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I've been told that my element was Water. I can believe that.

As an end result, I'd much like learning to work with hydrokinetics..assuming that is the proper term for the kinesis of water..

Though, I also have to admit that I also think that pyrokinesis is cool, but I heard that one cannot/should not attempt to learn that if their element is not fire.

But hydrokinesis would still be cool. As any of the kinetic abilities would be cool.

*blinks*..I'm starting to go offtopic. Terribly sorry about that. sweatdrop

Ive been told Im water.

The elements are very interesting, allthough truth be told I don't do much work with them. However, I know if I am classified by element, is is Metal and only Metal that works for me. I don't know if everyone thinks that counts, though...

yee. my ORIENTATION is Wind.
BWAHAHAHA *all the fans in the house are on*

(chuckles) I find it a bit amusing that the original post refers to the elements as if they're a 'belief' rather than an intrinsic aspect of reality. This one knows a great deal about the elements, though the research I've been doing is far from complete. The idea of the four elements originates (or at least as has been recorded in written documents for us to find) in Greek philosophy with tackling the basic question of what the fundamental 'starting stuff' of the universe was.

In early thought, there was only one fundament. Different philosophers attributed different elements as the one from which all else came. It was Empedocles who first proposed the idea that there was not one fundamental material of the universe, but four. In other words, all four are the original creator elements from which all else has come. All things contain in some part each of the four elements and the organization of the universe is based off the interaction of the properties of these four. Aristotle came in later and refined these ideas (reading the complete works of Aristotle is my next project in this research... going to check it out from the library today) and cannonized them enough so that they carried through the middle ages.

My knowledge of the non-Greek trail of the elements is poor right now, but based on other things I've read, it is my understanding that the elements were picked up eventually by various 18th century occultists and incorporated into magical grimoires. By this time, some of the original ideas and such about the elements had been revised or changed. This is evident at least, in the Golden Dawn's interpretations of the elements (which is the one that was transfered to Wicca and hence used by most of the Neopagan/occult community today) have inconsistencies with some of the original Greek ideas.

I'm not sure yet how astrology worked the elements into its mix and I hope to trace that out sometime. Those of you who have said you're under a certain element were probably told so because you're astrological sign corresponds to a particular element. The four Elements and their corresponding Signs are Fire (Aries, Leo and Sagittarius), Earth (Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn), Air (Gemini, Libra and Aquarius) and Water (Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces).

Eeeh... I'd better stop on this topic. Can you tell this is one of my favorites? blaugh

I'm not quite sure what I am (leaning towards air). However, element classification is popular in the east. Their element system is different though. Eastern elements consist of water, fire, metal (sometimes known as iron), gold, and wood.

Hmm... I did not mean that elements were a 'belief', I just meant that some people think that they are just rubbish. And, as for myself, my astrological sign does NOT correspond with my element. I believe my element is fire, and my birth sign is pisces sweatdrop



Hey, Azana or Yagi, could you please give me the name of that user?