The Elements

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. The following correspondences pertain to the Northern Hemisphere and within the Correllian Wicca tradition.

AIR

Air 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.

The principle concern of Air people is that of communication. These under the Air signs think, communicate, analyze and theorize. They love freedom, truth, justice and have the ability to change circumstances with amazing speed. As thinkers, they rely on rationality, rather than on intuition or emotions to confront a situation. Their philosophical approach to matters allows them to endure hardships. They can tolerate almost any circumstance as long as there is a rational explanation for it. Those of the Air element have great leadership capabilities with a reputation of being fair.

Air becomes a negative when expectations of everyone to uphold the same standards occurs. Air people cannot understand why everyone does not think and act as they do. Rationalizing mistakes also occurs instead of being perceived as a learning experience. They are devoted to abstract ideas and have difficulty making decisions yielding them as elusive as well as exasperating at times. When Air persons cannot cope in reality, they try to live in a fairy tale world.

Air Correspondences

Color: Yellow
Symbols: Circle, Bird, Bell, Sylph, Flute, Chimes, Clouds
Tools: Athame
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

FIRE

Fire 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 Correspondences

Color: Red
Symbols: Triangle, Lightening, Flame, Salamander
Tools: Wand
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

WATER

Water 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 people sense the feelings of others and are aware of their surroundings on an emotional level. Living in a spiritual world, everything can become sacred. They are protective and nurturing. Sometimes they find it difficult drawing a line between what they should care about and what they should leave alone. The major problem of a Water person is their sensitivity. They tend to break under stress and sometimes will seek escape through drugs, alcohol, or other addictions, if they cannot control their sensitivity. They also hold grudges due to their lack of control.

Water Correspondences

Color: Blue
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, Harvest and Sunset
Direction: West
Process: Love, Nurture, Sensitivity, Psychic Ability and Healing

EARTH

Earth 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.

Most Earth people have the essential quality of strength and are practical, liking organization. They are steady and solid in efforts being both builders and defenders with a strong sense of responsibility. The Earth signs are concerned with reality and the constants of home, family, and work. They are sensual, and tend to be conservative in their approach to life. They are kind and cautious and it takes much to win their trust and friendship. Once you have it though, they are loyal forever. They are attracted to power and have a negative side of power games, possessiveness, and manipulations. They can forgive with little effort or hold a grudge for years.

Earth Correspondences

Color: Green
Symbols: Square, Cornucopia, Spindle, Scythe, and Salt
Tools: Pentacle
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

In Gardnerian Wicca, the following apply:
East - Air -yellow
South - Fire -red
West - Water -blue
North- Earth -green

In Traditional Wicca, the following apply:
East -Air -red
South- Fire -white
West - Water -gray
North - Earth -black

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