Elements

AIR-REPRESENTS LIFE
Direction: East
Colors: White. bright yellow, crimson, light blue
Rules: The mind, intelligence, intellect, ligoc, intuitive and psychic work, knowledge, communication, beliefs and truths.
Time: Dawn
Season: Spring
Tools: Athame, sword, censor, bells
Sense: Smell
Angel: Michael
Goddesses: Aradia, Arianrhod, Cardea, Nuit, Urania
Gods: Enlil, Khephera, Mercury, Shu, Thoth.

SPRING-AIR-THE MIND
In spring, the silent skies of winter become alive with birds again; to many ancient cultures, birds and their element of air related to the swiftness of thoughts. A time for new beginnings, the sprouting of young things, reviving fresh breezes that sweep away the cobwebs from our minds, making lists and planning the projects we want to achieve during the growing time--and sharing these with others so that they can blossom--spring teaches us about communication and the inspiration of new ideas.

FIRE-REPRESENTS LIGHT
Direction: South
Colors: Gold, red, crimson, orange
Rules: Liver-Energy, action, spirit, passion, blood, will, love, gentleness, innocence, healing and destryoing, creativity, excitement, and purification.
Time: Noon
Season: Summer
Tools: Censer, wand and candles
Sence: Sight
Angel: Ariel
Animal: Lion
Goddesses: Brigit, Hestia, Isis, Mahamantranusarini, Mahapratisara, Mert, Nirrti, Pele, Satet, Satis, Satjit, Tin Hau, Vajrapasi, Vesta
Gods: Agni, Hephaestus, Horus, Vulcan

SUMMER-FIRE-THE WILL
Passion and drive, and the spiritual flame that impels us to action, are all related to fire and to the hot and vibrant summer that brings things to fruition. As the world grows and ripens all arorund us, the summer fire connection teaches us about recovering our own inner zeal as the key to maknng good things happen in our lives. The firery radience of summer gives compelling proof of its power to enhance and enliven--or to wither and parch if not regarded with respect. The pulse of positive energy urges completion of projects and the celebration of abundance everywhere.

WATER-REPRESENTS LOVE
Direction: West
Colors: Blue, blue-green, aqua, green, gray, indigo, black
Rules: Emotions, relationships, charity, feelings, courage, daring, sorrow, and the unconscious mind
Time: Twilight
Season: Autumn
Tools: Cup, Cauldron, chalice
Sence: Taste
Angel: RAphael
Goddesses: Aphrodite, Isis, Mariamne, Mari, Tiamat
Gods: Dylan, Ea, Llyr, Manannan, Osiris, Neptune, Poseidon

AUTUMN-WATER-THE EMOTIONS
Water is autumn's element, related to tears, flow, feelings. It is often a time of letting go, releasing, allowing life to seemingly slip away: many of us find ourselves becoming sad or depressed as the days shorten and the leaves fall. But the watery autumn also encourages us to dream, to look for the patterns around us that illuminate the meanings behind our reality. It teaches us to honor our inner knowledge, to listen to the wise, intuitive inner voice. Dreamy, emotional, and longing to mege or bond with others, autumn's water element has much to teach us about honoring our feelings.

EARTH-REPRESENTS THE BODY AND NATURE IN ITS PERMANENCE ASPECT
Direction: North
Colors: Black, brown, green, white
Rules: Birth and Death, money, work, abundane, material goods, physical health and wealth
Time: Midnight
Season: Winter
Tools: Pentacle, gems, crystals
Sence: Touch
Angel: Gabriel
Goddesses: Athena, Ceres, Demeter, Gaea, Mah, Nebet, Neit, Neith, Nephthys, Nerthus, Nit, Persophone, Rhea, Rhiannon, Vajraghanta
Gods: Adonis, Analarka, Athos, Arawn, Baal Zebul, Baal Zephon, Bel, Bishamon, Dhruva, Dionysus, Hapy, Jupiter, Kubera, Kuvera, Mictlantecuhtli, Mulac, Njord, Osiris,Pan, Seth, Soma, Tamon, Tammuz, Uriel, Vaishravana, Vighnantaka, Zeus

"Awake, O north wind;
and come thou south,
blow upon my garden,
that the spices thereof may flow out."
--the Song of Solomon

WINTER-EARTH-THE BODY
To enter winter is like going dep into a snow-covered cave: winter teaches us about our physical selves. In winter we see the shapes of things: without the camouflage of grass and plants, the hills take on a stern beauty underneath their quilt of snow, trees reveal their elegant skeletons, and water turns to stone. Forced to confront our bodies--slipping on the ice, stamping our frozen feet to keep them warm, sniffling with colds, longing for sleep when the long nights urge hibernation and the healing energy of dreams--the earth connecteion of winter counsels us to take care of our health, to listen to the body's wisdom, and to ground ourselves by honoring the physical. And winter teaches us to respect our own seasons of darkness, which, like the earth now lying fallow, have the power to gestate so that new life can once again be born.