THE ELEMENTS

Aha! The Elements.  Without each Element, we would not be alive. Earth, Air, Fire, and Water all play a very impotant part in each and every life. For Earth, grows our food, we live our lives on it, and without it, how could we exist? And Air, we breathe, birds fly, we would perish. Fire, keeps us warm, even creates life when burned. And Water, we would die, we use alot in our bodies, it moistens the earth for plants to grow, and a breathing element for aquatic animals.
Without the above Elements, we would not exist. So, Dont you think they deserve praise and honor from us? Here are the Elements and their properties in life. Maybe they will help you in working with them.

EARTH

Basic Nature: Moist, fertile, stabilizing, grounding, nurturing, gravity

Type of energy: Receptive

Colour: Green

Places: Canyons, forests, farms, parks, caves, valleys, gardens,etc.

Rituals: Prosperity, stability, money, fertility, grounding, employment

Herbs: Mosses, lichens, vetivert, patchouli, nuts, dry and stiff plants, generally roots, Earth-smelling plants

Stones: Opaque or heavy, green as in emerald

Metals: Lead, iron

Creatures: Earthworm, ant, cow, gopher, dog, horse, burrowing animals

Season: Winter(time of darkness)

Direction: North

Time: Night

Magickal Tool: Pentacle (metal, clay, or wooden disk inscribed with a five pointed star)

Astrological signs: Virgo, taurus, capricorn

Sense: Touch

AIR

Basic Nature: intelligence, flying, moving, fresh, sound

Type of Energy:  Projective

Colour:  Yellow

Places:   Cloudy skies, Mountain Tops

Rituals:  Freedom, Knowledge, travel, instruction, study

Herbs: Leaves, scented flowers

Stones:  Light stones (Pumice)

Metals: Copper, tin

Creatures:  Most Birds, spiders, winged insects(Fly, etc)

Season:  Spring (Time of Freshness)

Direction:  East

Time:  Dawn

Magical Tool:   Wand

Astrological Signs: Libra, Gemini, Aquarius

Sense:  Hearing, smell

FIRE

Basic Nature: Cleansing, sexual, destructive, purifying, energetic, Heat,

Type of Energy:  Projective

Colour: Red

Places:  Hot springs, deserts, Hot places

Rituals:  Strength,sex, energy, protection, courage, banishing negativity

Herbs:  Cacti, stinging or thorny, seeds

Stones:  Jasper, clear quartz, volcanic lava

Metals:  Gold, brass

Creatures:  Scorpian, lady bug, snakes, bee, lizard etc

Season: Summer (Time of Heat)

Direction:   South

Time:  Noon

Magical Tool:   Knife

Astrological Signs:   Leo, Saggitarius, Aires

Sense:   Sight

WATER

Basic Nature:  Healing, soothing, loving, flowing, purifying

Type of Energy:   Receptive

Colour:  Blue

Places:   Oceans, lakes, springs, Rivers, Waterfalls, Etc.

Rituals:   Psychic awareness, peace, sleep, dreams, love, marriage

Herbs:  Water lilies, lettuce, rose, generally flowers

Stones:  Aquamarine

Metals:   Copper, quicksilver (Mercury), silver

Creatures: Turtle, otter, whale, seal, most fish and shellfish, cats, frog, dolphin

Season: Autumn(Time of Harvest)

Direction:   West

Time:   Dusk

Magical Tool:  The cauldron, cup(Chalice)

Astrological Signs:   Pisces, cancer, scorpio

Sense:   Taste

Take a look in the Book Of Shadows to find some Rituals, Invocations and spells concerning the Elements! Blessed Be.