Directions
The four directions are the cardinal points. In Egyptian mythology, they are sacred to Shun, god of the cardinal points. An obelisk represents dominion over four quarters, plus zenith, which is the fifth point, called 'Ashka' or Spirit. This is the fifth (upward) point of a pentagram, and it represents the element of spirit found in everything.
Angels
|
N |
Uriel |
| S | Michael |
| E | Raphael |
| W | Gabriel |
NORTH
The most powerful direction - the location of magic - the source of Otherworld powers
Element: Earth - Air
Season: Winter
Time: midnight
Tool: pentacle
Color: brown - black - green
Rules: lungs - the body - rudeness - mystery - silence - clarity - vision - the unseen - the power to listen, to keep secrets, to know what not to say
INVOCATIONS:
Goddesses:
Athena - Baaltis Zapuna - Belili - Earth goddesses - Mahasitavati, the Great Cold One - Mert - Nebet - Neit - Neith - Nephthys - Nerthus - Nit - Vajraghanta
Gods:
Analarka - Baal Zebul, Lord of the Mansions of the North - Baal Zephon, Lord of the North - Bel - Bishamon - Dhruva, the North Star - Hapy, Lord of the Watchtower of the North - Jupiter - Kubera - Kuvera - Mictlantecuhtli - Mulac - Njord - North Star - Osiris - Seth, Lord of the Northern Sky - Soma - Tamon - Uriel - Vaishravana - Vighnantaka - Zeus
The North Wind:
"Awake, O north wind;
and come thou south,
blow upon my garden,
that the spices thereof may flow out."
- The Song of Solomon
Invocations: Aquilo - Boreas - Burias - Cardea - Erichthonius - Ophion - Oreithyia, She Who Rages upon the Mountains
The Silver Castle, the Corona Borealis, is at the back of the north wind
NORTHWEST:
Invocations: Mahabala - Tiksnosnisa - Vayu
NORTHEAST:
Invocations: Isa - Soma - Ulu'tuyar - Ulu Toyo'n - Uru'n Ajy Toyo'n
From the Egyptian Book of the Dead:
"Thou Beautiful Power, thou Beautiful Rudder of the Northern Heaven, Power of Heaven, Opener of the Disk, thou Beautiful Rudder of the Northern Heaven"
SOUTH
Element: Fire - Water
Season: Summer
Time: Noon
Animal: lion
Tool: wand
Color: red - orange
Rules: liver - energy - spirit - will - love - gentleness - innocence
INVOCATIONS:
Goddesses:
Fire goddesses - Isis, Queen of the South - Mahamantranusarini - Mahapratisara - Mert - Nirrti - Satet - Satis - Satjit - Tin Hau - Vajrapasi
Gods:
Amset - Auster - Cauac - Ea - Huitzilopochtli - Imset, Lord of the Watchtower of the South - Imsety - Mestha - Mesti - Michael - Mictlantecuhtli - Nan-ji-Hsian Weng, the Ancient of the South Pole - Ninib - Prajnantaka - Ra - Re - Sachiel - Saturn -Set, Lord of the Chambers of the South - Shou-Lao, Old Man of the South Pole - South Star - Virudhaka - Visvosnisa - Yama - Zocho
The South Wind:
Invcations: Auster - Cardea - Ninurta - Notus - the Breath of Set - the Breath of Seth - the Breath of Typhon
SOUTHEAST:
Invocations: Agni - Takkiraja - Tejosnisa
SOUTHWEST:
Invocations: Niladanda -
Nirrti - Surya
The Southwest Wind: Auster - Notus
From the Egyptian Book of the
Dead:
"Dweller in the temple of the Red gods, Beautiful Rudder of the Southern
Heaven, Dweller in the House of the Tesheru Gods, thou Beautiful Rudder of
the Southern Heaven."
EAST
The world direction of the new day.
Element: Air - Fire
Season: Spring
Time: dawn
Animal: eagle - highflying birds
Tool: athame/sword
Color: white - violet - pastels - green
Rules: stomach - spirit - mind - passion - the power to know
INVOCATIONS:
Goddesses:
Eos, She of the East - Hesionė, Lady of Asia - Mahamantranusarini - Neit - Neith, the Lady of Sais - Nebet - Nephthys - Net - Nit - Salmaone, Lady of the East
Gods:
Chac, The Cutter, Lord of the East - Dhritarashtra - Duamutef, Lord of the Watchtower of the East - Hastseyalti - Horus, Lord of the East - Indra - Jikoku - Kan - Khu - Mars - Morning Star - Mu Gong - Raphael - Salim - Salma - Sopdu - Sopedu, Lord of the East - Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli - Tung Wang-Kung, the Prince of the East - Vajrosnisa - Yebitsai
The East Wind:
Invocations: Cardea - Euros - Eurus - Volturnus
From the Egyptian Book of the Dead:
"Splendor, Dweller in the temple of the Ashemu gods, Beautiful Rudder of the Eastern Heaven, Khu, Dweller in the House of the Ashemu gods, thou Beautiful Rudder of the Eastern Heaven."
WEST
Rules: intestines - emotions - guts - vitality - daring - strength - the courage to face deepest feelings
INVOCATIONS:
Goddesses:
Ament - Amenti - Estsanatlehi, Changing Woman - Evening Star, Mother of All Things - the Hesperides, Daughters of the West - Hsi Wang Mu, Royal Mother of the Western Paradise - Isis - Mahamantranusarini - Mahasitavati - Mertseger - Sekhmet, Lady of the West - Selkis - Serket - Taranis - Tar-Anis, Annis of the West - Vajrasphota - Xi-Wang-Mu
Gods:
Ahpuch - Cteryon, King of the West - Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl - Favonius - Hunhau - Itzamna - Ix - Gabriel - Hastehogan - Jabril - Khenty-amentiu, Foremost of the Westerners - Komoku - Oshadagea - Sachiel - Thoth - Quebehsenuf, Lord of the Watchtower of the West - Ra - Ulu'tuyar - Ulu Toyo'n - Uru'n Ajy Toyo'n - Varuna - Virupaksha
The West Wind:
Invocations: Cardea - Favonius - Zephyr - Zephyrus
From the Egyptian Book of the Dead:
"Thou who circlest, Guide of the Two Lands, Beautiful Rudder of the Western Heaven, Ra, Guide of the Two Lands, thou Beautiful Rudder of the Western Heaven."
