Tables of Correspondence

Correspondences are the grammar of magic: the agreed-upon links between a colour, a planet, a day, an element and a purpose, so that a working can be built in layers that all say the same thing. They are a tool for focus, not a law of nature. Learn ours, then write your own over the top.

The elements

Most Wiccan traditions place the elements as below. Some put Air in the north and Earth in the east; some traditional witches use a different compass altogether. This is the arrangement the Hearth uses, and it is the commonest.

Element	Direction	Colour	Time	Season	Tool	Qualities	Creatures
Air	East	Yellow, pale blue	Dawn	Spring	Athame or wand; incense	Thought, communication, beginnings, breath, the mind	Birds, the sylph, the hawk
Fire	South	Red, orange, gold	Noon	Summer	Wand or athame; candle	Will, passion, courage, transformation, energy	The lion, the salamander, the stag
Water	West	Blue, sea green, silver	Dusk	Autumn	Chalice; cauldron	Feeling, intuition, healing, dreams, the heart	Fish, the undine, the salmon, the seal
Earth	North	Green, brown, black	Midnight	Winter	Pentacle; salt; stone	Body, stability, prosperity, the home, silence	The bull, the gnome, the bear, the hare
Spirit	Centre	White, violet, black	Always	The turning itself	The circle; the cord	Unity, the divine, that which holds the four	The witch

The days of the week

Day	Planet	Colour	Good for
Sunday	Sun	Gold, yellow	Success, health, vitality, the God, confidence, blessing
Monday	Moon	Silver, white	Intuition, dreams, the Goddess, the home, emotions, fertility
Tuesday	Mars	Red	Courage, conflict resolved, protection, strength, breaking through
Wednesday	Mercury	Yellow, orange	Communication, study, travel, business, divination, writing
Thursday	Jupiter	Blue, purple	Abundance, growth, luck, legal matters, generosity
Friday	Venus	Green, pink	Love, friendship, beauty, art, reconciliation, pleasure
Saturday	Saturn	Black, dark brown	Banishing, boundaries, endings, protection, the ancestors, discipline

Colours

The full colour table is on the Candle Magic page and applies equally to cloths, cords, ribbons, stones and ink.

The moon

Phase	Work	Face of the Goddess
New	Intentions, beginnings, planting	The Maiden, unseen
Waxing	Growth, drawing toward, building, constructive healing	The Maiden
Full	Power, completion, charging, divination, celebration	The Mother
Waning	Release, banishing, cleansing, removing illness	The Crone
Dark	Rest, protection, shadow work, deepest divination	The Crone, veiled

The seasons and the wheel

Sabbat	Element in focus	Theme	Colours
Samhain	Water into Earth	Death, ancestors, endings, the thin veil	Black, orange, purple
Yule	Earth	Rebirth of light, rest, the evergreen	Red, green, gold
Imbolc	Earth into Air	Cleansing, first light, Brighid, dedication	White, green, red
Ostara	Air	Balance, planting, new growth	Pastels, yellow, green
Beltane	Air into Fire	Union, fertility, joy, the fae	Green, red, white
Litha	Fire	Fullness, the sun's height, herbs	Gold, yellow, red
Lughnasadh	Fire into Water	First harvest, sacrifice, skill, bread	Gold, bronze, green
Mabon	Water	Second harvest, thanks, balance tipping	Russet, brown, burgundy

Numbers

Number	Meaning
1	Unity, the self, the sun, beginning
2	Polarity, the Goddess and God, balance, choice
3	The Triple Goddess, the three realms of land, sea and sky, completion of a cycle, the Threefold Law
4	The elements, the directions, stability, the material world
5	The pentagram: the elements plus Spirit; the human body; protection
7	The classical planets, the days, mystery, the inner path
8	The Sabbats, the wheel, infinity turned on its side
9	Three times three, the Goddess in fullness, the cord's length in feet, the Muses
13	The moons of the year, the traditional coven, the Goddess's number

Building a working

Say you need courage for a hard conversation. Red candle; Tuesday if you can wait, the waxing moon if you can wait longer; a pinch of basil and nettle; facing south; the words spoken three times. Every layer says the same thing, so your mind cannot wander. That is all correspondence is for. If your gut says the conversation needs blue and a Friday, listen to your gut and write it down.