Metals and Minerals
The song of the forge echoes through both myth and industry. Metal, that glittering backbone of civilization, has always been more than material — it’s alchemy made tangible. From iron nails in protective charms to silver moon mirrors and golden solar amulets, the magical and the practical intertwine in every gleaming edge.
This archive dives into the symbolic and energetic properties of metals and minerals, exploring how witches, smiths, and mystics have used them across time — in armor and talismans, cauldrons and wands, currency and charm. Here, you’ll find lore and correspondences for everything from lead’s heavy introspection to copper’s electric warmth.
🜂 A
Aluminum – A silvery, lightweight metal associated with Mercury and Air. Known for adaptability and reflection, it is often used to deflect negativity and amplify mental clarity.
Antimony – A gray crystalline metal associated with Saturn and Fire. Known for transformation and inner alchemy, it is often used in symbolic rites of purification and shadow integration.
Arsenic – A pale, metallic mineral associated with Pluto and Fire. Known for secrecy and transformation, it is used symbolically to represent death, decay, and rebirth — ⚠️ highly toxic; do not handle directly.
Asphaltum (Bitumen) – A black, tar-like mineral resin associated with Saturn and Earth. Known for preservation and binding, it is often used to seal energetic workings or graveside offerings.
🜃 B
Basalt – A dark volcanic stone associated with Pluto and Fire. Known for grounding and transformation, it is often used to stabilize chaotic energy and banish fear.
Bauxite – A reddish-brown ore associated with Mars and Earth. Known for endurance and grounding, it is often used in charm work for stability and willpower.
Bismuth – A rainbow-hued metal associated with Uranus and Water. Known for creativity and order in chaos, it is often used to channel focus during change or magical innovation.
Black Sand (Volcanic) – A shimmering dark mineral associated with Fire and the Sea. Known for banishing and protection, it is often scattered in wards or mixed into sigil powders.
Borax – A white crystalline mineral associated with Venus and Water. Known for cleansing and purification, it is often dissolved in ritual waters to remove lingering energies.
Brass – A golden alloy of copper and zinc associated with the Sun and Fire. Known for protection and courage, it is often used in bells and charms to repel spirits.
Bronze – A reddish-gold alloy associated with Mars and Fire. Known for endurance and leadership, it is often used to empower protective amulets or ritual blades.
🜄 C
Calcite (Industrial Chalk Form) – A white or gray mineral associated with the Moon and Water. Known for clarity and cleansing, it is often used to purify sacred tools or spaces.
Carbon (Coal, Graphite, Soot) – A black elemental mineral associated with Saturn and Fire. Known for transmutation and banishment, it is often used to absorb negativity or draw sigils of power.
Chromium – A gleaming silver metal associated with Mars and Air. Known for resilience and defense, it is often used to strengthen protection charms.
Cinnabar – A deep red mercury sulfide mineral associated with Mars and transformation. Known for vitality and manifestation, it is used symbolically to channel life-force energy — ⚠️ highly toxic.
Clay (Kaolin, Red, or Bentonite) – An earthy mineral associated with Earth and Water. Known for grounding and creation, it is often molded into talismans or ritual vessels.
Cobalt – A deep blue-gray metal associated with Neptune and Water. Known for intuition and insight, it is often used to awaken psychic senses and deepen spiritual focus.
Copper – A reddish metal associated with Venus and Water. Known for conductivity and love, it is often used to channel energy and balance emotion and logic.
🜁 D
Desert Glass (Libyan Impactite) – A pale yellow fused glass associated with the Sun and Fire. Known for courage and protection during transformation, it is often used in solar magic or ancestral rites.
Diorite – A speckled gray and black stone associated with Saturn and Earth. Known for endurance and structure, it is often used to anchor long-term magical workings.
Dolomite – A soft white or pinkish mineral associated with Venus and Earth. Known for balance and emotional harmony, it is often used to soothe turbulent energies.
Dross (Smelter Residue) – A metallic byproduct associated with Pluto and Fire. Known for release and renewal, it is often used symbolically in alchemical meditations on purification.
🜂 E
Electrum – A natural gold-silver alloy associated with the Sun and Moon. Known for unity and sacred balance, it is often used in talismans to harmonize opposing forces.
Emery – A dark gray abrasive stone associated with Mars and Earth. Known for resilience and refinement, it is often used to “polish” energetic barriers or strengthen focus.
Etain (Tin) – A silvery, soft metal associated with Jupiter and Air. Known for luck and expansion, it is often used in prosperity talismans and charm casting.
🜃 F
Ferrite – A dense iron compound associated with Mars and Earth. Known for grounding and endurance, it is often placed near doorways for stability and protection.
Feldspar (Common, Non-Gem) – A pearly, pale mineral associated with the Moon and Air. Known for creativity and self-discovery, it is often used in rituals to awaken inspiration.
Fire Clay – A heat-resistant clay associated with Fire and Earth. Known for resilience and transformation, it is often shaped into ritual vessels for offerings or scrying ash.
Flint – A dark, glossy stone associated with Mars and Fire. Known for ignition and courage, it is often used to spark literal or metaphorical fires of change.
Fool’s Gold (Pyrite) – A glittering brassy mineral associated with the Sun and Fire. Known for confidence and prosperity, it is often carried to attract abundance and dispel self-doubt.
Fuller’s Earth – A pale absorbent clay associated with Saturn and Earth. Known for purification and release, it is often used in baths or powders to draw out negativity.
🜄 G
Galena – A silvery-gray lead ore associated with Saturn and Earth. Known for grounding and shadow work, it is often used symbolically in transformation rites — ⚠️ toxic; contains lead, avoid direct handling.
Granite – A speckled, coarse-grained stone associated with Jupiter and Earth. Known for stability and protection, it is often placed at thresholds to anchor energy and ward negativity.
Graphite – A soft, dark gray mineral associated with Mercury and Air. Known for creativity and communication, it is often used in writing charms or sigils for manifestation.
Green Earth (Celadonite / Glauconite) – A green pigment mineral associated with Venus and Earth. Known for fertility and artistic inspiration, it is often ground for ritual paint or talismanic ink.
Gypsum – A soft white mineral associated with the Moon and Water. Known for purification and clarity, it is often used to cleanse sacred tools or to calm emotional storms.
🜁 H
Hematite (Industrial Ore) – A dark metallic-gray mineral associated with Mars and Earth. Known for grounding and protection, it is often used to absorb harmful energy and fortify personal strength.
Hornblende – A black, fibrous mineral associated with Saturn and Earth. Known for resilience and structure, it is often used to reinforce warding grids and ritual boundaries.
🜂 I
Ilmenite – A dense black titanium iron oxide associated with Pluto and Earth. Known for transformation and endurance, it is often carried for perseverance through shadow work.
Iron (Wrought / Pig / Meteoric) – A strong gray metal associated with Mars and Fire. Known for strength and banishing, it is often forged into charms, nails, or blades to repel harm and ground intention.
🜃 J
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🜄 K
Kaolin Clay – A fine white clay associated with the Moon and Water. Known for purification and gentleness, it is often used in cleansing masks or ritual paints to remove spiritual residue.
Krypton (Symbolic Element) – A rare noble gas associated with Uranus and Air. Known for mystery and illumination, it is used symbolically in advanced alchemical meditations or visualization of unseen light.
🜁 L
Lead – A heavy gray metal associated with Saturn and Water. Known for protection and transformation, it is used symbolically to represent the weight of mortality and the alchemist’s first matter — ⚠️ toxic; handle only in sealed form.
Limestone – A pale, porous rock associated with Earth and Water. Known for purification and stability, it is often used to neutralize energy or mark sacred spaces.
Lodestone (Magnetite Ore) – A dark magnetic mineral associated with Venus and Earth. Known for attraction and polarity, it is often used in charm work to draw love, luck, or success.
🜂 M
Magnetite (Industrial Form) – A black magnetic mineral associated with Venus and Earth. Known for attraction and polarity, it is often used in spellwork to magnetize desired outcomes.
Manganese – A silvery-gray metal associated with Mars and Air. Known for endurance and regeneration, it is often used to strengthen protective workings and recharge depleted energy.
Mercury (Quicksilver) – A shimmering liquid metal associated with Mercury and Water. Known for transformation and spirit communication, it is used symbolically to represent flow, intellect, and the bridge between worlds — ⚠️ toxic; vapor and contact hazardous.
Meteorite (Nickel-Iron or Stony) – A dark celestial metal associated with Uranus and Fire. Known for cosmic connection and destiny, it is often used to anchor star energy or inspire visionary insight.
Mica – A silvery, reflective sheet mineral associated with the Moon and Air. Known for illumination and psychic shielding, it is often used to enhance intuition or deflect envy.
Molybdenum – A silvery metal associated with Saturn and Fire. Known for endurance and resilience, it is often used symbolically to reinforce determination during trials.
Mudstone – A compact, brown sedimentary stone associated with Earth and Water. Known for grounding and patience, it is often used to support slow, deliberate transformation.
🜃 N
Nickel – A silvery-white metal associated with Venus and Air. Known for charm and adaptability, it is often used in ritual tools to harmonize energies and attract prosperity.
Nitratine (Sodium Nitrate) – A crystalline mineral salt associated with Jupiter and Fire. Known for purification and acceleration, it is often used to empower incense blends or fast-acting spells.
🜄 O
Obsidian (Volcanic Glass) – A glossy black volcanic glass associated with Pluto and Fire. Known for protection and truth, it is often used for scrying mirrors or to cut energetic cords.
Ochre (Red or Yellow Iron Oxide) – A natural earth pigment associated with the Sun and Earth. Known for vitality and artistic will, it is often mixed into inks or ritual markings for empowerment.
Orpiment (Arsenic Sulfide) – A golden yellow mineral associated with the Sun and Fire. Known for transformation and enlightenment, it is used symbolically in alchemical work — ⚠️ toxic; do not inhale or handle bare.
🜁 P
Palladium – A lustrous silvery metal associated with the Moon and Air. Known for emotional balance and spiritual protection, it is often used in charms of peace and devotion.
Pewter – A silvery-gray alloy associated with Mercury and Water. Known for humility and balance, it is often used in ritual vessels and talismans for steady flow and grace.
Phosphorite – A dull brown mineral associated with Mars and Fire. Known for vitality and ignition, it is often used symbolically to “spark” creative or ritual energy.
Pitchblende (Uranium Ore) – A dark, heavy ore associated with Pluto and Fire. Known for intensity and deep transformation, it represents atomic power and destruction — ⚠️ radioactive; symbolic use only.
Platinum – A shining white metal associated with the Moon and Spirit. Known for purity and transformation, it is often used to enhance magical precision and psychic clarity.
Potash (Potassium Carbonate) – A white mineral salt associated with Jupiter and Air. Known for cleansing and manifestation, it is often used in powders or fire rituals to amplify energy.
🜂 Q
Quartz Sand (Silica) – A fine, pale mineral associated with the Sun and Air. Known for cleansing and amplification, it is often used in incense, filters, or ritual sand circles for energy flow.
🜃 R
Red Ochre – A rusty red earth pigment associated with Mars and Fire. Known for vitality and ancestral connection, it is often used to anoint protective sigils or invoke bloodline strength.
Rock Salt (Halite) – A translucent crystalline mineral associated with the Moon and Water. Known for purification and grounding, it is often scattered to cleanse energy or form protective circles.
Rust (Iron Oxide) – A reddish powder associated with Saturn and Earth. Known for decay and renewal, it is often used symbolically in spells of transformation, endings, or lessons learned.
🜄 S
Shale – A layered gray stone associated with Saturn and Earth. Known for grounding and patience, it is often used in earth-based magic to build stability and endurance.
Silver – A luminous white metal associated with the Moon and Water. Known for intuition and protection, it is often used to reflect negative energy and enhance psychic vision.
Slate – A smooth, dark gray stone associated with Mercury and Earth. Known for wisdom and permanence, it is often used as a magical writing surface or altar base.
Sodalite (Industrial Grade) – A blue mineral associated with Neptune and Air. Known for logic and intuition in harmony, it is often used to strengthen truth and rational insight.
Steel – A strong, silvery alloy associated with Mars and Fire. Known for courage and endurance, it is often used to forge blades, tools, and charms of strength and defense.
Sulfur (Brimstone) – A bright yellow crystalline mineral associated with the Sun and Fire. Known for purification and banishing, it is often burned to cleanse negativity or mark protective boundaries — ⚠️ fumes are irritant; burn in ventilation.
🜁 T
Talc – A soft white mineral associated with the Moon and Air. Known for gentleness and smoothing energy, it is often used in powders for calm, grace, or protection against friction.
Tin – A silvery-white metal associated with Jupiter and Air. Known for prosperity and expansion, it is often used to attract opportunity and amplify blessings.
Titanium – A bright silver-gray metal associated with Mars and Fire. Known for strength and resilience, it is often used to symbolize invincibility or divine will.
Tungsten – A dense gray metal associated with Saturn and Earth. Known for endurance and protection, it is often used in charms of perseverance and focus.
🜂 U
Uranium Ore (Pitchblende, Carnotite) – A greenish-black mineral associated with Pluto and Fire. Known for transformation and hidden power, it is used symbolically to represent atomic energy and shadow awakening — ⚠️ radioactive; symbolic use only.
🜃 V
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🜄 W
Wrought Iron – A blackened iron alloy associated with Mars and Earth. Known for defense and endurance, it is often forged into protective charms or boundary markers.
Wulfenite – A vivid orange mineral associated with the Sun and Fire. Known for creativity and transformation, it is often used to invigorate passion and ambition — ⚠️ contains lead; handle with care.
🜁 X
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🜂 Y
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🜃 Z
Zinc – A bluish-white metal associated with Mercury and Air. Known for vitality and healing, it is often used in energy restoration or symbolic protection of the body.
Zirconium (Industrial, Non-Gem Form) – A silvery-gray metal associated with Jupiter and Fire. Known for purity and protection, it is often used in rituals for endurance and spiritual clarity.
Metals remind us that transformation requires fire. They were once ore, rough and hidden, until shaped by human hands and divine inspiration alike. When you craft with metal, you enter an ancient pact of creation — to change what resists change. Honor that heat. It has tempered more than blades; it forges will itself.
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