Element of Water
- Direction: West
- Name of West Wind: Zephyrus
- Qualities: feminine, flowing, purifying, soothing, loving, movement, emotions
- Magickal Phrase: To Will
- Symbols: traditionally the Celtic symbol is used
- Manifestations: intuition, healing, unconscious mind, emotions, unconditional love, measuring change, cleansing, replenishing, Element of Dreams, receptivity, refresh, purify, cold/moist, heavy/passive, fertility, energy ebbs and flows but never floods, love, interoperations
- Animals: seas serpents, dolphins (deep psychic), most fish types (swimming in tides of life's emotions), night creatures (trips), sea mammals (psychic communication), water snakes, all water creatures (dreams), seabirds (uplifted emotions), cat, frog (helps you see your part in big picture of world), elk (emotions, feelings), turtle (wisdom), otter (playfulness), shellfish, swan, crab (defense, protection), bear (spiritual healing, introspection, renewal), heron (inner tuition, organization, self knowledge), panther (introspection), jaguar (shamanic trips, self initiation), raven (spirit communication, dreams, inner knowledge), whales, seals, dolphins/porpoises
- Colors: blue, blue greens, gray, blue gray, indigo, black, silver, lavender, turquoise, aqua, white (sea foam in moonlight)
- Season: Autumn, harvest, Lughnasssadh, Fall Equinox
- Day(s) of the Week: Monday, Friday
- Planets: Venus, Moon
- Zodiac Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
- Herbs/Plants: ferns, lotus, mosses, bushes, seaweeds, rose, water lilies, all water plants (dreams), lettuce rose, lilac, gardenia (spirit guides, love), flowers, lavender (summon spirits), rushes, cat tails, water cress. Dream Teas: chamomile, jasmine (shamanic intuitions), raspberry, catnip, cherry, hibiscus
- Trees: willow (journeys, magick), pine (emotions), magnolia (dreams), apple, avocado, buckthorn, cherry, elder, elm, licorice, mesquite, mimosa, myrtle, peach, pear, plum, poplar, sandalwood
- Hour of the Day: dusk, evening, twilight
- Time of Life: maturity, parenthood
- Magickal Tools: cup, cauldron, chalice/goblet, mirrors, sea water treasures, seaweeds, roots, dark feathers, void meditations, bells, shells
- Pentacle Point: upper right
- Celtic Name: Iar
- Elemental Spirits: undines, nymphs, mermaids/mermen (sea), fairies of lakes, ponds, streams
- Forms in Nature: lakes, springs, wells, ponds, steams, rivers, beaches, bathtubs, swimming pools, showers, bedrooms (sleeping), health spas, fountains, steam rooms, ocean and tides, rains, mist, fog, shells, cups of water/fluid (waterfalls/moon), marshes, rain drenched areas, germination, tears
- Stones: aquamarine (inner journeys, serenity), water colored crystals (psychic flow), river stones (emotions), amethyst (inner journeys, soothing emotions, addictions), white coral (flexibility), rainbow crystals (shamanic journeys), blue fluorite (shamanic journeys, dreams), double terminated crystals (healing energies), translucent/crystalline stones, ocean rocks, pearls, quartz, blue or blue green stones
- Parts of the Body: womb, breasts, tear ducts, stomach, intestines
- Human Sense: taste
- Goddess Aspect: Mother
- Keys for Water: Love Principle, fertility
- Physical Body: I feel-devotion, I desire-intensity, I believe-understanding
- Virtues: compassion, tranquility, tenderness, forgiveness, modesty, fluidity in creativity, receptivity, influence, graciousness, sensitivity, patience
- Vices: self indulgence, negligence, cowardice, indifference, instability, moodiness, infatuation, easily put upon, delusions, dependency, body puffiness, mood swings, touchiness, apathy, deep body dryness, separation of body and mind with no empathy
- Stage and Cycle of Creation: perseverance to endure the long gestation, nurturing and supporting role
- Emotions: love, sorrow, courage to continue on a difficult path with no end in sight, silent suffering (enduring rage born of it), hope that springs, eternal, subconscious
- Ritual Forms: journeys (map inner quest), inner vision (find formula for consciousness), self healing (maintain personal wellness), balancing (harmonizing aspects of self), dream work, spirit guides, shamanic consciousness work, Earth journeys, healing circles, love, personal healing, Eastern Void Meditation (sea, ice, snow, fog, mirror, magnet, rain, moon), placing things into water (washing/bathing, dilution), deep psychic work, spiritual renewal, communications, deep void level meditations
- Types of Magick: feelings, emotions, imagination, intuition, fertility, astral projection, healing of self and others, courage, plants, love, commune with spirits, purification, pleasure, friendship, marriage, happiness, sleep, dreams and dreamtime, psychic, inner self, sympathy, reflection, currents and tides of life, power to cleanse and dare all things, awareness of inner knowing, vision quests, deep void level meditations, security, love, peace, mystery, subconscious minds, absorption, germination, courage, sorrow, generation, smell, womb
- Metals: silver (intuition), Mercury (changeable emotions), platinum, copper
- Angel: Gabriel, Archangel of Moon and Inner Visions
- King: Niksa or Necksa (servant of Gabriel, fluid shape changer of inner worlds, Eheieh-elemental King of Water)
- Places in Nature: see forms in nature
- Attracted By: water, washes, solutions
- Incense: myrrh, chamomile, ambergris, patchouli, onynch. Journey Incense: lotus, sandalwood, mugwort, camphor, vanilla, violet
- Musical Instruments: cymbals, bells, drums
- State of Matter: liquid
- Journey: journey to inner vision
- Goddesses: Aphrodite, Isis (Rivers of Life), Marianne, Mari Tiamat, Yemaya, Arianrhod (Celtic Goddess of Moon and Earth), Selene (full Moon), Hecate (Dark Moon)
- Gods: Dylan, En, Manannan, Osiris, Neptune (psychic flow), Poseidon (oceanic consciousness)
- Thoughts: Feelings are but tiny trickles and emotions are gentle brooks leading to great rivers of Inner Knowing and Dreams. All are pulled to the Deep Ocean Mother by the Lady of the Healing Light./li>
Water Meditation
Take some time to get comfortable. Once you are comfortable, close your eyes and begin breathing slowly, letting the air in and out as you relax your entire body.
See yourself sitting on an isolated beach at midnight. You can hear the sounds of the ocean and of the birds and of the waves crashing nearby. You sit and smell the salty smell of the ocean, and you close your eyes. Once you close your eyes, feel yourself becoming the ocean. You cannot drown, because you are the water. Feel yourself becoming the waves and crashing on the shore. Feel the ebb and flow of the water. Feel the coolness of the water.
After a few minutes of being the water, feel yourself descend deeper and deeper into the ocean. You cannot drown because you breath like the fish, and the animals won't hurt you because they know you are their friend. You pass by lots of fish and other mammals. You see the growth of the plants at the bottom. You then feel your feet touch the bottom of the ocean. You see in front of you a very large mer-man. He tells you to come to him, and he begins talking to you. He tells you that water can help you with understanding your emotions, and that he is there to help you.
He asks you if there are any emotions you would like him to help you with. You think for a moment. You then reply to him what it is you need help with. He speaks to you, and tells you what you can do to help yourself. You then feel better about yourself and how you act in everyday life. He tells you how water sustains life, and he tells you his secrets. He tells you that it is time to part, and you bid each other farewell.
As you turn, you begin to float back up through the ocean. You see the plants. You see the fishes and the other mammals. You then come to the surface of the water, and you can feel yourself as the ebb and flow of the water. You then slowly creep back to the shore and then you begin to feel yourself sitting on the beach again. You begin to breath regularly again. You open your eyes and you are where you started.
Water Spell
Simple Fertility Spell
You will need:
- one red, one pink, and one blue small strip of material
- needle, thread, and scissors
- red candle-pillar or votive
- patchouli oil
- container for candle
Ground and center yourself. Begin sewing the strips together into a cloth and say:
Red for my fertility.
Pink for the girl child and the Goddess,
Blue for the boy child and the God,
In hope for one, thy stitching is done.
Once you have finished sewing, place the cloth on the pentacle. Then, take the red candle and anoint it with the oil, from wick to bottom to bring fertility in and say:
May the God and Goddess aid me in my fertility.
Put the candle in the container and light it. Then say:
As I light this candle, I send you my request.
With the aid of the Lord and the Lady,
Harming none, So Mote it Be!
Carry the strips of cloth with you or put them under your bed sheet at night. Take the remnants of the candle and bury it.