Water

Water is a liquid, like the blood that flows through our veins. It is associated with the emotions, feelings, and the subconscious, and water magic is usually concerned with divination and scrying. Water plants are juicy and fleshy or grow near water, such as iris, lemon, and jasmine. [1]

Resources

[1] The Hearth Witch’s Compendium by Anna Franklin

Fire

Fire is the most mysterious of all the elements. It seems almost supernatural in comparison to earth, air or water, which are states of matter while fire is energy. Fire magic is concerned with creativity, life energy, and zeal. Fire gives us vitality, igniting action, animation, and movement. It sparks courage and acts of bravery. It heats passion and enthusiasm. Fire is the power of inner sight and creative vision, directing it and controlling it to make it manifest in the world. Fire plants tend to have fiery sap or to taste hot, like ginger, or have warm perfumes, like carnation, clove, and cinnamon. [1]

Resources

[1] The Hearth Witch’s Compendium by Anna Franklin

Earth

The powers of earth are concerned with what is manifest – the material, the fixed, the solid, the practical – and with what is rooted. Earth magic is concerned with manifestation, business, health, practicality, wealth, stability, grounding and centering, and agriculture. Earth plants tend to be nourishing or earthy-smelling, such as cypress and patchouli. [1]

Resources

[1] The Hearth Witch’s Compendium by Anna Franklin

Air

The powers of air are concerned with the intellect, the powers of the mind, knowledge (as opposed to wisdom), logic, inspiration, information, teaching, memory, thought, and communication. Like the other elements, the powers of air can be constructive or destructive. Air magic is usually concerned with the intellectual or hte spiritual, and in ritual air is symbolized through the use of perfume or incense. Air plants tend to be freshly fragrant, such as bergamot, lavender, lemongrass, mint, and pine. [1]

Resources

[1] The Hearth Witch’s Compendium by Anna Franklin