The Elements:

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, pastels Signs of the Zodiac: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius Tools: Athame, sword, censer Spirits: Sylphs, ruled bu their King Paralda Angel: Micheal Name of the East Wind: Euris Sense: Smell Jewel: Topaz Incense: Galbanum, frankincense Plants: Frankincense, myrrh, pansy, primrose, vervain, violet, yarrow Tree: Aspen Animals: Birds, especially the eagle and the hawk insects Goddesses: Aradia, Arianrhod, Cardea, Nuit, Urania Gods: Enlil, Khephera, Mercury, Shu, Thoth.

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, Sagittarius Tools: Censer, wand Spirits: Salamanders, ruled by their King Djin Angel: Ariel Name of the South Wind: Notus Sense: Sight Jewel: Fire Opal Incense: Olibanum, copal 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; snakes Goddesses: Brigit, Hestia, Pele, Vesta Gods: Agni, Hephaetus, Horus, Prometheus, Vulcan

Water:

Direction: West Rules: Emotions, feelings, love, courage, daring, sorrow, the ocean, the tides, lakes, pools, streams, and riverss, springs, and wells, intuition, the unconsious 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, ruches, seaweeds, water lilies, 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: Arhrodite, Isis, Maramne, Mari, Tiamat, Yemaya Gods: Dylan, Ea, Llyr, Manannan, Osiris, Neptune, Posedon

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, crystals, jewels, metal, bones, structure 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, benzoin Plants: Comfrey; ivy; grains: barley, oats, corn, rice, rye, wheat Tree: Oak Animals: Cown or bull, bison, snakes (earth-dwelling), stag Goddesses: Ceres, Demeter, Gaea, Mah, Nephthys, Persephone, Prithiviv, Rhea, Rhiannon Gods: Adonis, Athos, Arawn, Cernunnos, Dionysus

 

Spirit/Ether:

Direction: Center and circumference, throughtout and about Rules: Transcendence, transformation, change, everywhere and nowhere, within ans without, the void, immanence Time: Beyond time, all time is one Season: the turning wheel Colors: clear, white, black Tools: Cauldron Sense: Hearing Incense: Mastic Plants: Mistletoe Tree: The flowering almond Animals: Sphinx Goddesses: Isis, the Secret name of the Goddess, Shekinah Gods: Akasha, Iao, JHVH

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