My Wiccan Guide

The Elements

                The Elements are the building blocks of nature. They are Beings of true energy and consciousness. Each Elemental Being reflects a basic energy pattern. They interweave to create and sustain all matter on Earth. All Elements exist in every aspect of nature and in every person. In Wicca we call upon the Elements to stand guard at the Four Corners of our Circles.

                Why are the four elements so important? They give us a way of thinking about the world. They give us a structured approach to knowing the unknowable. They provide us with a system of interrelations, and magick is all about interrelations. 

“Earth; our body

Air; our breath

Fire; our spirit

Water; our blood”

                Spirit

Correspondences

Celtic Name- Aethyr

Direction- Center

Color- Violet, white, black

Ritual Tool- Circle, cauldron

Time- All times

Season- All seasons

Goddess- All deities

Symbolizes- Immanence and transcendence, everything and nothing

Ritual Representations- Fulfilled by presence of practitioners and deities

                Earth

Energy- feminine/receptive

Correspondences

Celtic Name- Tuath

Direction- North

Color- Green, brown

Ritual Tools- Pentacles

Time of Day- Midnight

Season- Winter

Goddess- Dark Goddess

Symbolizes- Stability, order, grounding, silence, birth, death, beginnings, endings, fertility, healing

Ritual Representation- Salt, soil

Elemental- Gnomes, forest nymphs, elves, brownies

Tarot- Pentacles

Zodiac- Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn

Hermatic Axiom- “To Know”

                Air

Energy- Masculine/Projective

Correspondences

Celtic Name- Airt

Direction- East

Color- Yellow, white

Ritual Tools- Wand

Time of Day- Dawn

Season- Spring

Goddess- Maiden

Symbolizes- Mind, intellect, reason, sciences, travel, youth

Ritual Representations- Incense

Elementals- Sylphs, faeries

Tarot- Wands

Zodiac- Libra, Aquarius, Gemini

Hermatic Axiom- “To Will”