The Element of water


WATER (feminine)

Direction:West

Rules: emotions, feelings, love, courage, daring, sorrow, the ocean, the tides, lakes, pools, streams, rivers, springs, wells, intuition, the unconscious mind, the womb, generation, fertility, death, dreams, psychism, children, pregnancy, inner transformation, past lives, purification, and new beginnings

Time: Twilight

Season: Winter or Spring

Colours: blue, blue-green, green, grey, indigo, black,
aquamarine, teal, violet

Signs of the Zodiac: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces

Tools: cup, chalice, cauldron, bowl, pitcher

Sense: Taste

Jewel: Aquamarine

Incense: Myrrh

Plants: ferns, lotus, mosses, rushes, seaweeds, water lilies, all water plants, weeping willow, pussy willow

Tree: Willow

Animals: water dragons, dolphins, porpoises, whales, fish, cats, tigers, seals and sea mammals, water dwelling snakes, all water creatures and sea birds

Elemental: Undine

Goddesses: Aphrodite, Isis, Mariamne, Mari, Tiamat, Cerridwyn, the Crone

Gods: Dylan, Ea, Llyr, Manannan, Osiris, Neptune, Poseidon


*This orginally came from Starhawk's The Spiral Dance . I added more information according to my own research and experiences to make this more complete and extensive. Certain aspects such as whether wands belong to Fire or Air vary according to tradition. Wherever possible, I have included both varitaions to allow choice.


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