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Re: Elements?
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Post # 11
Astrology and the elemental correspondences vary. The various signs of the Zodiac all generally have an element that pertains to them, or that they are said to influence, but then so too do planetary bodies, the moon, and the sun. In this, the way they interact will also vary. The time and location of your birth, and so forth, within astrology will provide more explicit details than your birth month alone. However, this also usually means that you'll find that you are influenced by more than one sign that each in turn have influence over more than one element due to the way they interact with one another.

This further reveals how the elements are almost never solitary, and how individuals do not "have" one element, or two, or three... They are part of all four. The element that you relate to the most is merely a psychological exercise, perhaps describing your personality and way of thinking far more than it explains your magical practice.

Granted, the way you think and your personality will have a great deal to do with the way you practice magic, as well.

But I must stress again that it is best not to limit yourself to a single element. Within old occult and alchemical magical traditions, each element is part of the whole.

Fire is considered pure and cleansing, it is the warmth within you and the passion that drives you. Water is the glue that holds it all together, sustaining life and giving rise to some mental aspects. Air is thought and breath and whim, and gives rise to imagination and creativity and so forth. Earth is what makes you solid, physically, mentally, and emotionally.

I paraphrase a bit, but this is how it works. If you find that you lack passion and drive, seek the balance of fire energies within your life. If you find that you are instable, and flippant, seeking grounding within Earth. If you need more spontaneity, seek the flippant nature of air. And if you need to tie it all together, or otherwise seek to mend, turn to Water.

Why stick to just one?

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Re: Elements?
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Post # 12
well,, im Gemini and it says there that im connected to air . its true but i also fell confortable in water and air helps me relax .. if anyone gets it.., peace
blessed be
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