streams, and rivers,springs and wells, intuition, the unconscious mind, the womb, generation, fertility.

Time: Twilight.

Season: Autumn.

Colors: Blue, Blue-green, Green, Gray, Indigo, Black.

Signs of the Zodiac: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces.

Tools: Cup.

Spirits: Undines

Angel: Raphael.

Name of the West Wind: Zephyrus.

Sense: Taste.

Jewel: Aquamarine.

Incense: Myrrh.

Plants: Ferns, Lotus, Mosses, Rushes, Seaweed, Water Lilly, and all Water Plants.

Tree: Willow.

Animals: Dragons (as serpents), Dolphins and Porpoises, Fish, Seals and Sea Mammals, Water-dwelling Snakes, all Water Creatures and Sea Birds.

Goddesses: Aphrodite, Isis, Mariamne, Mari, Tiamat.

Gods: Dylan, Ea, Llyr, Manannan, Osiris, Neptune, Poseidon.

Water is the element of emotion and subconscious. It is love, purification, intuition, mysteries of the self, compassion and family. It is pyschic ability. Water is essential in spells and rituals of friendship, marriage, happiness, fertility, healing, pleasure, and psychic abilities. Water is a feminine element and governs spells involving mirrors.

Fire.....Direction: South.

Rules: Energy, spirit, heat, flame, blood, sap, life, will, healing and destroying, purification, bonfires, hearth fires, candle flames, sun, deserts, volcanoes, eruptions, explosions.

Time: Noon.

Season: Summer.

Colors: Red, Gold, Crimson, Orange, White (the sun's noon light).

Signs of the Zodiac: Aries, Leo, Saggitarius.

Tools: Censer, Wand.

Spirits: Salamanders.

Angel: Ariel.

Name of the South Wind: Notus.

Sense: Sight.

Jewel: Fire Opal.

Incense: Olibanum.

Plants: Garlic, Hibiscus, Mustard, Nettle, Onion, Red peppers, Red poppies.

Tree: Almond, in flower.

Animals: Fire-breathing Dragons, Lions, Horses (when their hooves strike sparks).

Goddesses: Brigit, Hestia, Pele, Vesta.

Gods: Agni, Hephaestus, Horus, Vulcan.

Fire is the element of change and passion. It is creativity, motivation, will power, drive and sensuality. It is sexuality, both physical and spiritual. Fire is essential to spells and rituals of healing, purification, sex, breaking bad habits or destroying illness and disease. Fire is the element of authority and leadership. Fire is a masculine element and governs all candle magick.

Air....Direction: East.

Rules: The mind, all mental, intuitive and psychic work, knowledge, abstract learning, theory, windswept hills, plains, windy beaches, high mountain peaks, high towers, wind and breath.

Time: Dawn.

Season: Spring.

Colors: White, Bright Yellow, Crimson, Blue-white.

Signs of the Zodiac: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius.

Tools: Athame,Sword, Censer.

Spirits: Sylphs

Angel: Michael.

Name of the East Wind: Eurus.

Sense: Smell.

Jewel: Topaz.

Incense: Galbanum.

Plants: Frankencense, Myrrh, Pansy, Primrose, Vervain, Violet, Yarrow.

Tree: Aspen.

Animals: Birds.

Goddesses: Aradia, Arianrhod, Cardea, Nuit, Urania.

Gods: Enlil, Khephera, Mercury, Shu, Thoth.

Air is the element of the mind. It is intellect, inspiration, imagination. It is ideas, knowledge, dreams and wishes. Air is the element of new life and new possibilities and is essential to spells and rituals of travel, instruction, finding lost items, some types of divination, and freedom. Air aids us in visualization, a vital technique in magick. Air is a masculine element and governs the magick of the four winds.

Spirit....Direction: Center and circumference, throughout and about.

Rules: Transcendence, tranformation, change, everywhere and nowhere, within and without, the void, immanence.

Time: Beyond time, all time is one.

Season: The turning wheel.

Colors: Clear, White, Black.

Tools: Cauldron.

Sense: Hearing.

Plant: Mistletoe.

Tree: The flowering almond.

Animal: Unicorn, Dragon, Raven.

Goddesses: Isis, the Secret Name of the Goddess, Shekinah.

Gods: Akasha, IAO, JHVH.

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