We are 95% water and just as with air, we need water to live, all living things require water to survive.

Water is healing and cleansing, as it pours love fills and revives us. We need love in our lives as we need water to give us energy and vitality.

Correspondences

direction – West (Western Tradition); North (Eastern Tradition)

qualities & traits – feelings, emotions, healing, cleansing, flowing, compassion, empathy, intuition, subconscious, pleasure, psychic ability, friendships, relationships and family love

minor arcana tarot suit – cups

major arcana – The Hanged Man

astrological signs – Pisces, Scorpio, Cancer

time of day – evening

season – autumn

timing – months

principle energy – female

sense – taste

colour – indigo blue, green

symbolic animal – fish, dolphin, snake

natural symbols – water, shells

invoking the spirit of earth – purified water

water meditation

If you feel you need the qualities of Water in your life, invite the spirit of water in through this meditation:

Sit with a symbol of the water in your hand, a bowl of purified water, a shell,

Relax and notice your breathing

Acknowledge thoughts as they enter your mind and let them pass

Notice the object in your hand and visualise where it came from

Feel yourself floating in the sea, or a swimming pool

Feel the flowing, floating, support of the water beneath you

Feel revitalised

Slowly allow yourself to come back round and thank the spirit of the water.

Keep the object in a special place

Water: The west; the cup; chalice and cauldron; female principle; fecundity; body fluids; magical brews; the rhythms of nature; emotions, sensitivity, receptivity; instability, indifference; the color blue; the metal silver.