Green is to Earth

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I decided to post about the color green for today. Most of us would agree that we associate this color with the Earth, with prosperity, and everything listed above. The main reason I wanted to talk about it was because I've discovered that I'm a little different. Or maybe I should say my tradition is a little different. For those of you who don't know, I'm from a Welsh Witchcraft Tradition. I'm sure you've heard of the Celtic and the Welsh.

Well, I recently discovered that when casting Circles, I do it differently from most others. I attribute the element Air to the North and the element Earth to the East. Most books I've read say this is incorrect but this is how my tradition has been doing it for a very long time. At first I thought well maybe I read something wrong or my teacher taught me something wrong but the more I looked into it I found that it made complete sense.

The brief reason as to why our elements are switched is to alternate between the masculine and the feminine to produce as much energy as possible. Also, our Circle has a cross within it, the vertical line being male from North to South, and the horizontal being female from East to West. I think we can all agree that Air and Fire are masculine and that Earth and Water are feminine. So my Circles go East:Earth:Feminine, South:Fire:Masculine, West:Water:Feminine, and North:Air:Masculine. As you travel around the Circle, it's all in balance. It's different from what is generally accepted but it makes more sense to me.

People will cast their Circle how they wish to in the end. I'm not posting this to change anyone's traditional Circle casting. I just thought it was rather interesting that I'm one of the few people that I know who do this, or maybe my tradition is just one of the few who still do this.

If you'd like to learn more about this and go more in depth on the situation than my brief explanation you can go to this website: http://www.sacred-texts.com/bos/bos089.htm

This link should take you directly to an article titled, "Re-thinking the Watchtowers or 13 Reasons Air should be in the North" by Mike Nichols. He's also a Welsh Witch.