ELEMENTS

EARTH
Basic Nature: Fertile, moist, nurturing; stabilizing; grounding.
Type of Energy: Receptive
Color: Green (from the color of living plants)
Places: Caves, canyons, chasms, forests, groves, valleys, fields, farms, gardens, Arboretums, parks, plant nurseries, farmer's markets, kitchens, baby Nurseries, basements, mines, holes
Rituals: Money, prosperity, fertility, stability, grounding, employment
Ritual Forms: Burying, planting, making images in soil or sand
Herbs: Earth-smelling plants, such as patchouli & vetivert; mosses & lichens; Nuts; dry & stiff plants; heavy, low-growing plants; generally roots
Stones: Heavy or opaque, as in coal; green, as in emerald & peridot
Metals: Iron, lead
Musical Instruments: Drum, all percussion
Creatures: Dog, horse, earthworm, gopher, ant, cow, burrowing animals
Season: Winter (the time of darkness)
Direction: North (the place of greatest darkness)
Time: Night
Magickal Tool: Pentacle (Patent)
Point in Life: Advanced age
Astrological Signs: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Sense: Touch
Natural Symbols: Salt, clay dish of fresh soil, rocks, sheaves of wheat, acorns
Types of Magick: Gardening, magnet, image, stone, tree, knot, binding

AIR
Basic Nature: Flying, moving, fresh, intelligent, suspending
Type of Energy: Projective
Color: Yellow
Places: Mountaintops, wind-swept plains, cloudy skies, high towers,airports, schools, libraries, offices, travel agencies, psychiatrist's Offices
Rituals: Travel, instruction, study, freedom, knowledge, recovering lost items
Ritual Forms: Tossing objects into the air, suspending tools in high places, fanning light objects, visualization, positive thinking
Herbs: Fragrant, as many flowers; pungent, as in culinary herbs such as dill; airy, Finely-veined, or windswept; generally leaves
Stones: Light stones, such as pumice; transparent stones, such as mica
Metals: Tin, copper
Musical Instrument: Flute, all wind instruments
Creatures: Spider, most birds, winged insects
Season: Spring (the time of freshness)
Direction: East (the place of sunrise)
Time: Dawn
Magical Tool: Wand
Point of Life: Infancy
Astrological Signs: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Senses: Hearing, smell
Natural Symbols: A feather, incense smoke, fragrant flowers Types of Magick Divination, concentration, visualization, wind magic

FIRE
Basic Nature: Purifying, destructive, cleansing, energetic, sexual forceful
Type of Energy: Projective
Color: Red (from the color of flames)
Places: Deserts, hot springs, volcanoes, ovens, fireplaces, bedrooms (for sex),Weight rooms, locker rooms, saunas, athletic fields
Rituals: Protection, courage, sex, energy, strength, authority, banishing negativity
Ritual Forms: Burning or smoldering; heating
Herbs: Stinging, thorny or hot, as thistles, chile peppers & bouganvillea; desert Dwelling, as cacti; stimulating, as coffee beans; generally seeds
Stones: Red or fiery, as in jasper; volcanic, as in lava; clear, as in quartz crystal
Metals: Gold, brass
Musical Instrument: Guitar, all stringed instruments
Creatures: Snake, cricket, lizard, praying mantis, ladybug, bee, scorpion, shark
Season: Summer (the time of heat)
Direction: South (the place of heat)
Time: Noon
Magickal Tool: Knife
Point In Life: Youth
Astrological Signs: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Sense: Sight
Natural Symbols: Flame, lava, a heated object
Ruled: Candle, storm, time and star

WATER
Basic Nature: Flowing, purifying, healing, soothing, and loving
Type of Energy: Receptive
Color: Blue
Places: Lakes, spring, streams, rivers, beaches, oceans, wells, swimming pools, Bathtubs, showers, bedrooms (for sleep), health spas, steam rooms,Fountains
Rituals: Purification, love, psychic awareness, dreams, sleep, peace, marriage,Friendships
Ritual Forms: Dilution, placing into water, washing away, bathing
Herbs: Aquatic, such as water lilies & seaweed; fleshy, as in succulents & Lettuce; loving, as in rose & gardenia; generally flowers
Stones: Transparent or translucent, as in amethyst and aquamarine; blue, as in Blue tourmaline
Metals: Mercury (Quicksilver), silver, copper
Musical Instruments: Cymbal, bell, and all resonant metals
Creatures: Cat, frog, turtle, dolphin, whale, otter, seal, dugong; most fish and Shellfish
Season: Autumn (the time of harvest)
Direction: West (the place of the settling sun)
Time: Dusk
Magickal Tools: Cup, the cauldron
Point In Life: Maturity
Astrological Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Sense: Taste
Natural Symbols: Shells, a cup of water Ruled: Sea, ice, snow, fog, mirror, magnet

AKASHA
The elements emerge from Akasha, the immutable, changeless source of all energy.
Basic Nature: Unknowable
Type of Energy: Projective/Receptive
Color: Purple or black
Places: Outer space, vacuums; the Void
Types of Rituals: Religious in nature
Ritual Forms: None
Herbs: None
Stones: None
Metal: Meteorite
Musical Instruments: None
Creatures: None (and yet, all)
Season: All (and yet, none)
Direction: North, east, south and west; also within and without; up and down; Also, a complete lack or directions and dimensions
Time: Eternal starlight
Astrological Signs: None
Magickal Tool: None
Point In Life: Pre-Conception; soulness
Sense: None
Astrological Signs: None
Natural Symbols: None
Symbols For: None
Ruled: Religious


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