Fire

In Alchemy an upward pointing triangle is used to designate the element of Fire. In alchemic tradition, metals are incubated by fire in the womb of the Earth and alchemists only accelerate their development. In ancient Greek medicine, each of the four humours became associated with an element. Yellow bile was the humor identified with fire, since both were hot and dry. Other things associated with fire and yellow bile in ancient and medieval medicine included the season of summer, since it increased the qualities of heat and aridity; the choleric temperament (of a person dominated by the yellow bile humour); the masculine; and the eastern point of the compass.

Fire and the other Greek classical elements were incorporated into the Golden Dawn system. The elemental weapon of Fire is the Wand or Athame. The archangel of Fire is Michael. The Fire elementals are Salamanders.

Common Magickal Attributes include:

Cardinal direction: South
Season: Summer
Time of Day: Noon
Time of Life: Youth
Colours: Red or Orange, and sometimes black (infrared)
Tarot Suit: Wands or Swords in the Minor Arcana. Wands are traditionally associated with Fire, and still are in most Tarot decks, however, increasingly decks are being published with Wands associated with Air and Swords with Fire. This is still a matter of debate within the esoteric and Wiccan community.
Rules: Inspiration, Passion
Altar Tool: Candle or Incense
Energy: Masculine

Other correspondences include blood, rubies, and in writing Fire is sometimes represented by a red upwards triangle.
In rituals, fire is represented in the forms of burning objects, love spells, baking and lighting candles or fires.
The manifestations of the element are found in the sun, lightning, fire, volcanoes and lava, and all forms of light.
Cats of all types, especially the lion and tiger, are also thought to personify the element of fire, as are all predatory creatures, such as the fox.
Other mythic and legendary creatures of fire include Phoenix, Drake and Dragon.
Fire’s place on the pentagram is the lower right point.