Element = AIR

Compass Position: North  (often East)

Meanings: Breath, wind, sound, speech, communications, thoughts, images, meanings, concepts

Objects, Beings:  Athame, bells, incense smoke, feathers, music, and instruments, poetry, songs, bird images, butterflies, Faeries, Cloud and Wind Goddesses/Gods

Stones:  clear quartz, snow quartz, blue lace agate, turquoise, chrysocolla

Element = EARTH

Compass Position: East (often North)

Meanings:  Body, flesh, bone, endurance, planet, substance, manifestation, results, matter, practicalities, Mother, life sources

Objects and Beings:  Soil, plants, coins, money, jewels, pentacle (pentagram), stones, crystals, bones, food and pine cones; Earth Beings: wood nymphs, dryads, trolls, elves, trees, pine cones; Earth Goddesses/Gods

Stones:  Smoky quartz, obsidian, onyx, moss agate, jade, green aventurine, chrysoprase

Element = FIRE

Compass Position: South

Meaning:  Energy, movement, will, power, passion, electricity, action, interaction, growth

Objects and Beings:  Candles, incense, censers, cauldrons, lamps and other lights, volcanic rock; Fire Beings: salamanders, fire faeries; Fire Goddsses/Gods

Stones:  Carnelian, tiger eye, ruby, garnet

Element = WATER

Compass Position: West

Meaning:  Emotion, passion, compassion, life sources, connection, agreement, communication, friendship, love, caring, forgiveness, flow

Objects and Beings:  Chalices, cups, sea water, well water, purified or blessed water, blood or wine, flowers in water, shells, coral, seaweed, river rocks, ocean stones; Water Beings; mermaids, ondines, sea nymphs; Water Goddesses/Gods

Stones:  Opal, blue quartz, pearls

Element = SPIRIT

Compass Point:  Center

Meaning:  Source, psyche, soul, outer space, innerspace, infinity, cosmic intelligence, Deity, consciousness, psychic energy, Beingness, intention, design

Objects, Beings:  Goddess/God images, statues, paintings, etc.  Crystals and gems, smoke, prayers, chants, mantras, mandalas, feathers, music, lights and crystal sparkles.; Devas: faeries, ghosts, spirits. All Goddesses/Gods

Stones:  Clear quartz, amethyst, sodalite, luvulite (sugalite)

Divination Tools:  Tarot, Mirrors, Crystal Balls, scrying bowls, runes, etc.

~Ma'at's Book of Shadows

Elemental/Stone Associations

Air:
Think crystal-clear or yellow, as a beginning; a quartz crystal with cloudlike "flaws" is a great (and inexpensive) start.  Quartz pebbles are common in pea gravel roads and playgrounds, too, so you can start with that for free.

Fire:
Think red, orange, or of associations with blood, war, passion, etc. Carnelian is a great fire stone (its own associations are with blood, passion, and the heart, and it's a fiery red-orange in color). Other options include obsidian and other volcanic products -- they've been there!

Water:
Think blue, or of associations with the emotions. Sedimentary stones, formed in water, seem to recall the element well.  Visit a watery place -- river, pond, whatever's close, and see if you can find something good just under the water near the shore. You might even find a sedimentary bit with a fossilized aquatic animal in it (mussel shells are pretty common, actually, once you start to look), which is what I use. (Aquamarine is an obvious water stone, but very expensive!)

Earth:
The color for earth, for many people, is green, and many of the stones associated with earth are green as well. Metallic colors also find their way here, because of the association with money. Of course, any stone is an earth product, so this is a great place to put the stone you find that you want to use but don't know where, at least until you figure out what to do with it! Malachite is a very pretty earth stone, and some folks like pyrite because of its blocky structure (cubes also call to mind the Earth element.) I do use malachite on occasion, but honestly, I prefer a plain brown "rock" (never mind the identification; you don't need it for this one!) that's about as down-home "earthy" as you can get, and with enough personality to draw attention to it on a walk through the woods!

Spirit:
Here's one category where people will often disagree. I do like amethyst here, and many clear crystals (quartz, even selenite, etc.) seem to belong here as well. Turquoise, too, is so multi-functional that I put it into this "integrative" category. Definitely trust your intuition here!

Originally written by Weavre (A.K.A.: Jacqueline M. DeVries) Recopied with permission.
 

Spiral Dance Version

       The Elements have been a part of man's ancient and arcane lore since its inception in pre-historic times.  Different traditions associate them with
  various things.  The following list of correspondences comes from Starhawk's "The Spiral Dance."

     AIR:  Direction:  East.
           Rules:  The mind, all mental, intuitive and psychic work, knowledge,
                   abstract learning, theory, windswept hills, plains, windy
                   beaches, high mountain peaks, high towers, wind and breath.
           Time:  Dawn.
           Season:  Spring.
           Colors:  White, bright yellow, crimson, blue-white.
           Signs of the Zodiac:  Gemini, Libra, Aquarius.
           Tools:  Athame, sword, censer.
           Spirits:  Sylphs, ruled by King Paralda.
           Angel:  Michael.
           Name of the East Wind:  Eurus.
           Sense:  Smell.
           Jewel:  Topaz.
           Incense:  Galbanum.
           Plants:  Frankencense, myrrh, pansy, primrose, vervain, violet,
                    yarrow.
           Tree:  Aspen.
           Animals:  Birds.
           Goddesses:  Aradia, Arianrhod, Cardea, Nuit, Urania.
           Gods:  Enlil, Khephera, Mercury, Shu, Thoth.
 

    FIRE:  Direction:  South.
           Rules:  Energy, spirit, heat, flame, blood, sap, life, will,
                   healing and destroying, purification, bonfires, hearth
                   fires, candle flames, sun, deserts, volcanoes, eruptions,
                   explosions.
           Time:  Noon.
           Season:  Summer.
           Colors:  Red, gold, crimson, orange, white (the sun's noon light).
           Signs of the Zodiac:  Aries, Leo, Saggitarius.
           Tools:  Censer, wand.
           Spirits:  Salamanders, ruled by King Djin.
           Angel:  Ariel.
           Name of the South Wind:  Notus.
           Sense:  Sight.
           Jewel:  Fire Opal.
           Incense:  Olibanum.
           Plants:  Garlic, hibiscus, mustard, nettle, onion, red peppers, red
                    poppies.
           Tree:  Almond, in flower.
           Animals:  Fire-breathing dragons, lions, horses (when their hooves
                     strike sparks).
           Goddesses:  Brigit, Hestia, Pele, Vesta.
           Gods:  Agni, Hephaestus, Horus, Vulcan.
 

   WATER:  Direction:  West.
           Rules:  Emotions, feelings, love, courage, daring, sorrow, the
                   ocean, the tides, lakes, pools, streams, and rivers, springs
                   and wells, intuition, the unconscious mind, the womb,
                   generation, fertility.
           Time:  Twilight.
           Season:  Autumn.
           Colors:  Blue, blue-green, green, gray, indigo, black.
           Signs of the Zodiac:  Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces.
           Tools:  Cup.
           Spirits:  Undines, ruled by King Niksa.
           Angel:  Raphael.
           Name of the West Wind:  Zephyrus.
           Sense:  Taste.
           Jewel:  Aquamarine.
           Incense:  Myrrh.
           Plants:  Ferns, lotus, mosses, rushes, seaweed, water lillies, and
                    all water plants.
           Tree:  Willow.
           Animals:  Dragons (as serpents), dolphins and porpoises, fish, seals
                     and sea mammals, water-dwelling snakes, all water
                     creatures and sea birds.
           Goddesses:  Aphrodite, Isis, Mariamne, Mari, Tiamat.
           Gods:  Dylan, Ea, Llyr, Manannan, Osiris, Neptune, Poseidon.
 

   EARTH:  Direction:  North.
           Rules:  The body, growth, nature, sustenance, material gain, money,
                   creativity, birth, death, silence, chasms, caves, caverns,
                   groves, fields, rocks, standing stones, mountains, crystal,
                   jewels, metal.
           Time:  Midnight.
           Season:  Winter.
           Colors:  Black, brown, green, white.
           Signs of the Zodiac:  Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn.
           Tools:  Pentacle.
           Spirits:  Gnomes, ruled by King Ghob.
           Angel:  Gabriel.
           Name of the North Wind:  Boreas, Ophion.
           Sense:  Touch.
           Jewel:  Rock crystal, salt.
           Incense:  Storax.
           Plants:  Comfrey, ivy, grains: barley, oats, corn, rice, rye, wheat.
           Tree:  Oak.
           Animals:  Cow or bull, bison, snakes (earth-dwelling), stag.
           Goddesses:  Ceres, Demeter, Geae, Mah, Nephthys, Persephone,
                       Prithivi, Rhea, Rhiannon.
           Gods:  Adonis, Athos, Arawn, Cernunnos, Dionysus, Marduk, Pan,
                  Tammuz.
 

  SPIRIT
  /ETHER:  Direction:  Center and circumference, throughout and about.
           Rules:  Transcendence, transformation, change, everywhere and
                   nowhere, within and without, the void, immanence.
           Time:  Beyond time, all time is one.
           Season:  The turning wheel.
           Colors:  Clear, white, black.
           Tools:  Cauldron.
           Sense:  Hearing.
           Plant:  Mistletoe.
           Tree:  The flowering almond.
           Animal: Sphinx.
           Goddesses:  Isis, the Secret Name of the Goddess, Shekinah.
           Gods:  Akasha, IAO, JHVH.