Finding the Path

Elements and Directions

These correspondances may differ from tradition to tradition. For example the Native Americans use red, black, white and yello to represent the direction. Some people call the quarters from the North, others from the East. some traditions call the North Fire and the South Earth. Spend some time with each element, find out what feels right to you.

These are traditional correspondances for Wicca, adapt them as you see fit:

Air | Fire | Water | Earth | Akasha

Air

Direction : East
Colors : Yellow (white, pastels)
Energy: projective
Rules : sound, The mind, knowledge, abstract learning, theory, imagination, ideas, beliefs, beginnings, rebirth, wishes, dreams
Keywords:Learning, Knowing, believing, Imagining, moving, traveling,
Elemental : Sprites, Sylphs, faeries
Time : Dawn
Season : Spring
Tools : Wand or staff, censer (incense)
Zodiac : Aquarius, Gemini, Libra
Animals : Birds, Gryphons
Places : Associated with high places, places of travel or of knowledge such as: windswept hills, high mountain peaks, towers, airports, libraries

Fire Direction : South
Colors : Red (crimson, orange, fuscia)
Energy:Projective
Rules : Energy, heat, will, purification, inspiration, passion, desire, creativity
Keywords: purifying, destructive, sexual, forceful, courageous, energetic, passionate, creative
Elemental : Imps, Firedrakes, Salamanders, Dragons, Nagas, Lion, Pheonix
Time : Noon
Season : Summer
Tools : Athame, sword (forged in fire), candles, bonfire
Zodiac : Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Animals : Dragons, snakes, lizards
Places : Dry, hot places, fires or places of fire and heat, such as: deserts, volcanoes, dry plains, hot sprinds, fireplaces

Water Direction : West
Color: Blue (indigo, green, grey, turquoise)
Energy: Receptive
Rules : Emotions, feelings, love, intuition, psychic awareness, the sub-conscious mind, mystery, fertility
Keywords: Cleansing, Purifying, Healing, Peaceful, Soothing, Loving, Friendly, Sleeping, Dreaming,
Elemental : Mermaids, Undines, Nymphs and Nixies
Time : Twilight
Season : Autumn
Tools : Cauldron, chalice, cup
Zodiac : Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Animals : fish, amphibians, aquatic mammals, water birds, sea life
Places : bodies of water, wet, marshy land, such as: oceans, rivers, lakes, marshes, pools, rain-drenched land

Earth Direction : North
Color: Green (black, brown)
Energy: Receptive
Rules : Growth, prosperity, nature, wealth, abundence, wisdom, material gain
Keywords: stability, nurturing, grounding, fertility, prosperity
Elemental : Gnomes, trolls
Time : Midnight
Season : Winter
Tools : Stone, Pentagram
Zodiac : Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Animals : wild animals, any not belonging to the other elements, traditionally stag, wolves, buffaloes, bulls, bears, horses, bison, mouse,
Places : natural settings or formations such as mountains or forests, deep or hidden places such as caves or caverns

Akasha Direction: All (or above)
Color: Purple
Rules: Spirit, Life
Keyword: centering, transforming