The Elements

by:  Midnight Aura from Magickal Winds

Air

Elemental Air Symbols

Maiden

Astrological Rulers:  Jupiter, Mercury

Keys:  Life Principle, Intellect

Raphael (instructor, traveler, healer)

Rules:  mind, essential qualities, spiritual plane, knowledge, abstract learning, theories, windy or high places, breathe, speech

Plegmatic:  Thinking; weak inhibitory

Virtues:  gregarious, diligent, optimistic, dexterity, joie-de-vivre,
persuasive, friendly, healthy, knowledgeable

Vices:  frivolity, boasting, absent mindedness, rootless, easily distracted, loquacious, tends to intellectualize emotions (rather than experience them)

Spring & sunrise

East, Eurus

Colour:  yellow

Symbols:  topaz, galbanum, aspen, frankincense, vervain, birds, eagle & hawk

Tools:  wand (in some traditions), censer (arrow stabs air & conveys message Outer to Inner)

Spirits:  sylphs under Paralda (very hard to see & know, teach mind control and how to level out your thinking processes)

Shortage:  mind blank, shortness of breath, non-comprehension of known data

Excess:  ”gas bloat”, inability to focus attention, “spacey” thoughts

Fire

Elemental Fire Symbols

Temptress

Astrological Rulers: Sun, Mars, Jupiter

Keys:  Light Principle, Action

Michael (victor over ignorance)

Rules:  force, energy, spirit, heat, mental plane, blood, sap, life, will, surgery, destruction, purification, hearth fires, volcanoes, explosions Choleric; Intuitive; lively

Virtues:  courageous, self-assertive, chivalrous, enthusiastic, passionate, experienced, virile

Vices:  self-centered, ruthless, fanaticism, vindictiveness, anger, hatred

Midsummer & noon

South, Notus

Colour: red

Symbols:  fire opal, almond (in flower), garlic, hibiscus, pepper, olibanum

Tools:  scourge, sword, athame (in some traditions)

Spirits:  salamanders under Djinn (elusive & hostile, teach power over fire & energy)

Shortage:  body heavy or chilled, thoughts draggy, unenthusiastic

Excess:  hot, hyper, flitting thoughts, insomnia, anger, snappishness

Water

Elemental Water Symbols

Mother

Astrological Rulers:  Venus, Moon

Keys:  Love Principle, Fertility Gabriel (turns force into form)

Rules:  emotions, love, sorrow, courage, astral planes, clairvoyance, tides, oceans, pools, streams, wells, womb Melancholic; Feeling; strong, excitatory

Virtues:  compassion, tranquility, tenderness, forgiveness, modesty, fluidity in creativity, receptivity, influence

Vices:  self-indulgence, negligence, cowardice, indifference, instability, moodiness, infatuation, easily put upon, delusions

Autumn & sunset

West, Zephyrus

Colour:  blue

Symbols:  willow, dolphin, fish, water snakes, sea birds, myrrh, ferns, rushes

Tool:  cup or cauldron (depending on tradition)

Spirits:  undines under Neksa (elusive at first, flowing & difficult to understand, watch politely and learn)

Shortage:  deep body dryness, hotness, mind & body feel separated, no empathy

Excess:  body puffiness, sinus (etc.) flows, mood swings, “touchiness”, apathy

Earth

Elemental Earth Symbols

Crone

Astrological Rulers:  Venus, Saturn

Keys:  Law Principle, Solidity

Auriel (“Lord of Awe”)

Rules:  birth & death, body, growth, nature, stones & metals, material things,

caves, chasms, silence, graves, fields

Sanguine; Sensation; calm, imperturbable

Virtues:  strength, endurance, commitment, responsibility, thoroughness, practicality, wisdom, patience, sense of timing

Vices:  dullness, lack of conscience, melancholy, boredom, inertia, stagnation, hoarding of resources (including information)

Yule & midnight

North, Boreas

Colour:  green

Symbols:  oak, rock crystal, salt, bull or cow, stag, grains, comfrey, ivy

Tools:  pentacle, altar stone (body of Anima Mundi)

Spirits:  gnomes under Gob (friendly & easy to reach, teach access to own depths & caverns & how to mine & work the vein of gold therein)

Shortage:  spaciness, hyper-activity, instability

Excess:  body heaviness, general lack of energy, inertia, etc.

by: Midnight Aura from Magickal Winds

This was sent to me by Mulysa Mayhem – Magickal Tattoo Artist/GQ.  I think this is a very interesting topic that has been greatly overlooked…

Mulysa Mayhem – Magickal Tattoo Artist/GQ wrote;

“Blessings to my Brothers and Sisters of the Magickal Community – if you have an interest in tattoos and magick then please join me!

I will be a guest on SEPIA RVP Radio on the Para-X radio network (a division of CBS radio) with host Eric Dionne discussing the Magick of Tattoo.The show will be broadcast on MONDAY – APRIL 6th – 10PM EST. Go to http://www.para-x.com to tune in! the number to call to join us is:910.338.1062

In the modern world tattoos have been commonly perceived as marks of rebellion or of identifying lower class counterculture group members. Today with shows like “Miami Ink” and “L.A. Ink” they’ve become a mainstream fashion trend decorating everything from the ankles of soccer moms & full backs of corporate executives to the lower backs of giggling 18 year old girls.

We see tattoo designs on handbags, energy drinks, t-shirts & now even baby clothes – but before tattooing was the mark of “ne’er-do-wells” & a popular fashion novelty, they were important & powerful marks of transformation and identification. They adorned the bodies of powerful chieftains, kings & queens, sacred dancers & musicians, priests & priestesses, warriors & soldiers alike. Used to bring protection, healing, wisdom, strength & more into their lives. Magickal people the world over – Witches and members of Secret Societies – still to this day brandish the magickal mark & we will chat about how & why.

Come join the fun! BLESSED BE! / 93!”