What follows here is a brief description of some of these qualities. Please note that some cultures have different associations for the four directions and these differences understandably follow geographical and typographical changes. The reader is urged to research the history of their own culture and location to find out what their particular associations are. T hese descriptions will, at least, provide us a glimpse of the patterns and cycles apparent throughout our world. Here we can grasp the significance of these patterns and take a peek at the infinite knowledge which may be obtained by these studies.
East East is associated with births and new beginnings because it is where each new day dawns.
Spring is the season associated with this direction because Spring is also the time of new beginnings. East is the place of healing, creativity, illumination, divination, intuition, new birth and sunshine, new learning, strength of will, communication, and the expression of new. South South is the home of the child within. While the East is where we are born, the South is where we learn to grow, nourished by the warmth of the sun. South is the place of Summer.