From Ways of Knowing, taught by Jude Todd in Spring 1996 at UCSC and The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets by Barbara Walker.
| Water | Fire | Earth | Air | Aether | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanskrit roots: | Va | Ra | La | Ya | Ma (Kali) unified mother intelligence | |
| Kali-Ma symbolism: | bowl of blood/blood | scepter/lightning/heat | lotus wheel/solid body | sword/breath | ||
| Tarot card suits: | cups/bowls | wands/rods/scepters | pentacles/coins/disks | swords | trump cards | |
| modern card suits: | hearts | clubs | diamonds | spades | jokers | |
| Tantric sexuality: | female (red) | male (black) | female (red) | male (black) | ||
| opposed to: | fire | water | air | earth | ||
| Princes of Heaven (China/Japan) |
animal: | white tiger | red bird | blue dragon | black warrior | |
| direction: | west | south | east | north | ||
| Christian icons: | serpent | lion | bull | eagle/angel/man | ||
| Zuni | element: | water | fire | earth | wind | |
| direction: | west | south | east | north | ||
| season: | spring | summer | autumn | winter | ||
| activity: | peace | tillage | magic | war | ||
| color: | red | white | yellow | |||
| Aztec/Mixtec: | cane | flint | house | rabbit | ||
| natural disaster: | tsunami/flood | wildfire | earthquake/quicksand | hurricane/tornado | ||
| destructive force: | deluge/wave | rain of flames | earthquake | wind | vacuum | |
| dead body disposal: | burial at sea | cremation | burial | eaten by birds | ||
| spirit creatures: | undines | salamanders | gnomes | sylphs | angels | |
| nurturing fluids: | water | blood | honey | milk | ||
| gemstones: | sapphire/lapis lazuli | ruby | gold | silver/crystal/diamond | ||
| Stoicism/Roman Circus | colors: | blue | red | green | white | |
| season: | autumn | summer | spring | winter | ||
| element: | water | fire | earth | air | ||
| planet: | Saturn/Neptune | Mars | Terra Mater/Venus | Jupiter | ||
| other: | heaven | flowers | zephyrs | |||
| medieval humours | temper: | sanguine | phlegmatic | choleric | mercurial | |
| organ: | blood | liver | heart | spleen | ||
| fluid: | blood | phlegm | yellow bile | black bile | ||
| planet/god: | Mars | Jupiter/Jove | Saturn | Mercury | ||
| Scthian: | bowl | ax | plough | yoke | ||
| Platonism | element: | water | fire | earth | air | aether |
| solid: | octahedron (8) | tetrahedron (4) | cube (6) | dodecahedron (12) | icosahedron (20) | |
| modern physics: | liquid | plasma | solid | gas | spacetime/aether | |