The Elements Correspondences

Element of Earth

  • The element of stability, groundedness, fertility, materiality, potential, and stillness along with beginnings and endings, death and rebirth
  • Constant connection to nature
  • Sustains all life and on which the other elements rely
  • Most stable and dependable element
  • Fourth Element of the alchemical tradition
Earth symbol. Line drawing.  Equilateral triangle with point at bottom and a line through it about 1/3 of the way from the bottom.
EARTH SYMBOL

Angels: 

  • Auriel
  • Gabriel
  • Uriel

Animals: 

  • Ant
  • Antelope
  • Armadillo
  • Badger
  • Bear
  • Bison
  • Blue Jay
  • Boar
  • Bull
  • Chicken
  • Coral
  • Cow
  • Crocodile
  • Crow 
  • Deer
  • Dog
  • Dragonfly
  • Elephant
  • Goat
  • Goose
  • Gopher
  • Groundhog
  • Hippopotamus
  • Horse
  • Jaguar
  • Mole
  • Otter
  • Pig
  • Prairie Dog
  • Snake
  • Sparrow
  • Stag
  • Swan
  • Toad
  • Tortoise
  • Turkey
  • Turtle
  • Wolf
  • Wolverine
  • Woodpecker

Body Parts:  The Body

Chakras:  Root

Colors:

  • Black
  • Brown
  • Deep Earth Tones
  • Gold
  • White

Crystals:

  • Amethyst
  • Apache Tears
  • Aventurine – Green
  • Azurite
  • Calcite – Orange
  • Emerald
  • Jasper
  • Jet
  • Kyanite – Green
  • Onyx
  • Peridot
  • Petrified Wood
  • Quartz/Rutilated Quartz/Tourmalated Quartz
  • Tiger Eye
  • Tourmaline

Direction:  North

Energy:  Feminine

Foods:

  • Grains
  • Nuts

Goddesses/Gods:

  • Adonis
  • Anat
  • Arawan
  • Arawyn
  • Ariadne
  • Artemis
  • Asherah
  • Athos
  • Bertha
  • Bo-Ann
  • Ceres
  • Cernunnos
  • Cerridwyn
  • Demeter
  • Dionysus
  • Epona
  • Gaia
  • Geb
  • The Green Man
  • Hathor
  • Herne
  • Khnum
  • Kore
  • Marduk
  • Mimir
  • Nephthys
  • Pan
  • Persephone
  • Prometheus
  • Rhiannon
  • Tammuz
  • Thor
  • Vishnu

Heavenly Bodies: 

  • Earth
  • Saturn
  • Venus

Herbs/Oils:

  • Burdock
  • Cedar
  • Clove
  • Cypress
  • Horehound
  • Jasmine
  • Juniper
  • Licorice Root
  • Mugwort
  • Patchouli
  • Primrose
  • Sage
  • Vervain
  • Vetivert

Intentions/Powers/Spell Uses:

  • Abundance
  • Animals
  • Binding
  • Birth
  • Common Sense
  • Creative in a practical and physical manner
  • Crystals/Stones
  • Death
  • Empathy
  • Employment
  • Fertility
  • Gardening
  • Grounding
  • Growth
  • Healing
  • Manifestation
  • Metals
  • Mystery
  • Nurturing
  • Physicality
  • Practical Wisdom
  • Prosperity/Wealth
  • Protection
  • Runes
  • Silence
  • Stability
  • Strength
  • Success
  • Trees and Vegetation
  • Wisdom 

Metals: 

  • Iron
  • Lead
  • Mercury

Moon Phase:  Waning

Mythical/Magical Beings:

  • Brownies
  • Dragons
  • Dryads
  • Dwarves
  • Elves
  • Fairies
  • Gnomes
  • Pixies
  • Selkies

Number:

  • 4
  • 6
  • 8

Observance:  Yule

Ogham:  Ioho

Posture: Arms Extended Palms down.

Runes: 

  • Is
  • Tyr
  • Ur

Season:  Winter

Season of Life:  Death/Rebirth

Sense:  Touch

Tarot: Pentacles

Time of Day:  Midnight

Tools: 

  • Cord Magik
  • Images
  • Knot Magik
  • Magnet Magik
  • Pentacle
  • Salt
  • Stones

Trees and Plants: 

  • Ash
  • Blackthorn
  • Cedar
  • Cypress
  • Comfrey
  • Elder
  • Elm
  • Holly
  • Honeysuckle
  • Ivy
  • Juniper
  • Locust
  • Magnolia
  • Maple
  • Oak
  • Olive
  • Pine
  • Pomegranate
  • Primrose
  • Rowan
  • Spruce
  • Witch Hazel

Weather: Unassigned

Virtues:

  • Being Centered
  • Dependable
  • Patience 
  • Thorough
  • Truthful

Vices:

  • Dullness
  • Inconsiderate
  • Laziness

Zodiac:

  • Capricorn
  • Taurus
  • Virgo

Element of Air

The element of the nature of the mind

The first element of the alchemical tradition

Angel:  Raphael

Animals: 

Symbol for Air. Line drawing.  Equlateral triangle, point up with horizontal line across the triangle about 2/3 of the way from the bottom to the top.
AIR SYMBOL
  • Albatross
  • Condor
  • Eagle
  • Falcon
  • Firefly
  • Gazelle
  • Hawk
  • Seagull
  • Spiders

Body Parts:  The Mind

Chakras:

  • Crown
  • Heart
  • Throat

Colors:

  • Light Blue
  • Gray
  • Lavender
  • Pink
  • Red
  • Silver
  • White
  • Yellow

Crystals:

  • Tree Agate
  • Amber
  • Ametrine
  • Amethyst
  • Angelite
  • Aragonite
  • Aventurine
  • Blue Lace Agate
  • Blue Kyanite
  • Celestite
  • Chrysoberyl
  • Citron
  • Desert Rose
  • Fluorite
  • Labradorite
  • Mica
  • Moldavite
  • Opal
  • Clear Quartz
  • Sodalite
  • Sphene
  • Staurolite
  • Blue Topaz
  • Blue Tourmaline
  • Turquoise

Direction:  East

Energy: 

  • Masculine
  • Projective

Goddesses/Gods:

  • Amaterasu
  • Aradia
  • Arianrhod
  • Athena
  • Goddesses of Dawn and Spring
  • Hera
  • Hermes
  • Iris
  • Khnum
  • Mercury
  • Mimir (Mim)
  • Nuit
  • Nut
  • Ostara
  • Phoebe
  • Quetzalcoatl
  • Shu
  • Thoth
  • Urania
  • Zeus

Heavenly Bodies: 

  • Jupiter
  • Mercury
  • Uranus

Herbs/Oils:

  • Anise
  • Bergamot
  • Clover
  • Comfrey
  • Eyebright
  • Frankincense
  • Lavender
  • Lemongrass
  • Marjoram
  • Mugwort
  • Myrrh
  • Nutmeg
  • Peppermint
  • Pine
  • Sage
  • Sandalwood
  • Spearmint
  • Star Anise
  • Thyme
  • Vervain
  • Yarrow

Intentions/Powers/Spell Uses:

  • Acceptance
  • Action
  • Animal Magik
  • Astral Realm
  • Beginnings
  • Blessings
  • Business
  • Clairvoyance
  • Clarity
  • Communication
  • Concentration
  • Consecrating
  • Creativity
  • Divination
  • Dragon Magik
  • Enchantment
  • Energy
  • Enlightenment
  • Fairness
  • Focus
  • Freedom
  • Harmony
  • Healing
  • Hearing
  • Imagination
  • Inspiration
  • Intelligence
  • Intuition
  • Justice
  • Karma
  • Knowledge
  • Learning
  • Life
  • Light
  • Lightning
  • Loss
  • Knowing
  • Manifesting Magikal Intentions
  • Memory
  • Mind
  • Money
  • Motivation
  • Order
  • Organization
  • Power
  • Protection
  • Psychic Ability
  • Purification
  • Relationships
  • Release
  • Shamanic Work
  • Smell
  • Spirits
  • Spirituality
  • Storms
  • Travel
  • Visions
  • Weather
  • Will Power
  • Wind Magik
  • Wisdom

Metals: 

  • Aluminum
  • Mercury
  • Tin

Moon Phase:  Waxing

Mythical/Magical Beings:

  • Dragons
  • Elves
  • Fairies
  • Pixies
  • Sphinx
  • Sylphs
  • Thunderbird

Number:  5

Observance:  Ostara

Ogham:  Onn

Posture: Arms raised, palms parallel

Runes: 

  • Beorc
  • Hagal
  • Thorn

Season:  Spring

Season of Life:  Youth

Sense:  Smell

Symbolized using:

  • Birds
  • Feathers
  • Flags
  • Flowing Garments
  • Incense

Tarot:

  • The Fool
  • Swords
  • Wands

Time of Day:  Dawn

Tools: 

  • Athame
  • Censer
  • Incense
  • Sword

Trees and Plants: 

  • Acacia
  • Agrimony
  • Alder
  • Anemone
  • Apple
  • Ash
  • Aspen
  • Bamboo
  • Benzoin
  • Bittersweet
  • Borage
  • Broom
  • Cedar
  • Chestnut
  • Clover
  • Dandelion
  • Elder
  • Elm
  • Fern
  • Fir
  • Goldenrod
  • Hawthorne
  • Hazel
  • Holly
  • Horehound
  • Horse Chestnut
  • Ivy
  • Laurel
  • Lily of the Valley
  • Linden
  • Maple
  • Marigold
  • meadowsweet
  • Mesquite
  • Mistletoe
  • Oak
  • Olive
  • Palm
  • Pine
  • Primrose
  • Reed
  • Sycamore
  • Violet
  • Walnut
  • Wormwood
  • Yew

Weather:

  • Cloudy
  • Windy

Virtues:

  • Intelligence
  • Practical 
  • Optimistic

Vices:

  • Impulsive
  • Easily Fooled
  • Frivolous 

Zodiac:

  • Aquarius
  • Gemini
  • Libra

Element of Fire

The element of passion and change, the spiritual and physical, and related to both divinity and sexuality.

Full of primal energy, Fire magik manifests quickly

The second element of the alchemical tradition

Angel:  Michael

Symbol for fire. Live drawing. Equilateral triangle with point up.
FIRE SYMBOL

Animals: 

  • Bee
  • Cicada
  • Coral
  • Coyote
  • Eagle
  • Firefly
  • Fox
  • Goat
  • Hedgehog
  • Heron
  • Horse
  • Ladybug
  • Lion
  • Lizards
  • Peacock
  • Praying Mantis
  • Quail
  • Ram
  • Robin
  • Salamanders
  • Scorpion
  • Shark
  • Snake
  • Swallow
  • Tiger
  • Wren

Body Parts:  Adrenal Glands

Chakras: Solar Plexis

Colors:

  • Gold
  • Red
  • Red-Orange
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Yellow-Orange

Crystals:

  • Agates
  • Amber
  • Bloodstone
  • Calcite – Orange
  • Carnelian
  • Fire Agate
  • Fire Opal
  • Garnet
  • Lava
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
  • Red Jasper
  • Rhodochrosite
  • Ruby
  • Sunstone
  • Tiger’s Eye
  • Topaz – Golden

Direction:  South

Energy:  Masculine

Foods:  

  • Onion
  • Orange
  • Red Peppers

Goddesses/Gods:

  • Agni
  • Aine
  • Ameratsu
  • Aradia
  • Belenus
  • Bertha
  • Brahma
  • Brigid
  • Danu
  • Derga
  • Dionysus
  • Freya
  • Grandmother Spider
  • Hephaestus
  • Hestia
  • Horus
  • Inari
  • Indra
  • Khnum
  • Kupala
  • Lucina
  • Mimir
  • Nergal
  • Njord
  • Pele
  • Perun
  • Phoebe
  • Prometheus
  • Ra
  • Sekhmet
  • Vesta
  • Vulcan

Heavenly Bodies: 

  • Jupiter
  • Mars
  • Sun

Herbs/Oils: 

  • Allspice
  • Amaranth
  • Anemone
  • Angelica
  • Basil 
  • Black Cohosh
  • Cinnamon 
  • Clove
  • Coriander
  • Cumin
  • Dill
  • Fennel
  • Frankincense
  • Garlic 
  • Ginger
  • Ginseng
  • Goldenseal
  • High John
  • Holy Basil (Tulsi)
  • Lime
  • Nutmeg
  • Orange
  • Pepper
  • Peppermint
  • Rosemary
  • St. John’s Wort
  • Vervain

Intentions/Powers/Spell Uses:

  • Authority
  • Candle Magik
  • Courage
  • Destruction
  • Embers
  • Energy
  • Flame
  • Healing
  • Heat
  • Illumination
  • Lifeblood
  • Loyalty
  • Power
  • Passion
  • Purification
  • Physical exercise
  • Self-Knowledge
  • Strength
  • Storms
  • Time
  • Transformation
  • Vision
  • Will

Metals: 

  • Brass
  • Gold
  • Iron
  • Steel

Moon Phase:  Full

Mythical/Magical Beings:

  • Dragon
  • Phoenix    

Number:

  • 1
  • 3
  • 5
  • 9

Observance: 

  • Beltane
  • Imbolc
  • Litha

Ogham:  Ur

Posture:  Arms overhead, forming a triangle

Runes: 

  • Dag
  • Ken
  • Rad
  • Sigel

Season:  Summer

Season of Life:  Maturity

Sense:  Sight

Symbolized Using:

  • Candle
  • Dagger
  • Incense
  • Sword
  • Wand

Tarot:

  • Judgment
  • Swords
  • Wands

Time of Day:  Noon

Tools: 

  • Athame
  • Burnt requests on paper and/or herbs
  • Candles
  • Censer 
  • Dagger
  • Sword
  • Wand

Trees and Plants: 

  • Alder
  • Ash
  • Beech
  • Blackthorn
  • Calendula
  • Carnation
  • Cedar
  • Cherry
  • Chestnut
  • Chrysanthemum
  • Dragon’s Blood Tree
  • Elder
  • Gorse
  • Hawthorn
  • Heliotrope
  • Hibiscus
  • Holly
  • Horse Chestnut
  • Juniper 
  • Laurel
  • Lime
  • Lovage
  • Mandrake
  • Marigold
  • Mesquite
  • Mullein
  • Mustard
  • Nasturtium
  • Nettle 
  • Oak
  • Olive
  • Onion 
  • Orange
  • Pennyroyal
  • Peony
  • Pine
  • Pomegranate
  • Primrose
  • Red Peppers 
  • Red Poppies
  • Rowan
  • Rue
  • Snapdragon
  • Sunflower
  • Sweet Woodruff
  • Thistle
  • Thorny Holly
  • Walnut
  • Willow
  • Witch Hazel
  • Wormwood
  • Yew

Weather:  Sunny

Virtues:

  • Courage
  • Enthusiasm
  • Will-Power

Vices:

  • Anger
  • Hatred
  • Jealousy

Zodiac:

  • Aries
  • Leo
  • Sagittarius

Element of Water

The element of emotion and the unconscious, of love and fertility

The third element of the alchemical tradition

Angel: 

Symbol for water. Line drawing. Equilateral triangle point down.
WATER SYMBOL
  • Gabriel
  • Raphael

Animals: 

  • Bear
  • Beaver
  • Blackbird
  • Cat
  • Cormorant
  • Creatures of Water
  • Crocodile
  • Dolphin
  • Dove
  • Dragon
  • Fish
  • Frog
  • Hare
  • Hippopotamus
  • Horse
  • Kingfisher
  • Leviathan
  • Moose
  • Otter
  • Porpoise
  • Sea Birds
  • Sea Lions
  • Sea Mammals
  • Sea Serpents
  • Shellfish
  • Swan
  • Toad
  • Turtle
  • Whale

Body Parts:  Thyroid

Chakras: Sacral

Colors:

  • All Blue-Green-Black Hues – Colors of Water
  • Blue
  • Violet

Crystals:

  • Amazonite
  • Amethyst
  • Aquamarine
  • Beryl
  • Green Calcite
  • Coral
  • Blue Fluorite
  • Lapis Lazuli
  • Moonstone
  • Obsidian
  • Opal
  • Pearl
  • Rose Quartz
  • Sodalite
  • Blue Topaz
  • Blue Tourmaline
  • Turquoise

Direction:  West

Energy:  Feminine

Foods:

  • Apple
  • Blackberry
  • Chamomile or Echinacea Tea
  • Grape
  • Lemon
  • Lettuce
  • Raspberry
  • Strawberry
  • Seaweeds

Goddesses/Gods:

  • Aphrodite
  • Dylan
  • Ea
  • Isis
  • Kupala
  • Manannan
  • Mari
  • Neptune
  • Osiris
  • Poseidon
  • Ran
  • Tiamat
  • Varuna
  • Yemaya

Heavenly Bodies: 

  • Mercury
  • Moon
  • Neptune
  • Pluto
  • Saturn
  • Venus

Herbs/Oils:

  • Aloe
  • Burdock
  • Catnip
  • Chamomile
  • Echinacea
  • Lemon
  • Lemon Balm
  • Myrrh
  • Passion Flower
  • Peppermint
  • Rose
  • Sandalwood
  • Spearmint
  • Spikenard
  • Star Anise
  • Thyme
  • Valerian
  • Vanilla
  • Yarrow

Intentions/Powers/Spell Uses:

  • Amniotic Fluid
  • Astral Travel
  • Cleansing
  • Compassion
  • Death/Rebirth
  • Dissolution
  • Dreams
  • Emotions
  • Fertility
  • Generations
  • Healing
  • Ice
  • Intuition
  • Love
  • Menstrual Fluid
  • Moon
  • Psychism
  • Purification
  • Reflection
  • Rest
  • Sadness
  • Saliva
  • Sea
  • Self-Healing
  • Snow
  • Sorrow
  • Tides
  • The Unconscious
  • Water – anything that relates
  • Wisdom
  • The Womb
  • Vision Quests

Metals: 

  • Copper
  • Mercury
  • Silver

Moon Phase:  New

Mythical/Magical Beings:

  • Mermaid
  • Sea Monsters
  • Undine

Number:

  • 2
  • 7

Observance: 

  • Mabon
  • Neptunalia

Ogham: 

  • Eadha
  • Eamhancholl

Posture: Arms extended, palms up

Runes: 

  • Feoh
  • Jera
  • Lagu
  • Peorth

Season:  Autumn

Season of Life:  Old Age

Sense: 

  • Taste
  • The Third Eye

Symbolized using:

  • Fish
  • Sponges
  • Water

Tarot:

  • Cups
  • The Hanged Man
  • Moon

Time of Day:  Twilight

Tools: 

  • Cauldron
  • Chalice
  • Cup
  • Magnets
  • Mirrors

Trees and Plants: 

  • Alder
  • Apple
  • Catnip
  • Ferns
  • Gardenia
  • Hazel
  • Hibiscus
  • Hyacinth
  • Lemon
  • Lilac
  • Lily of the Valley
  • Lotus
  • Mosses
  • Orris
  • Passion Flower
  • Rose
  • Seaweed
  • Spruce
  • Sycamore
  • Water Lilies
  • All Water Plants
  • Willow

Weather:

  • Raining
  • Snowing

Virtues:

  • Compassion
  • Flexibility
  • Forgiveness
  • Love
  • Receptivity

Vices:

  • Depression
  • Indifference
  • Instability

Zodiac:

  • Cancer
  • Pisces
  • Scorpio

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