Air Element

DIRECTION. East, the place of sunrise.

PRINCIPLE/DIVINE FORCE. Mind.

FORCE. Positive, active, electric.

ENERGY. Projective.

COLOURS. Yellow(sunshine), sky blue, white, violet, gold.

SEASON. Spring, the time of freshness.

TIME. Dawn.

AGE. Birth.

GENDER/POLARITY. Masculine, Yang.

STATE OF MATTER. Gaseous.

SENSE. Smell, hearing, thinking.

ALTAR TOOL/TAROT SUIT. Incense, Daggers or Swords.

COURT CARDS. Kings, Princes.

PLAYING CARD. Ace of Spades.

ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS. Gemini, Libra, Aquarius.

RITUAL FORMS.Throwing objects up into the air, dropping things from heights, suspending objects in midair (windchimes), fanning things, wind magick.

SYMBOLS. Incense smoke, feathers.

JEWEL. Topaz, chalcedony.

METAL. Mercury, tin, copper.

STONES. Light stones, like pumice. Transparent stones, like mica.

HERBS. Vines. Flowers that reach up, or are windswept(tall grasses). Very fragrant flowers. Pungent culinary herbs. Leaves and needles, the “lungs” of plants.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. Flute, all wind instruments.

ELEMENTAL. Sylphs/zephyrs, rulers of knowledge and inspiration, attracted by oils and incense.

ELEMENTAL KING. Paralda.

ANIMAL. Birds, spiders, winged insects.

ARCHANGEL. Raphael.

CTHULU MYTHOS. Hastur or Nyarlathotep.

HUMOR. Phlegm.

SABBATS. Candlemas (February 2)–combined with earth. Spring Equinox (March 21). Beltane (April 30)–combined with fire.

TRAITS. Mental, inventive, intelligent, quick, alert, cooperative, humane. Cold, aloof, imitative, nervous, superficial.

MEANINGS. Pattern, breath, intellect/mind. Heat, lightness, slight, obscurity, subtlety, movement(and excessive motion), free, wandering, flying, suspending.

RITUALS. Intellectualism, teaching, study, school, memory, tests, theorizing. Organizing and organizations. Groups of all kinds. Writing, communications. Freedom, travel. Recovering lost items, revealing lies. Drug addiction. Divination.

PLACES. Mountaintops, wind-swept plains, cloudy skies, high towers, airports, schools, libraries, offices, travel agencies, psychiatrists offices.

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