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For Fire: A red equilateral triangle, apex upwards
For Water: A silver crescent 'on its back', ie with the concave part upwards.
They should be painted as brightly as possible; good quality oil paint, enamel paint and poster paint
are all excellent for this purpose, but ordinary water-colours should be avoided, they are far too wishy-
washy.
It is worth adding that both these symbols, technically known as tattwas (2) and the colours employed
are of Indian origin and are not really part of the occidental tradition, being derived from a Tantric
treatise translated into English by a Theosophist named Rama Prasad. Over the last ninety years,
however, they have been thoroughly assimilated into the synthetic structure of Western magic and
should be found perfectly suitable for their intended purpose. If, however, you want to be a purist you
can replace them with the Kerubic astrological sigils as follows:
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For Earth: The sigil of Taurus
For Air: The sigil of Aquarius
painted black
painted in yellow.
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For Fire: The sigil of Leo
painted in red.
painted in blue.
For Water: The sigil of Scorpio
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2] See Chapter Six for an explanation of these symbols.
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Once again, the colours employed should be as brilliant as possible. (3)
When you employ your room as a Temple your symbols should be placed as follows:
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Earth symbol: In the North
Air symbol: In the East
Fire symbol: In the South
Water symbol:In the West
It doesn't particularly matter exactly where a symbol is placed as long as it is in the right quarter and
visible to you when you are standing in the middle of the room facing it; so you can, for example,
either pin it on the wall at eye level or simply prop it against the skirting board. If, of course, you are
fortunate enough to have a room that can be devoted exclusively to magical purposes you can attach
your symbols permanently to its walls or even, should you have the required skill, paint them in
tempera as murals.
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