Air
Rulers: Sylphs who inhabit the world of trees, winds, and flowers
Attracted by: oils, incense
Color: red or yellow
Direction: East
Tools: incense, bells
Symbols: breath, wind, communication, thought, feathers, music and instruments,
poetry, songs, birds, butterflies, fairies
Ritual: Dawn, sunrise, Spring, herbal knowledge, plant growth, travel, finding lost things
Stones: clear quartz, snow quartz, blue lace agate, turquoise
Cloud and Wind goddesses: North Wind, Isis
Fire
Rulers: Salamanders
Attracted by: candles, lamps, fire
Color: white or red
Direction: South
Tools: athame, candles, burned herbs or requests written on paper
Symbols: lightning, volcanoes, rainbow, Sun, stars
Ritual: Summer, noon, change, love, energy, healing, purification, destruction
Stones: carnelian, tiger eye, ruby, garnet
Fire goddesses: Lucina, Amaterasu, Chantico, Pele
Water
Rulers: Undines and those who live in the sea, lakes, and streams
Attracted by: water, washes, solutions
Color: gray or blue
Direction: West
Tools: Cauldron, chalice, mirror, shells,
Symbols: oceans, lakes, rivers, wells, rain, mist, fog
Ritual: Fall, sunset, emotions, taste and smell, communion with the spiritual, friendships,
happiness, dreams, forgiveness
Stones: opal, blue quartz, pearls
Water goddesses: Yemaya, Tethys, Ondine, Aphrodite, Sarasvati
Earth
Rulers: Gnomes who inhabit the interior of the Earth and are the consciousness of gems and
minerals
Attracted by: salts, powders
Color: black or green
Direction: North
Tools: salt, stones, gems, trees, cord magic
Symbols: stones, mountains, soil, caves, body, flesh, bone, coins, pine cones
Ritual: night, midnight, Winter, riches and money, surrendering self-will, employment,
stability
Stones: smoky quartz, obsidian, onyx, moss agate, jade, green aventurine
Earth goddesses: Gaia, Demeter
We are the earth.
We are the air.
We are fire.
We are water.
--Daniel Martin
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