The Wiccan Elements: The Element of Fire
A Wiccan of 25 years, Sage likes to put her background as a writer and teacher to use by helping people learn about this NeoPagan path.
The Element of Fire
The Spiritual Elements often play a role in ritual and magic, and the Wiccan religion is no exception. In some trads of Wicca we see everything as represented by one or more of the five Elements: Air, Earth, Fire, Water and Aether (also known as Spirit, or sometimes Akasha). In the introductory article to this series, I discuss the Elements in general and touch on their relationships. In this installment, we’ll focus on the correspondences of the Element of Fire.
Always remember that correspondences for the Elements can vary from tradition to tradition, religion to religion and person to person. There are usually more similarities than differences, but you should never take a list of Elemental correspondences as scripture. Adapt them as they would make sense to you, in your culture, geographic location, and practices.
Fire Element
Fire Alchemical Symbol
The Element of Fire
The Element of Fire
Gender: Masculine
Charge: Positive
Energy: Active
Qualities: energetic; transformative; purifying
Aspects: passion; will; courage
Attributes:
Positive: action-oriented, courageous, eager, enthusiastic, exciting, impulsive, independent, optimistic, quick, spontaneous, tenacious, vivacious
Negative: angry, abrupt, consuming, domineering, egocentric, excessive, hot-tempered, impatient, overbearing, overwhelming
Aligned With:
Day of the Week: Sunday, Tuesday
Direction: South
Locations: deserts, volcanoes
Sabbats: Beltane, Litha
Time of day: Midday (true noon)
Time of Life: young adulthood
Time of the year: Summer
Wind: Notus
Witch’s Pyramid: To Dare
Fire is...
Ruling over:
Body parts: genitals, heart, intestines, liver, stomach
Bodily functions: digestion, sex, metabolism, regurgitation, smoking
Colors: red, orange, gold
Incense: cinnamon, dragon’s blood
Instruments: brass instruments
Occupations: alchemists, assassins, athletes, electricians, firefighters, fire dancers, lion tamers, martial artists, nuclear physicists, pyro technicians, smiths, warriors, welders
Sense: sight
King of Swords
Corresponding to:
Herbs: allspice, basil, bloodroot, cactus, carnation, bay, capsicum, cinnamon, clove, cinquefoil, copal, coriander, cumin, curry, dill, dragon’s blood, fennel, flax, frankincense, galangal, ginger, ginseng, High John the Conqueror, holly, hyssop, juniper, lime, marigold, nutmeg, orange, pennyroyal, pomegranate, rosemary, saffron, sunflower, St. John’s wort, tobacco, Venus flytrap
Metals: gold, brass, steel, iron
Minerals: red agates, amber, apache tear, asbestos, bloodstone, carnelian, citrine, quartz, obsidian, onyx, sand, rhodochrosite, tiger‘s eye, tourmaline, zircon
Runes: Fehu, Thurisaz, Kenaz, Nied, Sigel, Dagaz
Tarot: Suit of Wands; all kings; the Emperor; Strength; Temperance; the Tower; the Sun; Judgement
Wiccan tools: wand; staff; candles; any fires
Zodiac: Aries(cardinal); Leo (fixed); Sagittarius (mutable)
Associated With:
Animals: lions, felines, fireflies, glow worms, horses, rams, lizards, fire ants
Elemental Beings: salamanders
Gods: Annu, Ares, Balor, Baldor, Belanos, Frey, Hephaestus, Horus, Loki, Lucifer, Lugh, Marduk, Mars, Ra, Set, Shiva, Sol, Thor, Vulcan
Goddesses: Amerterasu, Amat, Atlanta, Bast, Brigit, Eris, Freya, Hestia, Kali, Lilith, Nemisis, Pele, Selket, Shatki, Sunna, Vesta
Mythical Creatures: chimeras, dragons, phoenix