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Planet Mars Venus Mercury Moon Sun Mercury Venus Pluto Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Metal Iron Copper Mercury Silver Gold Mercury Copper Tin Lead Color Blue Green Violet Yellow Red Violet Green Orange Indigo Virtue Force Charity Prudence Hope Faith Prudence Charity Justice Temperance Siproketh Tephneth Hod Malokoth Geberah Gedulah Malokoth Hod Netsach Yesod Trait Beauty Glory Domination Justice Mercy Domination Glory Victory Stability

Mystic Seven from Albert Pike’s Morals & Dogma Metal Iron Copper Mercury Silver Gold Mercury Copper Tin Lead Color Yellow Blue Green White Purple Green Blue Crimson Black Archangel Ariel Hanalial Raphael Taspheil Zarakheal Raphael Hanalial Gaberial Michael Trait Fortitude Charity Prudence Hope Faith Prudence Charity Justice Temperance

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Constellation Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces Astrological Fire Earth Air Water Fire Earth Air Water Fire Earth Air Water Element Mode of Cardinal Fixed Mutable Cardinal Fixed Mutable Cardinal Fixed Mutable Cardinal Fixed Mutable Expression Positive Trait Vital Stable Adaptable Protective Authority Detailed Diplomatic Resurgent Discerning Principled Liberal Charity Negative Trait Impulsive Stubborn Cursory Jealous Autocratic Critical Vacillating Ruthless Moralistic Miserly Eccentric Anxiety

The Greek classical elements are Fire, Earth, Air, and Water. They represent in Greek philosophy, science, and medicine the realms of the cosmos wherein all things exist and whereof all things consist.

Plato mentions them as of Pre-Socratic origin, a list created by the Ionic philosopher Empedocles (ca. 450 BC).

• Fire is both hot and dry.

• Earth is both cold and dry.

• Air is both hot and wet.

• Water is both cold and wet.

One classic diagram (above) has two squares on top of each other, with the corners of one being the classical elements, and the corners of the other being the properties.

According to Galen, these elements were used by Hippocrates in describing the human body with an association with the four humours: yellow bile (Fire), black bile (Earth), blood (Air), and phlegm (Water).

Some cosmologies include a fifth element, the "aether" or "quintessence." These five elements are sometimes associated with the five platonic solids.

The Pythagoreans added idea as the fifth element, and also used the initial letters of these five elements to name the outer angles of their pentagram.

Aristotle added aether as the quintessence, rationalizing that whereas Fire, Earth, Air, and Water were earthly and corruptible, the stars were not made out of any of the four elements but rather a heavenly substance. The word aether was revived by late 19th century physicists as a term for the proposed invisible medium which permeated the universe, the luminiferous aether.

Some occultists have noted[citation needed] that in modern science the general rule is that most visible matter can be classified as either a solid (Earth), liquid (Water), gas (Air), or plasma (Fire). By extension, more exotic phases of matter (such as Bose-einstein condensate) are sometimes seen as representative forms of a fifth element (Aether).

In 1987 composer Robert Steadman wrote a chamber symphony each movement of which musically depicts the characteristics of the Ancient Greek elements: Fire, Water, Wind and Earth.

Associated Chakra Color Primary Functions Symbol Element Crown (just above the white or violet; may assume color of dominant connection to the divine space head) chakra sahasrāra,

Third eye indigo intuition, Extra-sensory perception time ājñā,

Throat blue speech, self-expression life viśuddha,

Heart/Lung medium green devotion, love, compassion, healing air anāhata,

Solar plexus mental functioning, power, control, freedom to be yellow fire maṇipūra, oneself, career

Sacrum (Hara) orange emotion, sexual energy, creativity water svādhiṣṭhāna,

Root red (indian red or coral red) instinct, survival, security earth mūlādhāra,

The seven colors of the rainbow have a correspondence with the 7 Commandments of Noah. The correspondence and meaning of the colors is explained chapter by chapter in the book "The Seven Colors of the Rainbow," by Y. Bindman. The inset paragraphs below are direct quotations from the book that provide this explanation: Chapter 1, p. 6-7: … the "Seven Commandments" [are] the universal law of humankind to this day. … This covenant of everlasting life was given through the sign of the rainbow, which G-d told Noah would be the reminder in the heavens of His eternal decision. ... And God gave the rainbow seven distinct colors to remind men and women of the Seven Commandments that lay behind the covenant ... Chapter 6, p. 40-42: Jewish [Torah] tradition contains an element [of "mystical"] ... wisdom, known as "Kabbalah" from the Hebrew word for "received" truth ... [With insight from Chassidic teachings,] the Kabbalah can help a person understand the mysteries behind the creation. Its basic premise is the doctrine of the "Ten Sefirot [plural of Sefirah]," the ten divine emanations that carry God's [revealed] attributes into the structures that He created, both of the [spiritual worlds and the physical] universe and of the human form. [1] Three of the Sefirot … are known as "intellectual [attributes]": • Wisdom [ = Chokhmah] • Understanding [ = Binah] • Knowledge [ = Da'as] These in turn lead into the remaining seven "emotional" attributes... The Seven Laws are each signified by one of the seven emotional Sefirot… There is also a connection to the seven colors of the rainbow; each Sefirah is associated with a single color representing its nature, some obvious and others requiring deeper examination. The number seven is likewise connected with the seven days of the week, since this signifies the complete natural cycle that underlies and fulfills the world in which we live [ - corresponding to the pattern of the original seven days of Creation that are recounted in Genesis]. The following table shows the correspondence between the Noahchite Laws, the Divine Sefirot, and the associated 7 colors: Noahchite Commandment Divine Emanation (Sefirah) of Emotion Color Do not commit sexual immorality Lovingkindness [ = Hesed] Blue Do not murder Judgement/Restraint [ = Gevurah] Red Do not steal Beauty/Mercy [ = Tiferes] Yellow Do not worship idols Eternity/Victory [ = Netzakh] Purple Do not blaspheme Splendor/Humility [ = Hod] Orange Do not eat meat taken from a living animal Foundation/Connection [ = Yesod] [2] Green Establish courts of law Sovereignty [ = Malkhus] Indigo Footnotes: [1] The Divine Sefirot also have a metaphorical representation corresponding to parts of the human anatomy. For instance, consider God's attribute of Sovereignty. A human king reigns over his kingdom by issuing his commands. So the exalted king's royal decrees are the connection between him and the common folk out in the kingdom at large. By analogy, G-d "spoke" the 10 Utterances of the 6 days of creation, which brought about the existence of all the spiritual worlds and the physical world, and all the creations within them. In this analogy, the mouth which speaks is the Kabbalistic representation of the Sefira of Sovereignty. [2] In Hebrew this Sefira is called Yesod. "Foundation" is a literal translation, but the meaning is really along the lines of a "bonding" or "connection" in which the connection results in transmitting influence from the giver to the recipient.