The Four Elements
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Tables of Correspondence

The Four Elements, Table of Correspondences

Element

Fire

Water

Air

Earth

Tarot suits

Wands

Cups

Swords

Pentacles

Other Symbols

Rod or Dorje

Chalice

Arrow

Coin, Disc

Qualities

Hot & Dry

Cold & Moist

Hot & Moist

Cold & Dry

Properties

Combustible

Fluid

Vaporous

Solid

Contemporary Elements

Nitrogen

Hydrogen

Oxygen

Carbon

Alchemical Elements

Sulphur

Mercury

Azoth

Salt

Humours

Yellow bile or choler

Phlegm

Pneuma in the blood

Black bile

Corresp. Organs

Liver

Lungs

Heart and Kidney

Large intestines

Temperaments

Choleric

Phlegmatic

Sanguine

Melancholic

Personality Types

Ambitious, shrewd, quick-tempered

Apathetic, cold, undemonstrative

Exitable, passionate, optimistic

Gloomy, sullen, dejected

Jungian Functions

Intuition

Feeling

Thinking

Senses

Syllables of Creation

Ra

Va

Ya

La

Symbols of Kali

Sceptre or Dorje

Cup of blood

Sword

Lotus wheel, ring

Sanskrit Names

Tejas

Apas

Vayu

Prithivi

Tattva Shapes

Red triangle

Silver crescent

Blue circle

Yellow square

Creation Gods

Lightning Bolt

Great Ocean

Sky Father

Earth Mother

Levels of Understanding

Spiritual, mystical

Inductive, psychological

Deductive, logical

Literal, tangible

Methods

Anagogical

Moral

Allegorical

Historical

Dimensions

Therapeutic

Psychic

Analytical

Magical

Souls of the:

Spiritual body

Emotional body

Mental body

Physical body

Shared with:

God

Animals

 

Earthly beings

Death Rites

Cremation

Burial at sea

Eaten by birds, dessication

Burial (earth)

Elemental Spirits

Salamanders

Undines, Nymps

Sylphs

Gnomes

Archangels

Micha-el

Gabri-el

Rapha-el

Auri-el

Quality

Protection

 

Healing

Teaching

TETRAMORPHS

Lion

Eagle

Winged Angel

Bull

Kabbalistic Worlds

Atziluth

Briah

Yetzirah

Assiah

Tetragrammaton

Yod

He

Vau

He

Dialectic Process

Thesis
Beginning

Antithesis
Opposition

Synthesis
Integration

Result, Thesis
Manifestation

Magical Process

Intent

Emotion

Imagination

Materialization

Creative Process

Idea

Reception

Development

Form

Judiciary Process

Faith

Opinion

Science

Experience

Magical Actions

To Will or Do

To Know

To Dare

To Keep Silent

Professions

Administrator, explorer, inventor, entrepreneur

Psychologist, clergy, artist, healer

Scientist, soldier, politician, lawyer

Craftsperson, farmer, financier, builder

Virtues

Creativity, growth, passion

Love, imagination, connectedness

Logic, justice, discrimination

Practicality, skill, perseverance

Vices

Proud, selfish, restless

Moody, fantastical, no boundaries

Thoughtless, judgment, critical

Stubborn, possessive, unimaginative

Style

Burns, inspires, activates, transforms

Flows, diffuses, loves, dissolves

Communicates, strives, cuts, disperses

Crystallizes, grounds, dries, confines

Images

Flames, volcanoes, sunflower, light bulb

Lakes, fish, lotus, mirrors

Clouds, knives, feathers, wind

Mountains, fruit, money, machinery