Properties

Element Air Fire Water Earth
Qualities Hot / Moist Hot / Dry Cool / Moist Cool / Dry
Polarity Yang (M) Yang (M) Yin (F) Yin (F)
Direction East South West North
Season Spring Summer Fall Winter
Time of Day Dawn Noon Dusk Midnight
Wind Eurus Notus Zepyrus Boreas

Associated Images

  Fire Air Water Earth
Tarot Swords & Dagger¹ Wands & Staff¹ Cups Penticles
Alchemy Lion Eagle Dragon Ox
Elementals Salamander Sylph Undine Gnome
Western Zodiac Aries, Leo, Sagittarius Gemini, Libra, Aquarius Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces Taurrus, Virgo, Capricorn
Keltic weapons Sword Spear Shield Bow
Druidic Golden Sickle Druidic Staff Silver Chalice Holey Blue stone
  Oaken Symbol Ravens Feather Oyster Shell Crystal holey stone
Keltic Myth Sword of Nuada Spear of Lugh Caldron of the Dagda Stone of Fal

¹ The Crowley Interpetation has these two Associations reversed, but personally I find this scheme more natural.

See Also: Hindu Tattwas (Base 5 Elements); Medicine Wheel (Base 4 Elements); Tibetetan Elements (Base 5 Elements); Wu-Hsing (Base 5 Elements).

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