The Element Air
What do you think of when you think of the element of Air? The image of a bright blue sky with wispy white clouds comes to my mind. The sky is limit less; you can’t see an end to it.
Air is all about intellect, truth and knowledge. Air means truth, truth in who you really are and the freedom that comes with that realization.
Think about the qualities of the wind too, when it whips up the leaves and sends them dancing around. When a wisp of breeze catches your hair. There is nothing quite like the feeling of standing on top of a windy hill with your arms outstretched just letting the wind wrap around you. Don’t forget that Air also has its destructive side, think of hurricanes and tornadoes.
Air represents East, the season of spring and youth. It is the place of hope and new beginnings. We get up, we start each new day fresh with new opportunities to learn and grow. We go out into the world to go about our business.
Spring has the same feeling – fresh, new energy. We have hibernated over winter, dreaming and planning. Now it is time to put those plans into action.
Youth is an exciting and even slightly scary time. We set out on our own, starting to explore the big world for ourselves. New experiences, new people, new ventures. This is the time when we start to discover who we are.
Air is associated with thoughts. We need Air to breath, and therefore to live. The Air we breathe in allows us to think clearly, to clear our minds.
Air has the colours of spring: yellow of the rising sun, the light blue of the sky and white of the clouds. Even pale green and pink of new foliage and blossom of Bride, the Goddess of Spring.
To represent the element of Air you might like to use feathers, incense or spring flowers.
Direction: East
Nature: Flying, moving, intelligence
Elemental: Sylph
Colours: Yellow, pale blue, pink, light green
Places: Mountain tops, plains, cloudy skies, high towers, airports, schools, libraries, offices, travel agents, psychiatrist therapy rooms
Magic: Travel, instruction, study, freedom, knowledge, recovering lost items, creativity, visions, psychic power
Herbs/ plants: Any flowers, agaric, agrimony, anise, benzoin, bergamot, bittersweet, borage, bracken, brazil nut, broom, caraway, chicory, dock, endive, fenugreek, hazel, hops, lemongrass, mace, maple, marjoram, meadowsweet, mint, mistletoe, palm, parsley, pecan, pine, carnelian, chrysoprase, citrine, diamond, fluorite, moldivite, opal, pearl, snow quartz, sapphire, sodalite, blue topaz, blue tourmaline, turquoise
Metals: Tin, copper
Animals: Spider, birds, winged insects
Season: Spring
Time: Dawn
Tool: Wand
Signs: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Sense: Hearing, smell
Symbols: Feathers, incense, flowers
Magic type: Divination, concentration, visualization, wind magic
Source
Pagan Portals – Kitchen Witchcraft: Crafts of a Kitchen Witch
Rachel Patterson
Witches Of The Craft® 