Direction - East
Gender - Male
Energy - Projective, pro-active
Qualities - hot and moist, light and active
Color - yellow
Power of the Sphinx - to know
Season - Spring
Hour of day - dawn
Time of life - birth/infancy/childhood
Celtic name - airt
Magickal tool - some say athame, some say wand;
incense
Point on the Pentagram - Upper left
Types of magick - Recovering lost or stolen
items, the four winds, visualization, concentration, education,
travel, investigations, beginnings, feather magick
Animals - eagle, human
Alchemical symbol - Right side up triangle with a line through the middle
Elemental - Sylphs
Nature - sky, wind, clouds, flowers
Reflections in humanity - the superconscious,
knowledge, instruction, school, freedom, travel
Parts of the body - chest, lungs (breath),
throat (speech), the brain
Human senses - hear, smell
Goddess Aspect - Maiden
Keys - Life Principle, Intellect
Rules - mind, essential qualities, knowledge,
abstract learning, theories, illumination, perception, analytic
thought, communication, memory.
Virtues - gregarious, diligent, optimistic,
dexterity, persuasive, friendly, healthy, knowledgeable,
communicative, intelligent
Vices - frivolity, absent mindedness, rootless,
easily distracted, tends to intellectualize emotions (rather than
experience them), gossipy, boastful, untruthful, selfish, fickle
Shortage - mind blank, shortness of breath,
non-comprehension of known data, muddy thinking; one who has
difficulty transmitting thoughts and ideas
Excess - chatterbox, one who tends to
intellectualize too much
Stage in the cycle of creation - the conception
or perception of a new idea, the seed of knowledge, and the
freedom to choose which direction to move.
Emotions - daydreaming; intense concentration on
a difficult problem; an abstract appreciation of mathematical elegance, artistic skill, or superior craftsmanship; a sense of
distance and detachment.
| Symbol | Sign | Sub-Element | Quadruplicity | Nature Metaphor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Libra | Fire of Air | Cardinal | Wind - Swift onset (note idea of balance as in trade winds). |
 |
Aquarius | Air of Air | Fixed | Clouds - Steady conveyors of water. |
 |
Gemini | Water of Air | Mutable | Vibrations - Bulk unmoved, spiritualized to reflect mind. |
The Cardinal sign represents the Birth of the Element, the Fixed sign its Life,
and the Mutable sign its passing over towards the ideal form proper to it, i.e. to Spirit.
And the entire Tarot Minor Arcana suit of Swords is attributed to Air.
