Elemental Correspondences

Earth

• Direction - north
• Gender - female
• Energy - receptive, reactive
• Qualities - cold and dry, heavy and passive
• Colors - brown, black, green
• Magickal phrase - to keep silent
• Season - winter
• Hour of day - midnight
• Time of life - old age/death
• Celtic name - tuath
• Magickal tools - pentacle, crystals, stones
• Point of pentagram - Lower left
• Types of magick - fertility, tree magick, herbs, prosperity, runes, knot magick, growth, nature, animals, all matters relating to money, thankfulness
• Animals - bull, sphinx, bear
• Alchemical symbol - upside down triangle with a line through the middle
• Elemental spirit - gnomes
• Nature - mountains, caves, gems, fields, rocks, forests
• Parts of body - bones, sex organs, legs
• Human senses - touch
• Goddess Aspect - Crone
• Keys - Law Principle, Solidity
• Reflection in humanity - the physical body
• Virtues - strength, endurance, commitment, responsibility, thoroughness, practicality, wisdom, patience, sense of timing, reliable, stability, perseverance
• Vices - dullness, lack of conscience, melancholy, boredom, inertia, stagnation, hoarding of resources (including information), greed, materialism
• Excess - body heaviness, general lack of energy, inertia, materialism, narrow-mindedness
• Shortage - spaciness, hyper-activity, instability, unreliability, careless
• Stage in the cycle of creation - the idea manifests in material form, building a solid foundation for the next idea.
• Emotions - sense of security, confidence in your own strength, ability to ignore minor sources of irritation, desire to just sit down and do nothing.

Fire

• Direction - south
• Gender - male
• Energy - projective, pro-active
• Qualities - hot and dry, light and active
• Colors - red, orange
• Magickal phrase - to will
• Point of pentagram - Lower right
• Season - summer
• Hour of day - Noon
• Time of life - young adulthood
• Celtic name - deas
• Magickal tools - some say wand, some say athame; lamp, scourge
• Type of magick - sex, healing, candle magick, force, energy, life, will, destruction, purification, change
• Animals - lion, serpent, dragon
• Alchemical symbol - right side up triangle
• Elemental spirit - salamanders
• Nature - fire, sun, stars, volcanoes
• Part of body - heart, spine
• Human senses - sight
• Keys - Light Principle, Action
• Reflections in humanity - the life forces, sexual energy, will, Passion
• Virtues - courageous, self-assertive, chivalrous, enthusiastic, passionate, experienced, virile, energetic, daring, faithful
• Vices - self-centered, ruthless, fanaticism, vindictiveness, anger, hatred, stubborn, greed, jealous, vengeful, resentful, egotistical
• Excess - hot, hyper, flitting thoughts, insomnia, anger, dominating, egotistic, violent
• Shortage - body heavy or chilled, unenthusiastic, feeling inferior or apathetic, lack of energy
• Goddess Aspect - Temptress
• Stage in the cycle of creation - the desire or Will to manifest the idea, the driving life force, the principle of change and transformation.
• Emotions - intense and urgent, but usually passing quickly: desire, anger, joy, panic. Without Fire to prod the other elements along, the world would likely settle into a rather uninteresting fixed state.

Air

• Direction - East
• Gender - Male
• Energy - Projective, pro-active
• Qualities - hot and moist, light and active
• Color - yellow
• Power of the Sphinx - to know
• Season - Spring
• Hour of day - dawn
• Time of life - birth/infancy/childhood
• Celtic name - airt
• Magickal tool - some say athame, some say wand; incense
• Point on the Pentagram - Upper left
• Types of magick - Recovering lost or stolen items, the four winds, visualization, concentration, education, travel, investigations, beginnings, feather magick
• Animals - eagle, human
• Alchemical symbol - Right side up triangle with a line through the middle
• Elemental - Sylphs
• Nature - sky, wind, clouds, flowers
• Reflections in humanity - the superconscious, knowledge, instruction, school, freedom, travel
• Parts of the body - chest, lungs (breath), throat (speech), the brain
• Human senses - hear, smell
• Goddess Aspect - Maiden
• Keys - Life Principle, Intellect
• Rules - mind, essential qualities, knowledge, abstract learning, theories, illumination, perception, analytic thought, communication, memory.
• Virtues - gregarious, diligent, optimistic, dexterity, persuasive, friendly, healthy, knowledgeable, communicative, intelligent
• Vices - frivolity, absent mindedness, rootless, easily distracted, tends to intellectualize emotions (rather than experience them), gossipy, boastful, untruthful, selfish, fickle
• Shortage - mind blank, shortness of breath, non-comprehension of known data, muddy thinking; one who has difficulty transmitting thoughts and ideas
• Excess - chatterbox, one who tends to intellectualize too much
• Stage in the cycle of creation - the conception or perception of a new idea, the seed of knowledge, and the freedom to choose which direction to move.
• Emotions - daydreaming; intense concentration on a difficult problem; an abstract appreciation of mathematical elegance, artistic skill, or superior craftsmanship; a sense of distance and detachment.

Water

• Direction - west
• Gender - female
• Energy - receptive, passive
• Qualities - cold and moist, heavy and passive
• Color - blue
• Magickal phrase - to dare
• Season - autumn
• Hour of day - dusk
• Time of life - Parenthood/middle age
• Celtic name - iar
• Magickal tool - chalice
• Point of pentagram - Upper right
• Type of magick - mirror magick, purification, healing, divination, dream magick, astral projection, love, friendship, spirituality, imagination
• Animals - all marine life
• Alchemical symbol - upside down triangle
• Elemental spirit - undine
• Nature - waterfalls, ocean, rain, etc., fog, moon
• Parts of body - womb, breasts, tear ducts
• Human senses - taste
• Reflection in humanity - emotions, fertility, the unconscious mind
• Goddess Aspect - Mother
• Keys - Love Principle, Fertility
• Virtues - compassion, tranquility, tenderness, forgiveness, modesty, fluidity in creativity, receptivity, influence, graciousness, sensitivity
• Vices - self-indulgence, negligence, cowardice, indifference, instability, moodiness, infatuation, easily put upon, delusions, dependent
• Excess - body puffiness, mood swings, "touchiness", apathy
• Shortage -deep body dryness, hotness, mind & body feel separated, no empathy
• Stage in the cycle of creation - perseverance to endure the long gestation, the nurturing and supporting role.
• Emotions - love, sorrow, courage to continue on a difficult path with no end in sight, enduring rage born of long, silent suffering, hope that springs eternal.