There are five main elements
used in Wicca, these are; Earth, Fire, Air, Water and Spirit.
Earth : To Keep Silent
Direction
North
Colours Brown,
black, purple, green
Season
Winter
Ritual symbol
Pentacle
Favoured moon phase Fourth quarter
Favoured time
Midnight
Elemental Spirit
Gnomes
Magickal Tool
Stone or Pentagram
Sense
Touch
Concepts: body, strength, stillness, endurance, mystery, power,
healing, skill, touch, wisdom
Positive Qualities: strength, steadfastness, stability, sensuality,
humility, selfnessness, patience, responsibility, persistance,
realization, growth, tolerance, prosperity
Negative Qualities: laziness, stubborness, greed, inertia,
attention seeking, domineering, depression, melancholy
* it is the physical earth and the very heart of life.
* it is essential to spells and rituals of prosperity, business, fertility,
and stability.
* Earth is a feminine element and governs stone and knot magick.
* Astrological Element: Taurus/Virgo/Capricorn
Fire: To Will
Direction
South
Colours
Red, orange, gold
Season Summer
Ritual symbol
Athame/sword
Favoured moon phase Second quarter
Favoured time
Noon
Elemental Spirit
Firedrakes or Salamanders
Magikal Tool
Wand or Staff
Sense
Sight
Concepts: energy, freedom, success, drive, light, power, vision,
transmutation
Positive Qualities: sensuality, sexuality, courage, motivation, drive,
enthusiasm, passion, will, creativity, change.
Negative Qualities: fickleness, vengefulness, violence, fear, hatred,
possessiveness, cruelty, anger, egotism.
* Fire is essential to spells and rituals of healing, purification, sex, breaking bad habits, or destroying
illness and disease.
* Fire is the element of authority and leadership.
* Fire is a masculine element and governs all candle magick.
* Astrological element: Aries/Leo/Sagittarius
Air: To Know
Direction East
Colours Blue,
yellow, green
Season
Spring
Ritual symbol
Wand/sword
Favoured moon phase First quarter
Favoured time
Dawn
Elemental Spirits
Slyphs or Spirits
Magickal Tools
Athame or Sword
Sense
Smell
Concepts: intellect, knowledge, clarity, discrimination, mind, speed,
sound, intuition.
Positive Qualities: imagination, inspiration, wisdom, hope, happiness,
logic, joy, analysis, discernment, decisiveness.
Negative Qualities: anxiety, fear, impulsiveness, paranoia, dispersion,
prejudice, insecurity.
* Air is the element of new life and possibilities.
* Air is essential to spells and rituals of travel, instruction, finding
lost items, some types of divination and freedom.
* Air aids in visualization, a vital technique in Magick.
* Air is a masculine element and governs the magick of the four winds.
* Astrological elements: Gemini/Libra/Aquarius
Water: To Dare
Direction
West
Colours
Blue, white, light grays, pinks, light greens
Season
Autumn
Ritual symbol
Chalice
Favoured moon phase Full moon
Favoured time Dusk
Elemental Spirit
Undines or Merfolk
Magickal Tool Chalice
or Cauldron
Sense
Taste
Concepts: emotion, dreams, intuition, death/rebirth, taste, blood,
primal chaos, underworld, unconscious, sub - conscious, womb,
psychic ability.
Positive Qualities: compassion, sympathy, empathy, nurture, trust,
sexuality, serenity, tranquility, depth, love, purification, family,
compassion.
Negative Qualities: sadness, jealousy, hatred, insipid, treachery,
sorrow, deceit, spite, venom.
* Water is essential in spells and rituals of friendship, marriage, happiness, fertility, healing,
pleasure, and psychic ability.
* Water is a feminine element and governs spells involving mirrors.
* Astrological elements: Cancer/Scorpio/Pisces
Spirit: To Go
Direction
Centre (within/without)
Colours
purple, black, white
Season
The turning wheel
Favoured Time
Between the world
Magickal Tool
Cauldron, sword
Sense
Hearing
Concepts: will, harmony, evolution, life force, transcendence, sixth sense, transformation
