Direction - south
Gender - male
Energy - projective, pro-active
Qualities - hot and dry, light and active
Colors - red, orange
Magickal phrase - to will
Point of pentagram - Lower right
Season - summer
Hour of day - Noon
Time of life - young adulthood
Celtic name - deas
Magickal tools - some say wand, some say athame;
lamp, scourge
Type of magick - sex, healing, candle magick,
force, energy, life, will, destruction, purification, change
Animals - lion, serpent, dragon
Alchemical symbol - right side up triangle
Elemental spirit - salamanders
Nature - fire, sun, stars, volcanoes
Part of body - heart, spine
Human senses - sight
Keys - Light Principle, Action
Reflections in humanity - the life forces,
sexual energy, will, Passion
Virtues - courageous, self-assertive,
chivalrous, enthusiastic, passionate, experienced, virile,
energetic, daring, faithful
Vices - self-centered, ruthless, fanaticism,
vindictiveness, anger, hatred, stubborn, greed, jealous,
vengeful, resentful, egotistical
Excess - hot, hyper, flitting thoughts,
insomnia, anger, dominating, egotistic, violent
Shortage - body heavy or chilled,
unenthusiastic, feeling inferior or apathetic, lack of energy
Goddess Aspect - Temptress
Stage in the cycle of creation - the desire or
Will to manifest the idea, the driving life force, the principle
of change and transformation.
Emotions - intense and urgent, but usually
passing quickly: desire, anger, joy, panic. Without Fire to prod
the other elements along, the world would likely settle into a
rather uninteresting fixed state.
| Symbol | Sign | Sub-Element | Quadruplicity | Nature Metaphor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Aries | Fire of Fire | Cardinal | Lightning - Swift violence, of onset. |
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Leo | Air of Fire | Fixed | Sun - Steady force of energy. |
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Sagittarius | Water of Fire | Mutable | Rainbow - Fading spiritualized reflection of the image. |
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 Wands is attributed to Fire.
The Wands suit is sometimes named Rods, Staves, or Batons, depending on the deck.
