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Correspondence Tables I

Elements

EARTH
For Money Spells, Rock Magic, Fertility
PLANET:Earth, Saturn, Venus
TIME:midnight
SEASON: Winter
QUALITY: emotional, melancholic, feminine
DIRECTION: North
JEWEL: salt, rock crystal, agate, bloodstone, smoky quartz, carnelian, tiger's eye, emerald
TOOL: pentacle
ZODIAC:Taurus (Fixed Earth), Virgo (Mutable Earth), Capricorn (Cardinal Earth)
COLOR:black, brown, green, white
NUMBER: 4, even numbers
INCENSE:benzoin, fumitory (earth smoke), storax
SYMBOL: grain, globe, orb, stones, acorns, cornucopia, soil, pottery, sand
PLANT: adonis, amaranth, barley, comfrey, grain, hops, ivy, maize (corn), licorice, millet, oak, oats, rice, root vegetables, rye, wheat
ANIMAL: cattle, bison, stag, earth-dwelling snakes, mole, dragon (earth energy), sphinx
RULES: life, birth, growth, nature, money, food, prosperity, silence, wisdom, agriculture, creativity, canyons, caverns, chasms, rocks, caves, metals, agriculture, crystals, matter, stability, strength, trees, bones, mountains, the body, physical reality, standing stones, the sense of touch, the first astral plane, the ability of life to sustain itself
ELEMENTALS: gnomes, grain and mountain god/desses, the sidh, sphinxes
GODDESSES: Anath, Artemis, Bona Dea, Ceres, Cybele Magna Mater, Danu, Demeter (Queen of the Fruitful Earth), dryads, Durga, Ertha, Eve, Fauna, Flora, Gaia (Mother of Life), the Great Goddess, the Great Mother, Hamadryads, Inanna, Isis, Kore, Maia, Mother Earth, Mother Nature, Nokomis, Parvati (the Lady of the Mountain), Persephone, Pomona, Prosperine, Rhea, Rhian- non, Sheela Na Gig, Tellus, Terra, Themis
GODS: Achilles, Adonis, Arawn, Ariel, Atlas, Attis, Baal (Lord of Earth), Bacchus, Cernunnos, Chango Dagon, the Dagda, Dionysus, En-ki (Lord of the Goddess Earth), Enlil, the Green Man, Green Zeus, Hades, Marduk, Osiris, Pan, Robin Hood, Uriel, vegetation gods, Vertumnus, Yahweh, Zeus Chronius

WATER
For: Healing, Love Spells, Purification, Psychic Work, Fertility, Weather
PLANET:Moon, Neptune, Saturn, Venus
TIME:twilight
SEASON: Autumn
QUALITY: emotional, phlegmatic, feminine
DIRECTION: West
JEWEL: crystal, coral, sea salt, jade, pearl, mother-of-pearl
TOOL: chalice, cauldron
ZODIAC:Cancer (Cardinal Water), Scorpio (Fixed Water), Pisces (Mutable Water)
COLOR:blue, black, green, clear
INCENSE:lotus, myrrh, aromatic rush roots
SYMBOL: pitcher, wave, tear, raindrop, snowflake
PLANT: aquatic plants, ferns, fungi, lotus, moss, reeds, rushes, seaweed, soma, squill, watercress, water lily, willow
ANIMAL: sea mammals, marine life, crocodile, salamander, serpent, sea bird, water-dwelling snake
RULES: emotions, fertility, sensuality, intuition, change, sorrow, compassion, receptivity, feelings, tides, love, ecstasy, courage, mystery, daring, oceans, rivers and streams, springs, wells and lakes, waterfalls and pools, marine life, psychic ability, the feminine, the sense of taste, the unconscious, the subconscious, the womb
ELEMENTALS: merfolk, Kelpie, Kludde, undines, Wadj Wer, water sprites
GODDESSES: Amphitrite (Goddess of Salt Waters), Anahita (the Great Goddess of Waters), Aphrodite Anadyomene, Artemis, Asherah of the Sea, Astarte, Atargatis, Carinenta, Cerridwen, Erzulie, Eurynome, Gwenhwyfar (the Mermaid), Ishtar, Isis, Kupala, Luonnotar (the Water Mother), Marina, Minerva (navigation), the Naiads, the Nereids, the Oceanids, Ondines, Oshun, Sarasvati (Flowing Water), sirens, the Telchines (the Sea Children), Tethys, Thetis, Tiamat, Yemaya
GODS: Haddad, Aegir, Apsu (the Deep), Ariel, Baal, Cephissus, Dylan (Son of the Wave), Ea (God of Sweet Waters, Lord of the House of Water), Enlil, Enki, Gabriel, Ganymede, Glaucus, Hapi, Uyr, Manannan Mac Lir, Michael, Neptune, Nereus (the Old Man of the Sea), Njoerd, Oceanus, Osiris of the Mysteries (who springs from the returning waters), Poseidon, Proteus, Raphael, Triton, Typhon

AIR
For: Psychic Work
PLANET:Mercury, Jupiter
TIME:dawn
SEASON: Spring
QUALITY: contemplative, sanguine, masculine
DIRECTION: East
JEWEL: Topaz
TOOL: athame, sword, censer
ZODIAC:Gemini (Mutable Air), Libra (Cardinal Air), Aquarius (Fixed Air)
COLOR:pastels, white, clear, pale blue, bright yellow
INCENSE:frankincense, fumitory, galibanum, myrrh
SYMBOL: incense, feathers, balloons, bubbles, kites, windmills, sails, fans
PLANT: anemone (windflower), aspen, bodh tree, epiphytic plants (such as bird's nest fern), plants and trees that provide incense, pansy, poplar, primrose, vervain, violet, wall fern (poly- pody), yarrow
ANIMAL: bird, insect, eagle, hawk, sphinx
RULES: thoughts, ideas, flight, knowledge, wind, intellect, breath, learning, intuition, towers, aeries, high and windy places, the mind, the abstract, the mental plane, the sense of smell
ELEMENTALS: fairies, the lilitu (wind spirits), sylphs, sprites, undines, wind god/desses
GODDESSES: Aditi (the Unfettered), Aerope, Aphrodite, Aradia, Arianrhod, Cardea (Queen of Winds), Cybele, Hathor, Hera, Iris, Lilith, Maman Brigette, Mary, Nut, Oya, Semiramis, Urania (Queen of Winds)
GODS: Aether, Anu, Ariel, Baal (Rider of the Clouds), Boreas, Enlil (Lord Wind), Favonius, Gabriel, Haddad, Horus, Hurakan, Indra, Jupiter, Khepera-Marduk, Mercury, Michael, Mithras, Njoerd (Lord of Fair Winds), Orion, Quetzalcoatl, Thoth, Typhon (Lord of Destructive Winds), Uranus, Yahweh, Zephyrus, Zeus

FIRE
For: Purification, Sex Magic, Healing (to Destroy Disease), Candle Magic, Hearth Magic
PLANET:Sun, Mars, Jupiter
TIME:noon
SEASON: Summer
QUALITY: destructive, choleric, masculine, phallic
DIRECTION: South
JEWEL: fire opal, pyrite/firestone, amethyst, fire garnet
TOOL: censer, wand
ZODIAC:Aries (Cardinal Fire), Leo (Fixed Fire), Sagittarius (Mutable Fire)
COLOR:red, gold, crimson, orange, white
INCENSE:opal, frankincense, olibanum, rose
SYMBOL: the fire wheel, candle, crucible, matches
PLANT: alder, almond tree in bloom, dittany (burning bush), fire thorn, flame tree, garlic, hibiscus, mustard, nettles, onion, hot peppers, red poppy, rose
ANIMAL: salamander, lion, snake, fire-breathing dragon, horse (when their hooves strike sparks), serpent
RULES: energy, activity, motivation, sight, quickening, blood, sap, spirit, purification, heat, flames, bonfires, lust, life, enthusiasm, passion, the hearth, inspiration, transformation, vitality, sexuality, leadership, combustion, healing, volcanoes, destruction, authority, metalwork, incandescence, deserts, eruptions, explosions, anger, the masculine, the power of will, inspiration
ELEMENTALS: djinn, hearth and smith god/desses, the Manes, Salamander
GODDESSES: Astarte, Ashtoreth, Bastet, Berecyntia, Brighid (Lady of the Hearth), Hestia, Ishtar, Kali, Minerva Belisima, Oynyena Maria (Fiery Mary), Pele, Pyrrha (the Red One), Sekhmet, sylphs, Vesta (the Shining One)
GODS: Agni (the Purifier, the All-Possessor, the Resplendent, the Divine Fire), Ariel, Baal, Bel, Belenus, Chango, Govannon, Hephaestus, Horns (the Mighty One of Transformations), Michael, Mulciber, Ogun, Prometheus (who stole fire), Raphael, seraphs, Shiva, Surya, Uriel (Flame of God), Velchanus, Vishnu, Vulcan

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