1 - That representation of the Pentacle, with Earth Air Fire Water and Spirit, is just one version of it, one that not all Wiccans proscribe to (if that is the correct phrasing). You might want to put in a little note to that effect. Air/ East, South/Fire, West/Water, and North/Earth, don't really correspond to the pentacle because its four for five. Spirit is definitely the fifth element, but many wiccans feel that it belongs in the CENTER of the pentacle, as that is the transformative part. The center of the pentacle represents everything from the cooking cauldron (with wood (earth) fire, water (in the cauldron) and air (steam) converging to create something new (like soup or a meal....or the transformation of the soul after being tempered by heat) To the womb, where all things grow, and new life is created. Anyway, the point is, putting in the north is only KIND OF accurate, and that is only depending on your school of wiccan training. 2 - Also according to my school, the items associated with the directions are incorrect.....again, that is just my school, but I can give you a quick rundown on it all so you can choose what works for you. East/Air - The beginning of all things, so it's Dawn, or Spring....babyhood. You name it. It's also where ideas start...every item in the world that has been created started first as an idea. The east is in charge of dreaming about things without actually doing anything yet....it's where you go for help with writer's block, or when you have no idea what to do so you can think of your options. It's also in charge of setting limits for things....drawing a line in the sand and saying, "You go no further." The tool for the east is debatable. Some say Sword, some say Wand....but almost all agree Athame. Apparently it has something to do with the term Athame meaning "air dagger" and some people drawing their athame's bigger than others.....or something like that. The tool for the east has become interchangeable, some use one, some use the other. I personally feel that wand is appropriate. Colors are the yellows and greens of spring, lemon yellow, spring green, that kind of stuff.

South/Fire - The summit of things, so it's noon, or summer, or adolescence. It's where dreams become reality...where you take the idea from the east and breathe life into it. It's in charge of willpower, personal strength, endurance. The tool, again, is debatable between wand and sword, but I say sword. Sword just seems to match more with fire....Colors are the reds and yellows of fire.

West/Water - The waning of things, so it's Sunset, Fall, Middle to Old Age. It's where you take the thing that you've created and you enjoy it. It's forgiveness and mercy and love....the quieter more peaceful emotions....and emotion in general, (though anger seems to go more in the south with fire....). It's the ability to heal oneself and others...it's beautiful and sad. Tool is chalice or cup, pretty universally, seeing as it holds water and all....

North/Earth - The north is kind of like limbo...it's Death, so it's Midnight, winter, Death. It's the place of the mysteries...the place where you learn what NOT to say. Tool is pentacle. Colors are earth browns, blacks, sometimes forest greens. The gods live in the north....like the north pole, it's dark for 6 months of the year...very serious and mysterious.

3 - Items like "Power" or "Knowledge".....it would be nice if you could have a little applet or something to give a definition to them. For instance, "power" is PERSONAL power, not power OVER someone, or power WITH someone....it has nothing to do with bending anyone's will. It has to do with how strong of a person you are. "Knowledge" can be learned or taught...."Wisdom" can only be learned through experience...it canNOT be taught....wisdom is how you learn to apply your knowledge...etc.

Just my personal little soapbox, I guess. You're welcome to it. Mowgli

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