Valar shortly - brief info about the Valar

Although there is on this web long description of each Vala, it is good to have short one for fast orientation as well. Because of that this short list was made, to be here for need of fast finding of information.

Melkor

Energy: freedom, chaos, darkness
Connection with other Valar: brother of Manwe
Top / downturn of activity: as he wants, or needs
Ritual objects: black dress, (for example scarf or cloak), things of your own creation as poriginal as possible, things of chaos with aspects of other gods but not connected with them, knife, sword, black feathers
Color: black, red, silver/white, very light blue (color with shades of ice and snow)
Human aspects: freedom, heart, inner fire
Ideas of possible rituals: removing of baptism or other connection with already left group, blood rituals, ritual accepting of name, ritual accepting of new look (tattoo, change of haircut and so on…)

Manwe

Energy: Air, chaos/order
Connection with other Valar: Brother of Meklor, husband of Varda
Top / downturn of activity: Active all year, varies in location
Ritual objects: white feathers, feathers of birds of prey, staff (or another symbol of power), windmill or something else sensitive to wind, blue clothes, bird wings
Color: white, blue
Human aspects: breath, speaking, lungs, eyesight
Ideas of possible rituals: contact with the wind, forms of communication with birds of prey, recitation of poetry, meditation on breath of human and the world

Varda

Energy: light, spiritual noble
Connection with other Valar: wife of Manwe
Top / downturn of activity: in night, especially nights with clear sky, the longer night, the more active she is / at the noon, the shorter night, the less active
Ritual objects: shining objects, especially silver ones, lit candle, star (symbol, image or anything else), the moon, the Sun, things created for their beauty
Color: dark blue, black, white
Human aspects: eyes, eyesight, hearing, ears, hands
Ideas of possible rituals: singing to the stars and to their queen, rituals with light, blessing rituals, creativity rituals or connected with it, blessings

Ulmo

Energy: water, emotions, purification
Connection with other Valar: -
Top / downturn of activity: Not by time, but by place, anywhere, where is the water
Ritual objects: water, ice, shell, boat, ship, fish
Color: colors of water in many shades and tones, white, some shades of green (in case of sea fruits even many other colors)
Human aspects: blood and body liquids, emotions and spine, detoxification
Ideas of possible rituals: purifying rituals, emotion rituals …

Nienna

Energy: water, relaxing, renewal
Connection with other Valar: water, relaxing, renewal
Top / downturn of activity: where and when is needed
Ritual objects: candle lit or not, stories bringing hope or wisdom, tears, their forms and symbols
Color: grey, white, silver
Human aspects: crying and tears
Ideas of possible rituals: activities for helping others (humans or animals), teaching, purifying rituals, rituals of leaving behind the old, rituals for hope, rituals of moving from one phase of life to another

Aule

Energy: earth and fire, minerals, crystals
Connection with other Valar: husband of Yavanna
Top / downturn of activity: where and when is needed, during earthquakes, during volcano activity, etc.
Ritual objects: small and bigger stones of any kind and type, sand, things from wood or other solid matter, statues
Color: green, brown
Human aspects: hardness and endurance, bones and muscles
Ideas of possible rituals: Honoring the Earth, magic with stones and crystals, magic and work with caverns (especially crystal caves), rituals for strength and endurance

Yavanna

Energy: Trees and plants, growing
Connection with other Valar: wife of Aule
Top / downturn of activity: top in summer, downturn in winter
Ritual objects: wood (branches, not wood-crafted wood), leaves fresh and dry, fruit fresh and dried, plants and trees planted and grown to honor her, their symbols
Color: many shades of green, yellow, red, brown, colors of trees and plants
Human aspects: growing, evolving, feeding and digesting
Ideas of possible rituals: rituals for harvest, rituals for harmony with forest, communication with trees, honoring the trees and their gifts

Námo

Energy: death and transformation, magic of fate
Connection with other Valar: brother of Irmo and Nienna, husband of Vaire
Top / downturn of activity: top in late winter and beginning of spring, downturn in late summer and beginning of autumn
Ritual objects: symbols of death and dead (tombstones, coffins, bats, bones, possibly images of dead ancestors), dead animals (not killed for the ritual), dying animals, things with symbolic of life cycles and reincarnation, tarot and symbol virgin/wife/old-woman (shared with Vaire), some wise texts, symbols of various spirits
Color: black, blue, red
Human aspects: death, past lives, memory, forgetting, spiritual guides, wisdom
Ideas of possible rituals: learning your past lives, preparing for death, communication with the dead, seeking and asking for spiritual guides, rituals for familiarizing with death and its spirits, getting information from memory of the dead, rituals for coming of new life, rituals for new beginnings

Vaire

Energy: destiny, magic
Connection with other Valar: wife of Námo
Top / downturn of activity: more active in winter and spring, but always active
Ritual objects: threat and needle, embroidery of any kind done to honor her (especially, when connected with event and teaching), other threat creating, texts connected with magic and destiny, tarot and symbol virgin/wife/old-woman (shared with Námo)
Color: all
Human aspects: destiny, spiritual guides, memory, creativity
Ideas of possible rituals: magic for altering fate, magic to understand situation, rituals with spiritual guides, rituals to honor cycles of time and the time itself

Irmo

Energy: dreams, visions, spirits, spiritual realm
Connection with other Valar: brother of Námo and Nienna, husband of Este
Top / downturn of activity: in night, also during rituals and meditations and lucid dreaming
Ritual objects: lotus flower (real or not), shamanic drum (if used for exalted states of mind), teas, alcohol, another helpers for exalted states of mind, meditation music, incense, symbols and mandalas for meditation, other meditation things, symbols of spirituality
Color: green, blue, combinations supporting work with spiritual realm
Human aspects: sleeping and drams, trans, exalted states of mind, self-control
Ideas of possible rituals: meditation, spiritual work, astral traveling, honoring of spirits, honoring of gods, communication with spirits (gods, guides, or any else), work with spirits, magic, training and using of parapsychological abilities

Este

Energy: physical realm, body, healing
Connection with other Valar: wife of Irmo
Top / downturn of activity: always active
Ritual objects: tea and other drinks, ointments and other things mend for aid and mending of body, bandages and other stuff of aid kit, healthy food (mainly fruit and vegetables, but also many others), warm blanket, smooth fabric, massage oil and other stuff used to pleasure body
Color: green, blue, colors of health
Human aspects: immunity, health, mending and healing
Ideas of possible rituals: purifying rituals, healing and recovering rituals, rituals to honor the body, rituals to honor physical world, energetic healing of body, celebrating of physicality

Orome

Energy: forest, wild animals, hunting
Connection with other Valar: husband of Vána, brother of Nessa
Top / downturn of activity: more active in summer, no downturn
Ritual objects: hunting weapons and imitations of them, branches or trees grown to honor him, anything with theme of forest and anything with hunting theme
Color: green, brown, colors of forest and hunt
Human aspects: senses, hunting instinct, self-preservation and protection instinct, quiteness
Ideas of possible rituals: hunting rituals, honoring of forest, honoring of forest animals, honoring of trees, hunt, rituals and magic against attacks and evil magic, magic of protection

Vána

Energy: youngness, activity, adulating, gregarious
Connection with other Valar: wife of Orome
Top / downturn of activity: top in spring, downturn in winter
Ritual objects: things with theme of youngness, anything cheerful (colors, statues, jokes, dances, activities, comedy, games,…)
Color: any cheerful, especially more of them
Human aspects: cheerfulness, youngness, energy, sources of energy for body (liver, some hormons)
Ideas of possible rituals: celebrations of youngness, celebrations of spring, celebrations and rituals of new life, cheerful dances, celebrations and ritual for joy and cheering

Tulkas

Energy: fight, male energy, joyfulness
Connection with other Valar: husband of Nessa
Top / downturn of activity: whenever he wants
Ritual objects: male sexual organ and its symbols and shapes, weapons, anything cheerful or playful, anything with erotic with males, including homosexual, games
Color: red, brown, gold, maybe even green
Human aspects: activity, sexuality, male gender, male energy
Ideas of possible rituals: sexual magic, warrior rituals, joining the warrior rank, preparing for fight and death in fight, naked dance near fire, rituals to honor male

Nessa

Energy: fight, female energy, activity, responsibility
Connection with other Valar: sister of Orome, wife of Tulkas
Top / downturn of activity: whenever she wants
Ritual objects: female sexual organ and its symbols and shapes, weapons, anything with erotic with females including homosexuality, games
Color: red, green, blue, brown, maybe even gold and silver
Human aspects: activity, self-control, sexuality, female gender, female energy, moderation
Ideas of possible rituals: sexual magic, rituals of female warriors, naked dance near fire, rituals of fertility, rituals to honor female, rituals for female cycle, rituals for moderation

Most of the Valar lives in couples and that influence them as well as their work. It would not be right to ignore this simple but important fact.

Manwe and Varda

Energy: nobility, sanctity, authority, humbleness and admiration
Human aspects: senses, mind, head, wisdom, eyes and ears, nobility
Ideas of possible rituals: honoring the royal couple, shared rituals of air and light, rituals connected with authority (new leader, etc.), honoring the order of the world, singing to the stars, dancing with the wind

Aule and Yavanna

Energy: nutritiousness and fertility of earth, hospitality, home
Human aspects: physical body, feeding and digesting, digesting system, bones, living
Ideas of possible rituals: honoring this couple, blessing the home, blessing to the celebrations, celebrations, feasts, growing of plants, rituals connected with plants and earth, filling stones with nature energy

Námo and Vaire

Energy: magic, spirit, destiny, reincarnation, memory
Human aspects: memory, aging and growing in wisdom, magic potential
Ideas of possible rituals: honoring this couple, divination, rituals with cards, rituals to change fate, visit to Mandos, blessing of newborn, blessing of death, rituals connected with birth, rituals connected with death, rituals to honor the immortality of soul

Irmo and Este

Energy: harmony of body and spirit, overall health, renewal
Human aspects: self-healing ability, balance of body and spirit, their connection
Ideas of possible rituals: honoring this couple, rituals to renew balance, rituals and magic of healing, honoring the spirit, honoring the body, honoring the live in physical body, detoxification, fasting

Orome and Vána

Energy: relationships, caring, living together, vitality
Human aspects: vitality, activity, relationships, patience, ensuring of food, renewal of life
Ideas of possible rituals: honoring this couple, rituals to renew relationships, renewal and repair of damaged relationships, ending of those unwise to keep on, rituals to honor the forest and its inhabitants, honoring the animals, honoring dying animals, honoring the children of animals, appreciation of nature, rituals connected with wild animals

Tulkkas and Nessa

Energy: sexuality, fight, activity, joy
Human aspects: sexuality, gender organs, muscles, fight spirit
Ideas of possible rituals: honoring this couple, fight rituals, honoring the sexuality as godly gift, naked dances near fire, orgy, dances, rituals with weapons, honoring both female and male, rituals with physical body, pleasure of the body