:.The Practical

 

 

Elements

AIR

Elements of the East

Colors: white, yellow
Time: dawn, spring
Symbols: circle, birds, clouds, eggs
Tools; wand, staff, broom, censer
Instrument: flutes, bells, pan-pipes
Plants: violet, primrose, apple
Stone: amethyst, citrine,
Guardians: Sylphs, Archangel Raphael Places: sky, clouds, mountaintops, windy places
Lifecycle: birth, initiation Realm of. thought processes, intellect, creative ideas, new beginnings, communication with others, communication between Spirit and consciousness
Faery gift; Spear of Llugh
Deities: Maidens, Kore, Diana, Aphrodite, young God of the Greenwood, Pan, Apollo, Mercury
Zodiac: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Planets: Mercury, Jupiter

 

FIRE

Elements of the South

Time: noon, summer
Colors: orange, red
Symbols: flames, triangle, sun.
Tools. sword, athame, censor
Plants: basil, dragon's blood, St. John's wort
Instruments: strings, horns Stone: ruby, garnet
Guardians: Salamanders, Archangel Michael
Places: ovens, hearths, deserts, volcanoes
Lifecycle: fruition, consummation
Realm of. will, passion, strength, transformative energy,
Faery gift: Sword of Nuada
Deities: Shiva, Cernunnos, Kali-ma, Brigid. Thorr
Zodiac: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Planets: Sun, Mars, Jupiter

 

 

 

WATER

Elements of the West

Time: twilight, autumn
Colors: blue, aquamarine
Symbols, waning crescent moon, shell, cauldron
Tools, chalice
Instruments: rattle, rain-stick Plants: lotus, aloe. water lily
Stone: sapphire, aquamarine
Guardians: Undines, Archangel Gabriel
Places: oceans, rivers, sacred wells
Lifecycle: repose, rejuvenation
Realm of: emotions, intuition, feelings, Mysteries, healing and nurturing, the regenerative waters of the Mother
Deities: Cerridwen, Poseidon, Venus, Mannanan mac Lir Faery
Gift: Cauldron of Dagda
Zodiac: Pisces, Cancer, Scorpio
Planets: Moon, Neptune

 

 

 

EARTH

Elements of the North

Time: winter, midnight
Colors: brown, green
Symbols: square, earth, stories, cornucopia
Tool: pentacle
Instrument: drum, bones, any percussion
Stone, hematite, malachite, salt
Guardians: Gnomes, Archangel Uriel/Ariel
Places: caverns, woods, gardens, fertile fields
Lifecycle. death, rebirth
Plants: patchouli, vertivert
Realm of., body, health, manifestation, all things mundane
Deities: Demeter, Nerthus, Tammuz, Geb
Faery Gift: Stone of Fal
Zodiac: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Planets: Venus, Saturn