Elemental Affinity Descriptions

Subject: Elemental Affinity Descriptions Sat May 01, 2010 3:18 pm

Elemental Affinities in this forum add to your character's personality. Below is a description of all the elements and their psychological descriptions.

Fire.
Active, masculine, spontanious, quick, initiating, initializing, vitalizing and energetic.

Fire is an element with two purposes:
- It is an expression of spiritual psychic energy and the determination of the spirit.
- It purifies, burns and destroys the old so that the new may emerge. It is a the element of transmutation and regeneration.

To pass through fire is symbolic of transcending the human condition. The direction or cardinal point of fire is south.
Water.
Passive, feminine, receptive, sustaining, subconscious, creative and generative.

Water symbolizes the infinate realm of possibilities, which precede all form and creation.
It is limitless and immortal. The direction or cardinal point of water is west.
Air.
Active, masculine, intellectual, ethereal, abstract and communicative.

Air is related to the creative breath of life, therefore, speech as well as scent and smell.
Air is a volatile element which is considered the offspring of the parental elements of fire and water. It is the reconciler between the rival elements of fire (male) and water (female).

Air also aludes to the human intellect and thought processes, which are quick, changeable, and abstract. The direction or cardinal point is east.
Earth.
Passive, feminine, solid, materialization, physical, stable, slow-moving and grounded.

Earth represents the physical, materialized universe in which we live. Earth is the daughter of fire and water, just as air is the son. This element encompasses all activities of productivity, fertility, growth and regeneration.

Earth is the fourth element and the result of the combined actions of the other three. The direction or cardinal point of earth is north.

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