According to the Ancient Greeks, the universe is made of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water. Plus the non-material world by ether or spirit. These elements play a vital part in casting spells today. When you are casting a spell you are using a specific element for the energy it can bring to your spell.
Also, Western astrology divides the 12 zodiac signs into the four elements that exist in our natural world: fire, earth, air, and water. These relate to specific personality traits and tendencies.
The magical ability of each element
Fire
Good for self-empowerment before the workings of black magick.
Used for: Confidence, fame, success in gambling, pleasure, securing popularity/charisma, increasing health and vitality, healing, protection, success, magickal power, creativity, enthusiasm, energy, stamina, major changes, adaptability, attraction, sudden changes, stimulation, enthusiasm, creativity, energy, gaining control, changing luck and inciting justice.
Your Emotions – Revenge, anger, pure sexual lust, physical gratification, courage, determination, dealing with enemies. Inciting accidents, fires, and injuries. Self-confidence, athletics, strength, magical energy for Black Magick, intensity.
In the Target – Incites lust, energy, strength, sexual energy, dynamism, passionate love, physical desire, courage, will power, and athletics (especially competitive).
Water
Good for beginnings and growth.
Used for: Healing, love, making love, (affectionate; fire is for lust/sex), fidelity, reconciliation, beauty, youth, friendships, attraction, harmony, social functions, indulgence, pleasure. Meditation, psychic ability, telepathy, mind reading, Spirit communication, absorbing knowledge telepathically. Good for beginnings and growth. The home and immediate surroundings, imagination, memory, psychic awareness/dreams, spirituality, and meditation.
For psychic-related, meditative/hypnotic, fertility, marriage, and balance.
In the target – Inciting jealousy, greed, suspicion, resentment, sickness, disease, and disharmony. Water when directed to another can cause one to be overly emotional, have violent reactions, lash out, and have a very difficult time with being objective.
Earth
Used for: Money, fertility, abundance, material gain, wealth, healing, communication with nature spirits, financial gain, earnings increases, possessions, riches, indulgence, pleasure. The earth element is used in death rituals and can be used along with death energy, used in binding rituals, and to absorb, conceal, for self control, endurance, and patience.
Air
Used for – The Will.
For passing exams, improving the mind, concentration, mental power, learning ability, speech, writing, publishing, media concerns, gossip, slander, interviews, brothers, sisters, neighbors, rumors, theft, all areas of study and communication, also astral projection, overcoming addictions, breaking habits. Good for friendship, imagination, creativity inspiration, and charisma.
In Target – incites confusion, chaos, irritability, nervousness, nervous exhaustion, arguments, and discord.
Correspondences for the Elements:
Associations of the elements are:
Earth: physical; the body; health; personal resources such as money, time, energy; solidity; fertility.
Water: emotions; intuition; the unconscious; vitalizing fluids and forces; rhythms of nature.
Air: mental effort; thought; rationality; communication; intellectual activities; decisions.
Fire: action; exploration; purification
Spirit is the most esoteric, perceived, as it is, as an energy that is the driving force behind creation.
FIRE CORRESPONDENCES
- Direction: South
- Gender: Masculine
- Energy: Projective
- Location on Pentagram: Lower Right Point
- Season: Summer
- Time: Noon
- God: Agni, Mars, Horus, Ra, Sol, Vulcan
- Goddess: Brigit, Vesta, Pele, Hestia
- Sense: Sight
- Cycle of Life: Youth
- Colors: Red, Orange, Gold
- Animal: Phoenix, cat, squirrel, hawk, snake
- Trees: Cedar, cashew, juniper, rowan, oak, fig
- Stone: Agate, jasper, amber, fire opal, ruby, carnelian
- Tools: Spear, staff, candle, lamp
- Positive Trait: Passion
- Negative Trait: Anger
- Tarot Suit: Wands
- Zodiac: Ares, Leo, Sagittarius