Classical element facts for kids
- Fire is both hot and dry.
- Air is both hot and wet.
- Water is both cold and wet.
- Earth is both cold and dry.
The image below has two squares on top of each other. The corners of one are the classical elements. The corners of the other are the properties.
Images for kids
Segment of the macrocosm showing the elemental spheres of aqua (water), terra (earth), ignis (fire), and aer (air), bound by proportional harmonies of the musica mundana (mundane music) Robert Fludd, 1617 (Compare Plato, Timaeus, 32b-c)
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