The blade is often dull and double-edged and the handle is black or some other dark color to absorb power. The cauldron is a symbol of the Goddess and corresponds to the element of Water. It is used in ritual as a container in which magickal transformations can occur and is often a focal point of a ritual. During spring rites, it can be filled with water and fresh flower petals and in winter, fires can be lighted within the cauldron to symbolize the rebirth of the Sun. It can also be filled with water and used for scrying into the future.
Cauldrons often are three-legged and made of iron.
They come in all sizes ranging from a few inches in diameter to several feet across. As a solitary with a fairly small indoor altar, I use a five-inch cauldron. The wand, an instrument of invocation, corresponds to the element of Air. It is sometimes used to direct energy, to scratch magickal symbols in the ground or to stir the contents of a cauldron. Woods such as willow, elder, oak, hazel and apple are traditionally used in the makng of a wand, but any fairly straight piece of wood can work.