Air Element
Magical New Moon Rituals Air Element, the symbol for Air as one of the four classical elements in alchemy is a triangle with a line through it. Air is used in rituals when a Wicca practitioner is drawing attention to wisdom or communication. It can also be used to symbolize the east or breath (life in general).
Represents: air, the east, the soul, life, communication, wisdom.
Used in rituals for: momentum, wisdom.
Earth element
The symbol for Earth as one of the four classical elements in alchemy is an upside down triangle with a line through it. Earth is used in rituals when a Wicca practitioner is drawing attention to the divine feminine, motherhood, growth, life, and/or nature.
Represents: divine feminine, earth, nourishment, endurance, the body.
Used in rituals for: money, fertility.
Fire element
The symbol for Fire as one of the four classical elements in alchemy is a triangle
Air Element, Fire is used in rituals when a Wicca practitioner is drawing attention to masculine energy or transformation. It is strong energy that initiates, purifies, destroys, and begins something new.
Air Element
Represents: fire, masculine energy, purifying energy.
Used in rituals for: purifying, new action.
Water element
The symbol for Water as one of the four classical elements in alchemy is an upside down triangle. Water is used in rituals when a Wicca practitioner is drawing attention to feminine energy. It can also be used to symbolize the east or breath (life in general).
Represents: feminine energy, the womb, Air Element, water, the west, healing.
Used in rituals for: love, emotions, “washing away” negative energy.
Ritual Circle
This symbol is a perfect circle, sometimes with a pentagram inside. It represents the circle required to begin or complete any ritual.
Represents: transformation and completion, cycles.
Used in rituals for: protection, completing something.
Solar Cross
The solar cross, also known as a sun cross or Wotan’s cross, is a circle bisected by four lines, with a smaller circle in the center. Air Element, It can represent the sun, the earth, the four seasons, or the four elements. Another form of a solar cross is the swastika.
Represents: sun, earth, four elements, four seasons.
[caption id="attachment_1883" align="alignnone" width="1005"] Air Element[/caption]Used in rituals for: transformation, endings, beginnings, solstice.
Sun Wheel
The sun wheel is another form of a sun cross as it is also a circle bisected by four lines. It can be used as a calendar with each section of the circle representing the time between an equinox or solstice and also represents the balance of the four seasons. Air Element, This symbol is sometimes called the eight-spoked wheel.
Represents: sun, four seasons, fire, masculine energy, south.
Used in rituals for: celebrating seasons, invoking the sun.
Hecate’s Wheel
This is a symbol of the three stages of womanhood: maiden, mother and crone. The ancient Greek goddess Hecate was a goddess of crossroads (such as the crossroads between each phase of life for a woman). The wheel symbolizes these phases with a labyrinth and represents the power and knowledge in moving through life.
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Pentagram
A pentagram (or pentacle) is a circled five-pointed star that most people associate with witchcraft or Satanism. Far from being an evil symbol the pentagram represents protection, the self, or the spirit. The five points of the pentagram represent five basic elements: earth, air, fire, water and spirit.
Ankh
In Christian history, this symbol is known by the Latin phrase crux ansata, which means “cross with a handle”. The Wiccan history comes from the Egyptian symbol for life, called the ankh. This hieroglyph was very popular and is found on many artifacts dealing with Egyptian gods and Pharaohs. When used today it’s a symbol for protection and eternal life.
Represents: eternal life, Air Element, the sun, feminine energy.
Used in rituals for: protection.
Celtic Shield Knot
A Celtic knot (also called Icovellavna) is an endless knot design that turns in on itself that originated with the Celtic people. When created in the shape of a shield, it is used as a symbol for protection used to ward off negative energy. These are often used as tattoos or jewelry designs that can be worn for protection.
Eye of Horus
The Eye of Horus is a symbol from ancient Egyptian that is used for protection or to connote power and good health. The symbol comes from Horus, a sky god in ancient Egypt whose eye was injured and then restored, Air Element, which is why the symbol can be used for transformation, healing and redemption. This symbol can also be called a widget.
Represents: the Egyptian god Horus.
Used in rituals for: protection, healing.
Eye of Ra
The Eye of Ra is a symbol from ancient Egyptian that is also used for protection. It’s an authoritative symbol that comes from the Egyptian sun god Ra. This symbol can also be called the udjat.
The all seeing eye is a symbol of ultimate protection from the goddess. It is an eye emerging from rays of sunlight. This symbol is also called the eye of providence, because it symbolizes the providence of god/goddess protection and intervention.
Represents: god/goddess.
Used in rituals for: protection.
Seax Wcica
Seax Wica is one tradition of Wicca. The symbol of this tradition, also called the the Seax Wicca, refers to the moon, the sun, Air Element, and the eight Wiccan holidays (like Samhain, winter solstice, autumn equinox).
Represents: the moon, the sun, the seasons, the Seax Wicca tradition.
Used in rituals for: the Seax Wicca tradition.
Horned God
The horned god is one of two primary deities worshipped in many Wicca traditions and symbolizes masculine energy. It is represented by a circle topped with a horn. In practice, this symbol is used when practitioners want to connote masculine energy.
Represents: masculine energy.
Used in rituals for: invoking the horned god, fertility.
Thor’s Hammer
Also known as Mjölnir, Thor’s hammer is a Norse symbol associated with the Norse god Thor. Thor’s hammer is an extremely powerful weapon that is more powerful than lightning or thunder and could flatten a mountain range.
Represents: a powerful unfailing weapon.
Used in rituals for: protection, power.
Triple Horn of Odin
The Triple Horn of Odin is another Norse symbol. Air Element, Odin is the father of all the Norse gods and the symbol is three of his drinking horns. The symbol is a celebratory one, evoking the image of the god Odin toasting with his drinking horns.
Represents: ceremony, celebration, divine feminine.
Used in rituals for: celebrating, drawing on the divine feminine.
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Triple Moon
The triple moon symbol is created by three moons (two crescent, one full) standing side by side. Unsurprisingly, Air Element, the symbol represents the moon and phases of the moon as well as the phases of womanhood (maiden, mother, crone). This symbol is also called the triple goddess.
Represents: divine feminine, womanhood, the moon.
Used in rituals for: drawing down the moon.
Triple Spiral
A triple spiral symbol (also called a trickle or triskelion) is made up of three spirals curling outward and inward. It
Represents: earth, sea, sky. It can also be used as a symbol for a country or place (the Isles of Man, Sicily).
Used in rituals for: reference to a specific place or to earthy, wind, and sky.
Yin Yang
This is a Chinese symbol representing dualities, Air Element, dialectics, and balance. It symbolizes the interconnected and codependent nature of reality.
Represents: light and dark, good and bad, duality, balance.
Used in rituals for: good luck, balance.
Triquetra
Triquetra means “triangle” in Latin. This symbol is used in the Christian tradition to refer to the holy trinity. In wicca, Air Element, this version of a Celtic knot is used to refer to the three realms: earth, wind, and sky or mind, body, and soul.
Represents: earth, wind, sky, mind, body, soul.
Used in rituals for: any reference to three things you want to tie together.
Septogram
The septogram is known as a faery star. It has 7 points, which is a powerful number in magic.
Represents: 7 chakras, 7 elements, 7 days of the week, heaven.
Used in rituals for: protection, Air Element, Air Element, harmony.
Hexagram
The hexagram is considered an evil symbol because it has 6 points and 6 sides (referring to 666, the number of the devil). It consists of two triangles intersecting to form a star.
Represents: the devil.
Used in rituals for: conjuring the demonic, dark magic.
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Sometimes, I stare blankly into my mirror, examining every crag and flaw in my skin. The world, much like the cover of a book, judges us quickly at first glance.
The redness.
The way our nails scrape along our body.
The remnants of skin we leave behind.
Many focus so methodically on the outside, that no one realizes the war within.
Eczema constructs the deepest of pain inside of us; the parts you don’t see.
Our largest organ, the one that is peeling and flaking and constantly begging for moisture, is housing a soul on the brink of collapse.
The weight of our true story is too hard to tell for some. Many are hesitant to speak Eczema’s true havoc for fear they will fall to ruin. The mental capacity it takes to muster through our eczema journey, day to day, is clandestinely kept from the public. With crooked flesh, a superficial display, only keeps the eyes from seeing what brews beneath.
Every word uttered to us is kept filed away and examined further through guilt and shame.
“It’s just a skin condition.”
“Stop scratching.”
“Have you tried …?”
“Why are you flaring?”
“Why hasn’t it gotten better?”
Unsolicited advice. Detrimental questions. Triggering comments. They seep into our split skin and stew inside our minds. Shame is loudly present despite having zero control, and questions are always posed as if we are the masters of our health – the man behind the curtain.
But most of the time, we aren’t.
We are more than this organ we market.
We are weary and afraid and paranoid.
We are brave and resilient and complex.
Because of Eczema.
Every day is a battle of the mind, not just the flesh.
The drawers we own, ewers of half used lotions and potions meant to soothe our skin, yet never do. The dripping disappointment that drains us with every flash of our reflection, realizing the regression before us despite every diet, Air Element, every medication, every word scribbled in our journals.
I know the effort it takes to keep going, to soldier on through the loss. It is the least fun rollercoaster I have ever experienced. Strapped in, I dread the darkness ahead, no idea when the next barrel will commence or steep drop will fall.
We are just doing the best we can, with what we have, because it’s not just a skin condition. And the one question we are really hoping for, past all of the external comments and concerns, is simply, “But how are you really doing?”
For someone to worry about us as a human being, and not the state of our skin, would be life changing. To have someone address the scars beneath, not the scars above, could alter the way we are seen altogether.
We are as sensitive as our skin.
We are the houseplant that never thrives.
We are the irrational equation.
We are the chessboard without her queen.
Our mental stability should be just as important as our skin – nay, more. So should our self-worth.
This is just a bag we live in graced to us by the gods. Some have bags more equipped with filaggrin, and genetic balance, and wealth. We are no less than them, just more curious and adept at navigating landmines. I’ve hit most of mine, exploding backwards, wondering what misstep was taken, but I dust myself off and carry on. It’s all we can do.
But what helps is when others treat us as beings deserving of compassion and love, not an experiment that needs solving or fixing.
Eczema is a chronic condition, a conundrum with upside-down staircases, incomplete sentences, and Legos strewn across a tile floor. But, we, the soul inside, are just like everyone else. I am just like everyone else.
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