Earth: Earth represents abundance, strength, wealth, prosperity, and stability. In ritual, things like dirt, stones, wood, herbs, flowers, leaves and even cemetery dirt in some cases, usually in used in Hoodoo, are used to represent Earth. Focus on the Earth element when casting spells for business, fertility, and stability.
Earth Correspondences
Direction: North
Gender: Female
Colors: Black, green, yellow, brown
Time of Day: Midnight
Season: Winter
Ritual Tools: Dirt, leaves, wood, stones, any kind of plant
Herbs/Plants: Ivy, grains, oats, rice, patchouli, nuts, roots, oak, vetiver, lichens
Animals: Wolves, bears
Metals: Iron, lead
Signs: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Stones/Jewels: Rock crystals, emerald, onyx, jasper, salt, azurite, quartz
Goddesses: Gaea, Mah, Ceres, Demeter, Nephtys, Rhen, Persephone
Gods: Ran, Arawn, Athos, Cernunnos
Air: Air represents our mind, intelligence, psychic powers, knowledge, and dreams. Ritual tools representing Air would be incense or a wand. Focusing on this element is useful for casting spells for freedom, seeking someone/something, or for travel, including astral travel. These uses of the Air element is why when doing any kind of divination work, you will notice many people will use incense or an herbal smoke blend to open their minds.
Air Correspondences
Direction: East
Gender: Male
Colors: Yellow, white
Time of Day: Dawn
Season: Spring
Ritual Tools: Herbs, incense, wands
Herbs/Plants: Frankincense, myrrh, pansy, primrose, vervain, dill, lavender, aspen
Animals: Ravens, spiders
Metals: Tin, copper
Signs: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Stones/Jewels: Amethyst, topaz, pumice, alexandrite
Goddesses: Cardea, Nuit, Urania, Aradia, Arianhod
Gods: Shu, Khecheva, Merawirm, Enlil, Thoth
Fire: Representing energy, love, passion, and inspiration, Fire is used in spells for healing, purification, and love. Incense, candles, and ashes are all simple, useful tools. Like with Air, incense is used when meditating to symbolize or aid in healing and purification.
Fire Correspondences
Direction: South
Gender: Male
Colors: Red, gold, orange, white
Time of Day: Midday
Season: Summer
Ritual Tools: Incense, candles, ash, athame
Herbs/Plants: Garlic, cinnamon, chili peppers, walnut, fig, coffee
Animals: Dragons, lions, horses, snakes
Metals: Gold, brass
Signs: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Stones/Jewels: Rubies, opals, agate, volcanic rock
Goddesses: Bridgit, Hestia, Pele, Vestee
Gods: Agn, Horus, Vulcan, Prometheus
Water: Water represents emotion, purification, wisdom, the soul, the subconscious, eternal movement, emotional aspects of love, and absorption. In ritual, bowls of water, a cup or seashells represent this element. Water is used in spells for friendship, relationships, happiness and fertility.
Water Correspondences
Direction: West
Gender: Female
Colors: Blue, turquoise, gray, indigo, black
Time of Day: Twilight
Season: Fall
Ritual Tools: Bowls of water, cup of seashells, coral
Herbs/Plants: Ferns, lotus, mosses, bushes, water lily, gardenia
Animals: Marine life, sea birds
Metals: Mercury, silver, copper
Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Stones/Jewels: Aquamarine, blue tourmaline, pearl, coral, fluorite
Goddesses: Aphrodite, Isis, Marrianne, Mari, Tiamat, Yemaha
Gods: Dylan, Manannan, Osiris, Ea, Neptune, Poseidon