The Elements

5 things that help make creation and can be used in almost every spell or anything in your practice really. They are Water, Air, Fire, Earth, and Spirit. Each element is connected and worked with different meanings or traits.

## Fire

* **Fire** is associated with the Summer season and with heat. In the Chinese Medicine paradigm, the element is associated with the heart, pericardium, small intestines and related to the tongue. Fire is one of the 4 classic elements of Greek and Roman times. Keywords for fire include physical strength, force, courage, desire, initiative, fertility, passion, purification and rejuvenation. It represents both light and heat. This element is associated with the mind and its stability. The heart is the “seat” of the mind and therefore, its highest expression is love. Enthusiasm, warmth in human relationships and conscious awareness. Emotionally, when the fire element is balanced, sensitivity and expression, true fulfillment and the equilibrium between heart and mind are our greatest rewards.

## Water

* **Water** is associated with the Winter season and with cold. Water is one of the 4 classic elements of Greek and Roman times. In the Chinese Medicine paradigm, the element is associated with the kidneys and the bladder, which regulate water metabolism, and the reproductive system. There is also a strong relationship with the immune system and the ability for the body to lubricate, repair and protect itself. This element is often associated with the emotion of fear and/or with death.

## Earth

* **Earth** doesn’t necessarily always represent the physical earth, but that part of us, which is stable, solid and dependable. Earth is one of the 4 classic elements of Greek and Roman times. Earth is the realm of abundance, prosperity and wealth. Earth is a personality trait and Earth is an element, as well. The element is associated with the spleen, pancreas and stomach and related to the mouth. Keywords associated with the earth element include traits of sensations, patience, stability, strength, health, grounding and centering of energies, promoting peace, fertility, money, business success, stability, warmth, comfort and physical labor. The element Earth is associated with the Late Summer season in Chinese Medicine and with dampness.

## Air

* **Air** is also an element associated with the Spring season and with wind. Air is one of the 4 classic elements of Greek and Roman times. In some cultures, air is associated with Fall. In both seasons it is a time of two extremes, upheaval and growth, or decay and dying. Air represents the breath of life!  Your breathing is the voice of your spirit. It’s depth, smoothness, sound, and rate reflect your mood. The cosmic breath, the Hindus speak of called “prana” is also the energetic life force the Chinese refer to as “Qi” energy. Keywords for air include: mind, brain, intellect, logical thought, curiosity, travel, youth, light, energy, computers, machines, impersonal, detached, mental powers, visions, psychic power, wisdom, learning, imagination, ideas, beliefs, and theory. Air is associated with the emotions of calm, upheaval, flexibility, tornadic or aloof behavior. Its organ association include the lungs and peripherals.

## Spirit

* This is the most interesting of elements found in the Ayurvedic system of medicine. Within the Indian and Celtic paradigms, **Ether** is also called Spirit. Ether is the emptiness between matter. Ether is the space in which everything happens. It is the field that is simultaneously the source of all matter and the space in which it exists. The chief characteristic of ether is sound. Here sound represents the entire spectrum of vibration. When we pay attention to sound, we are mindful. It is consciousness. This is the foundation all the other elements transition from. It is the receptivity and non-resistance to what is true.  Ether is considered our transitions in life.