Fire Element: Characteristics, Correspondences, Rituals

The fire element is one of the most powerful ones. I thought it would be a great idea to shed more light on this topic and give you a more in-depth explanation to learn more about its main features, how to use its connection, and how to let this energy rule and guide our witchy craft.

The Fire Element: main features

The fire element is yang energy, radiating upwards, full of fervor, light, and heat, with which it illuminates and warms the world.

It is the element of the Sun, of immortality and transformation.

It is the “Agni,” the Life, the energy that animates the world. It is the soul of the world.

Fire is a universal essence reflected both on the physical and spiritual planes. It connects with the idea of Spirit and Illumination.

It is also a symbol of purification and regeneration.

Powerful Thaumaturge is able to perform the transmutation of metals. The philosophers regarded him as the most extraordinary of the occult powers of nature.

The signs belonging to the element of Fire represent its three primary forms: sparks (Aries), full fire or bonfire (Leo), and embers (Sagittarius).

When the moon is in the fire signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius), all the works and rituals based on fire have the best results: cooking, heating, transforming, strengthening, renewing. Meditating on the sun helps a lot to connect with its energy. The parts of the plants corresponding to these days are the fruits.

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How to connect with the fire element?

A Prayer

You can spend some time chanting a prayer for fire. This is an easy and effective way to connect with the element and help you channel its energy into your soul and practice.

The Altar

It will be a good measure to use symbolic representations of this element. You will place the tools necessary for the Rite on the work table or the Altar. Around which you will stretch the rope, thus creating the protective circle. First, draw a triangle on the Altar.

It will act as a boundary to the space where the friendly fire elementals will materialize. Charge the triangle with the idea of holding the Elemental energies that will manifest. Then place an object with symbolic value for the energies we will meet.

In our case, those elementals of fire. The simplest thing to symbolize fire will be to light a candle. You will also be able to add a small triangle, which is the symbol of the realm of fire, and a magic wand.

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The wand will symbolize your WILL. You should already know that Will manifests the subtle Fire within the human body. You will connect with the causal plane, of which fire is the symbol.

Keep in mind that this external environment you have created will begin to absorb energies from the realm of the Fire element as soon as you light the candle.

As you do this, say something related to what you are doing, for example: “I am lighting this candle. Its flame will manifest the energies of fire in the space I have arranged.”

A potent method is to recite a mantra, a word of Power, which will immediately draw these forces into your realm. Each person has their Mantra.

The Spiritual Work

Once the outer realm has been created, let’s move on to the inner one. Imagine yourself in the act of capturing the energy of fire from the universe and projecting it into the triangle.

Perform the Rite according to these directives: let your left arm be extended, pointing away from the triangle, palm up and your right arm pointing towards the triangle. Breathe slowly and concentrate on the breath itself.

Knowing breathing techniques, such as Yoga, can help you. As you inhale, visualize the energies of fire from the universe entering your body through the palm of your left hand. As you exhale, project this energy towards the triangle with your right hand.

Mentally color the projected force a bright red. As you practice breathing, imagine that this energy is getting redder and redder. Proceed until you feel that you have loaded the triangle sufficiently. Know that the more energy you accumulate in the circle, the more powerful the experiences you will have of the fire and its kingdom.

Meditation and the Visualization Practice

Always imagine yourself surrounded by a protective sphere. It is your protective circle. Imagine in front of you a flaming triangle, the door that will allow you to enter the realm of fire. The Triangle represents both the fire element and your will.

Inside the triangle, you will see the fire in its many forms, as transparent figures, one on top of the other. You will be able to see some of the fire spirits, the salamanders. You know that fire connects with your will and the plane of emanation.

You will be sure of your stamina and strength, going in there to master all of this.

Repeat to yourself six times:

“I am complete WILL.”

With each repetition, focus more deeply on the fire of your inner realm.

Say once:

“I am ONE.”

Again repeat six times

“I am complete WILL” and once “I am ONE”.

Do this for about ten minutes. Think the words slowly and carefully. Finish the exercise with a short meditation.

You can also use these mantras to create some fire sigil!

The Physical Practice

Surya Namaskara, a basic Yoga exercise (which you can find in any Yoga manual) means “sun salutation” and can be seen as a form of worship of the sun and all that it represents.
Its practice awakens the solar aspects of human nature and releases this vital energy to develop higher awareness.

The practice of Surya Namaskara every morning is an important exercise in awareness and a way of paying homage to the source of life’s creation, thus preserving the solar tradition.

Why connecting with fire element?

As this element is associated with the qualities of courage, strength, passion, and determination, the fire energy can help you enhance yourself.

It strengthens the air, heats the water, and finds its roots in the earth.

This element is linked with action, impulse, the beginning of things, creativity, vitality, and impulsiveness.

It is intuition. It is a flame that needs to find its structure or it goes out. Its purpose is to ignite, not to last. It needs the Earth to find its direction.

How to use all this in your practice?

Connect with fire and then perform rituals like for protection, courage, sex, energy, strength, authority, and banishing negativity. Perform any ritual related to burning or steaming.

To enhance the power, use certain herbs and spices like chili and bougainvillea, usually pungent, prickly, or spicy plants or herbs such as thistles, stimulant cactus, or coffee beans. Also, use the seeds because they contain the vital force of the plant.

To connect with stones and crystals, use red or fiery, as in jasper, volcanic like lava, or clear as in quartz crystal.

It can help you connect with the Goddesses Brigid, Amaterasu, Pele, and the Gods Horus, Sol, Surya, and Lugh.

You create a connection with the salamander, its elemental spirit.

The symbol with which it represents is a triangle with the tip pointing upwards. It recalls the flame and alludes to an upward motion, of growth or expansion, to a centrifugal, invasive, and conquering action. From the planetary point of view, the planets that express the energy of fire to the maximum are the Sun, as a search for identity, and Mars, the red planet, a symbol of warrior ardor.

It helps you cleanse your energy. Wiccan witches use fire rituals in various ways. One of the best known is to light two small fires and pass between them to purify ourselves, feeling their energy filling our bodies as we pass through their space. Lone practitioners can still practice by lighting the fire in the cauldron or with a candle in it.

In our practice, we can use the magic of fire every time we want to recall the human qualities associated with it and help us manifest the effects of transformations through its heat, power, and light.

Dawn’s Thoughts on The Fire Element

Fire is associated with the energy of life and in many traditions is considered the mouth of the Gods as it is used to deliver offerings.

Fire is the soul, the driving force, it is energy! Fire is the passion behind creation, the obsession behind destruction. The necessary destructive force that brings about new life. Fire is creative and destructive, desirable and dangerous, necessary and threatening.

Fire in Ritual

Traditional Wicca hails Fire from the South, although it can be called from any direction one feels it connected to, usually the direction of the Sun. If you live in the Southern hemisphere, you may want to call Fire from the North since the equator, and warmest part of the planet is North of you. Fire is sympathetically related to candles and blades or wands depending on your tradition.

These items are often used to represent fire in rituals and on altars.

In Ceremonial Magick corresponds fire to the wand or rod.

Literal fires, in the form of bonfires, candles, braziers, etc. are used in ritual to activate a spell and to send offerings or messages to the Gods via burning. Passing items through fire or smoke are methods of ritual purification.

Driving animals (or in modern times, automobiles) between fires is a traditional purification ritual at Beltane or Samhain. Jumping the fire is traditional at Beltane for purification and to ensure a prosperous year. In modern times, jumping over or dancing around a lit candle is often considered a suitable and safer alternative, especially if access to the outdoors is limited.

Fire for Magick

The element of fire can be utilized in spells related to energy, sexuality, passions, love, authority, transformation, purification, healing of the blood and head, destruction, will, creativity, ingenuity, innovation, invention, enthusiasm, the family and hearth, kitchen witchery, protection, courage, strength, physical exercise, self-knowledge, loyalty, vision, illumination, power.

Fire is used ceremonially to activate oils and incense and to release intent through burning as well as to present offerings to the Gods.

Elemental Correspondences of Fire

Fire is active, warm, dry, bright, and masculine. It can be represented on the altar with a candle or a fire bowl or a blade.

• Season: Summer
• Day: Sunday
• Moon Phase: Waxing
• Time: Noon
• Archangel: Michael
• Chakra: Solar Plexus
• Incense: Cinnamon, Frankincense, dragon’s blood
• Sabbats: Beltane, Samhain, Midsummer, Lughnassadh
• Zodiac Signs: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
• Animals: Lion, dragon, salamander, snakes, coyote, fox, mantids, scorpion, Phoenix, ram, squirrel
• Alchemical Symbol: Triangle with the point up
• Symbolic Posture: Standing straight forming a triangle over the head with arms
• Tarot Card: Judgment(XX),  Wands (Sometimes swords, depending on Tradition)
• Planets: Mars, Sun, Pluto
• Elemental Spirits: Salamanders, Sprites, Djinn
• Body Part: Head
• Colors: White, Red, Orange, Gold, Scarlet, Crimson, Fuchsia, Maroon
• Symbols: Flame, Sun, Stars, Volcanoes, Lightening bolt, Double-headed Axe (Labrys)
• Gods: Vulcan, Ra, Agni, Hephaestus, Horus, Atar, Chu-Jung, Mars, Aten, Brigit, Freya, Hestia, Pele, Vesta, Durga, Elena, Aetna, Yansa, Themis, Agni
• Magickal Tools: Fire, Wand, Lamp, athame, Candles, Dagger, Sword, Burned Herbs, Requests on Paper

Fire Minerals

Minerals related to the element of fire are often protective in Nature. They are usually bright and reflective and may be red, orange, or yellow in color. Those metals used in forging are sometimes said to correspond with fire, especially if they have been through the forging process. Volcanic stones also tend to be associated with the element of fire.

Gemstones: Red Jasper, Bloodstone, Garnet, ruby, Quartz Crystals, Carnelian, Tiger’s Eye, Rhodochrosite, Agate, Fire Opal, Lava or any volcanic stone such as obsidian or pumice

Metals: Gold, Nickle, Steel, Brass

Fire Herbs

Herbs that correspond with the element of fire tend to cause a warming sensation when smelled, touched, or eaten due to various chemical constituents or a sensation of pain due to thorns or spines. They are often protective or anti-inflammatory in nature.

Some plants that are traditionally burnt are associated with the element of fire on that basis alone.

Nettles, allspice, basil, garlic, hibiscus, juniper, onion (and all alliums), red pepper, red poppy, thistle, almond tree, cacti, chile peppers, cinnamon, mustard, tobacco (nicotiana), most nuts, seeds and pods

Fire in Dreams

In a dream, Fire can be a purifying element; it can relate to anger, to lust, passion, or destruction. Its appearance signifies a major change happening.