Sunday, January 27, 2013

Elemental Correspondence

by Coraluna Soleil

Earth: 12/22 (Following Winter Solstice) to 3/20 (Eve of Spring Equinox)

Goals - planning, growth, invoking, manifestation, success, fortune, blessings, healing, peace, abundance

Goddesses - Crone Goddess, Earth Mother, Dark Maiden, Gaia, Demeter, Artemis, Habundia, Ceres, Rhiannon, Persephone, Kora

Beings - wood nymphs, dryads, trolls, elves, trees

Stones - smoky quartz, obsidian, onyx, moss agate, jade, green aventurine, chysoprase

Symbols - stones, salt, dirt, leaves, treebark, coins, bones, pentacle

Night/Midnight
North

Air: 3/21 (Spring Equinox) to 6/20 (Eve of Summer Solstice)

Goals - beginnings, initiation, knowledge, wisdom, communication, knowledge, competition, inspiration

Goddesses - Bright Maiden, Eris, Asherah, Bast, Athena, Mnemosyne, Psyche, Brigit, Arianrhod,

Beings - birds, butterflies, faeries, wind spirits

Stones - clear quartz, blue lace agaate, turquoise, chrysocolla, topaz

Symbols - bells, incense/smoke, feathers, instruments, poetry, dagger/sword/athame

Morning/Sunrise
East

Fire: 6/21 (Summer Solstice) to 9/22 (Eve of Autumn Equinox)

Goals - energy, willpower, passion, aggresion, action, anger, protection, determination, kundalini energy

Goddesses - Lucina, Amaterasu, Pele, Durga, Kali, Morrigan, Vestia/Hesta, Hecate

Beings - salamanders, dragons, serpents, phoenix

Sones - carnelian, tiger's eye, ruby, garnet, bloodstone, citrine

Symbols - candles, oil lamp, cauldron, censor, ash

Midday/Noon
South

Water: 9/23 (Autumn Equinox) to 12/21 (Winter Solstice)

Goals - emotion, compassion, intuition, psychic ability, dreams, transformation, emotion, love, initiation

Goddesses - Yemaya, Aphrodite/Venus, Sarasvati, Mari, Ariadne, Selene, Tiamat, Quan Yin

Beings - mermaids, ondines, sea nymphs, syrens

Stones - opal, blue quartz, pearl, coral, seashells, sapphire, moonstone

Symbols -  saltwater, wine, shells, coral, seaweed, chalice

Sunset/Twilight
West