Air Meaning and magickal uses

The element of mind, breath, speech, inspiration and new beginnings.

• Intentions: Wisdom, Creativity, New Beginnings
• Zodiac: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
• Direction: East
• Tools: Athame, incense, feathers
• Season: Spring

Safety: If you burn incense for Air, ventilate the room; smoke can irritate lungs and is hard on pets and birds.

How to use it

• Breath meditation. Sit by an open window and count ten slow breaths in and out. With each exhale, let a busy thought drift away on the air.
• Speak your intention. Write a short spell or wish and say it aloud into the wind, or over gently rising incense smoke. Air carries words and intentions outward.

Works well with: Yellow Candle, Mercury, Wednesday, Lavender, Frankincense

Folklore

Air is one of the four classical elements, the invisible force of breath, wind and sky. Many ancient cultures linked breath with life and spirit itself. In Wiccan circles Air is called in the East, where the sun rises, and it belongs to dawn and spring. It rules thought, speech, learning and inspiration. On the altar it is often shown by incense or feathers, and in many traditions by the athame, the ritual blade, though some traditions assign the wand here instead.