Air

Air is the element of mind, breath, and communication: the invisible force of thought, speech, and inspiration. It is hot and moist, moving, and connecting. In the zodiac it rules Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius; in the Golden Dawn Tarot it is the suit of Swords.

Uses

• Communication and learning
• Clarity and new ideas
• Travel and change
• Freedom and justice

Signs

Gemini, Libra, Aquarius

Qualities

Hot and moist

Direction

East

Season

Spring

Time of day

Dawn

Magical tool

Dagger or sword (wand in some Wiccan lines)

Elementals

Sylphs

Archangel

Raphael

Tarot suit

Swords

Colors

Yellow, pale blue, white

Alchemical symbol

🜁, an upward triangle crossed by a line

Working with it

Call Air in the East with incense or a feather. Breathwork, chanting, writing spells out, and burning incense to carry an intention upward are its practices. Open a window at dawn and speak an intention into the moving air.