The Directions

EAST

Direction of Air

Represents: The mind, spring, ideas, thoughts, inspiration,sense of smell, psychic abilities, "the power to know"

Attributes and associations:

Tool: Athame
Animals: Eagles and other high flying birds, butterflies
Colors: White, violet, pale airy colors
Stones: topaz, rose quartz
Herbs and plants: pansy, primrose, yarrow, vervain
Tree: Aspen
Incense:
Angel: Michael
Zodiac Signs: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Beings: Sylphs, zephyrs, Faeries

Goddesses often associated with the East:
Artemis, Diana, Arianrhod, Chengo, Cybele, Shekinah,

God often associated with the East:
Enlil, Mercury, Thoth,Taliesin, Nuada, Kheperz




SOUTH

Direction of Fire

Represents: Passion, summer, energy, noon, the sense of sight, "Quality of Will"

Attributes and Associations

Tool: Wand
Animals:Solar Lion, camelian, snake, salamander
Colors:Fiery reds and oranges
Stone: Fire Opal
Herbs/Plants: Garlic, mustard, onion, nettle, red peppers, red poppies, hibiscus
Tree: Fowering Almond
Incense: Olibanun, Copal
Angel:Ariel
Zodiac Signs: Aries, Leo, Saggitarius
Beings: Fire Drakes, Dragons

Goddesses often associated with the South:
Oya, Pele, Hestia, Vesta, Ameratsu, Sun Woman, Brigit

Gods often associated with the South:
Agni, Horus, Prometheus, Vulcan, Angus Mag Og, Belenos




WEST

Direction of Water

Represents: Emotions, twilight, Autumn, sense of taste, love, marriage, relationships, "the Power to Dare"

Attributes and Associations

Tool: Chalice
Animals: Dolphins, fish, water snakes
Colors:Blue, deep purple, greens
Stone:Aquamarine
Herbs/Plants:ferns, lotus, all waterplants, mints
Tree:Willow
Incense: Myrrh
Angel:Raphael
Zodiac Signs:Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Beings:Nymhs, Mermaids, Water Sprites, Faeries

Goddesses often associated with the West:
Yemaya, Mari, Tiamet, Kwan Yin, Isis, Atargatis, Sarasvati

Gods often associated with the West:
Dylan, Ea, Llyr, Osiris, Neptune, Poseidon, Manannan




NORTH

Direction of Earth

Represents: The body, midnight, silence, the sense of touch, prosperity, success, the new moon, silence, winter, "Power to Listen"

Attributes and Associations

Tool: Pentacle
Animals: Cow, bull, bison, stag, earth dwelling snakes
Colors: Brown, black, deep green of vegetation
Stone: Quartz crystal
Herbs/Plants: Comfrey, vines, grains
Tree: Oak
Incense:Storax, benzoin
Angel:Gabriel
Zodiac Signs: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Beings: Gnomes, dwarfs

Goddesses often associated with the North:
Demeter, Ceres, Copper Woman, Hecate, Ishtar, Rhiannon, Habodia, Oshun

Gods often associated with the North:
Annbis, Thor, Pan, Cernunnos, Gwydion, Arawn





SPIRIT

Direction of Akasha, Either, Center, Above and Below

Represents: Trannscendence, imminance, pure essence, time beyond time, sacred space between the worlds, sense of hearing, the "Power to Go"

Attributes and Associations:

Tool: Cauldron
Animals: Wolf, cat famly, ravens
Color : Silver, pale airy blue
Plant: Mistletoe
Incense: Mastic
Angel: Gabriel
Beings: The Sphinx, The Phoenix

Goddesses often associated with Spirit:
Spider Woman, Hera, Ceridwyn, Aphrodite, Athena,Kwan Yin, Astarte, Brigid

Gods often associated with Spirit:
Akasha, Iao, The Horned God, Gwynthyr, Atho, Math Mathonwy, The Green Man

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