Celestial Spirits (星霊 Seirei) are Magical beings from their own separate universe, the Celestial Spirit World. Some wizards, called Celestial Spirit Mages due to their specialization in Celestial Spirit Magic,
are able to summon Spirits by opening their Gates through the use of
Keys. These Keys are separated into two classes: the more common Silver
Keys and the extremely rare Gold Keys. Keys for Celestial Spirits are
counted in Units (collectively without regard of Gold or Silver), and a
Celestial Spirit Mage is noted by how many Units they have obtained.[1] All Celestial Spirits are each named after a different astronomical constellation. Out of the 12 Gold Keys, 10 are owned by Lucy Heartfilia and the remaining two are owned by Yukino Aguria, who also holds the key to the "13th Gate" of the Zodiac.
When a Celestial Spirit Mage receives a Key and opens its
Celestial Gate for the first time, they have to set up a contract with
the respective Spirit. This contract consists of asking the Spirit which
days it can be summoned by the Mage.[2]
This simple agreement, much to the shock of Natsu and Happy, forms a
dedicated and serious bond between the Spirit and summoner. However,
under certain circumstances, i.e. during battle, a contract can be asked
to be completed later.[3]
Contracts can be broken if the Mage is arrested, releases the Spirit by him/herself, or dies.[4]
When a Celestial Spirit Mage summons a Spirit, it appears directly next
to them, as that's where the Gates to the Spirit World have been
opened. It's impossible to summon Spirits elsewhere. The Spirits must
also abide by certain rules enforced by the Celestial Spirit King.
The only rule that has been introduced in Fairy Tail so far is that a
Spirit may not directly or indirectly kill its summoner under any
circumstances. When the Gates are closed, it is required from both the
summoner and the Spirit to agree upon the Gate's closure. However,
Spirits can also be "forced closed" in battle, which means they can be
forced back into the Celestial World by the summoner's will, though not
every Celestial Spirit Mage is capable of doing that.
Celestial Spirits also have different categories of sorts, which
fall under the basic summoning conditions from their owner. For example,
Loke summons himself most of the time without Lucy doing so herself,
Virgo also has summoned herself once, as have Gemini and Horologium and
if trust between the Celestial Spirit and the owner is not an issue,
contracts can be temporarily dissolved. It also seems that if the
Celestial Spirit is strong enough, they can use their own Magic to stay
in the Human World, when or if the contract is not in action. The
strength of the Celestial Spirits is affected by the Magical strength of
their summoner as Lucy once said that her spirits could become even
stronger than Natsu if she trained more.[5]
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia, Layla Heartfilia (former) "The
Water Bearer" Aquarius is a mermaid equipped with an urn. Lucy
considers Aquarius her strongest Spirit, even after receiving Loke's
key.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia "The
Golden Bull" Taurus is a minotaur with black and white splotched skin
and dons a nose ring, a black speedo and a gray belt. He wields a giant
labrys.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia, Layla Heartfilia (former) "The
Great Crab" Cancer has a crab-claw hairstyle with six crab legs
protruding from his back. He wields a pair of scissors that he uses for
attacking and haircuts.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia, Duke Everlue (former) "The
Maiden" Virgo sports a black and white maid outfit, with chained
shackles around her wrist. She has the ability to dig holes underground.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia, Karen Lilica (former) "The
Lion" Leo appears as a man in a designer suit with his hair in the form
of a lion's mane. He uses the Magic Regulus for combat.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia, Angel (former), Karen Lilica (former) "The
Ram" Aries is a timid female with horns at the top of her head much
like a ram. She has white and fluffy clothes, like a sheep. Her Magic
utilizes wool abilities to relax her opponents, rendering them incapable
of fighting back.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia, Angel (former) "The Scorpion" Scorpio is a rough man with a large gun, which is reminiscent of a scorpion stinger. Scorpio uses Sand Magic, which he casts by blasting great amounts of sand from his stinger.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia, Angel (former) "The
Twins" "Gemi" and "Mini" are two miniature Spirits that wear sashes
across their torsos. They can flawlessly transform and replicate into
anyone they touch, acquiring their thoughts and Magic.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia, Layla Heartfilia (former), Zoldeo (former) "The
Goat" Capricorn is a humanoid goat who was possessed by his former
master through the use of Lost Magic. After being set free, he joins
Lucy as one of her Spirits.
Summoner: Yukino Aguria "The
Paired Fish" Pisces consists of a pair of enormous fish, one black and
one white. Their true forms are that of a beautiful woman with black
hair and fair skin and her son, a young man with dark skin and
wild-looking white hair who wields a trident. They are both powerful
fighters, but revert to their fish forms upon contact with water.
Summoner: Yukino Aguria "The
Heavenly Scales" Libra is a young woman in an exotic dancer's outfit
who hides her face behind a veil and is equipped with half of a set of
balancing scales on each hand. Libra uses Gravity Change to alter her opponents weight.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia "The
Southern Cross" Crux is a human like cross, with a mustache and cross
shaped nose. Crux has a lot of information about all Celestial Spirits
and their masters, either in the present or in the past.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia "The
Lyre" Lyra wears a bonnet and dress. She also has wings on her back,
she has the ability to sing beautiful songs, she mostly sings about
emotions, but she does take requests.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia, Katja (former) "The
Canis Minor" Nikoras come in various colors, accessories and markings,
Nikora takes up hardly any Magic power when summoned, stated by Lucy.
Summoner: Angel (former), Katja (former), Will Neville's disciples (former) "The Chisel" Caelum appears as more of an item than a being which takes three different forms to attack.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia "The Compass" Pyxis looks like a penguin with a big round face. It has a compass on top of its head.
Trivia
Nakajima from Rave Master made a brief cameo in episode
18, when Lucy talks about the Celestial Spirit Sagittarius and Natsu
imagines an octopus with a Nakajima flower head.
Originally, summoning Celestial Spirits were supposed to be by
cards. However, this idea was eventually scrapped when the author
thought that it was too similar to another manga work.[6]
During her time in the Tower of Heaven, Lucy managed to summon
both Cancer and Aquarius during the same day, while from their contract,
Cancer can only be summoned on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday,
while Aquarius can only be summoned on Wednesday. This question was
later answered in the Q&A of Volume 16 that the contract is actually
constantly changing, and the stronger and trustworthy the bond between
the Mage and the Celestial Spirit, the summoner can increase the amount
of days that a particular Spirit can be summoned.
The Golden keys appear to be more stylized in the anime,
appearing with handles and teeth to the theme of the summoned Spirit,
while in the manga they appear as ordinary keys with the Constellation's
symbol engraved on the top.[7] Recent chapters in the manga depict them in their stylized forms, as seen when Lucy summoned Taurus and Scorpio simultaneously[8] or when Yukino offered Lucy her two keys.[9]
A large number of unnamed Celestial Spirits appear during the
party Lucy's spirits hold for her and her friends in the Celestial
Spirit World; most of them reflect constellations amongst the 88 Modern
Constellations[10].
It is stated that if all of the 12 Ecliptic Zodiac come together, they will open "the gateway that will change the world".[11]
Celestial Spirits (星霊 Seirei) are Magical beings from their own separate universe, the Celestial Spirit World. Some wizards, called Celestial Spirit Mages due to their specialization in Celestial Spirit Magic,
are able to summon Spirits by opening their Gates through the use of
Keys. These Keys are separated into two classes: the more common Silver
Keys and the extremely rare Gold Keys. Keys for Celestial Spirits are
counted in Units (collectively without regard of Gold or Silver), and a
Celestial Spirit Mage is noted by how many Units they have obtained.[1] All Celestial Spirits are each named after a different astronomical constellation. Out of the 12 Gold Keys, 10 are owned by Lucy Heartfilia and the remaining two are owned by Yukino Aguria, who also holds the key to the "13th Gate" of the Zodiac.
When a Celestial Spirit Mage receives a Key and opens its
Celestial Gate for the first time, they have to set up a contract with
the respective Spirit. This contract consists of asking the Spirit which
days it can be summoned by the Mage.[2]
This simple agreement, much to the shock of Natsu and Happy, forms a
dedicated and serious bond between the Spirit and summoner. However,
under certain circumstances, i.e. during battle, a contract can be asked
to be completed later.[3]
Contracts can be broken if the Mage is arrested, releases the Spirit by him/herself, or dies.[4]
When a Celestial Spirit Mage summons a Spirit, it appears directly next
to them, as that's where the Gates to the Spirit World have been
opened. It's impossible to summon Spirits elsewhere. The Spirits must
also abide by certain rules enforced by the Celestial Spirit King.
The only rule that has been introduced in Fairy Tail so far is that a
Spirit may not directly or indirectly kill its summoner under any
circumstances. When the Gates are closed, it is required from both the
summoner and the Spirit to agree upon the Gate's closure. However,
Spirits can also be "forced closed" in battle, which means they can be
forced back into the Celestial World by the summoner's will, though not
every Celestial Spirit Mage is capable of doing that.
Celestial Spirits also have different categories of sorts, which
fall under the basic summoning conditions from their owner. For example,
Loke summons himself most of the time without Lucy doing so herself,
Virgo also has summoned herself once, as have Gemini and Horologium and
if trust between the Celestial Spirit and the owner is not an issue,
contracts can be temporarily dissolved. It also seems that if the
Celestial Spirit is strong enough, they can use their own Magic to stay
in the Human World, when or if the contract is not in action. The
strength of the Celestial Spirits is affected by the Magical strength of
their summoner as Lucy once said that her spirits could become even
stronger than Natsu if she trained more.[5]
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia, Layla Heartfilia (former) "The
Water Bearer" Aquarius is a mermaid equipped with an urn. Lucy
considers Aquarius her strongest Spirit, even after receiving Loke's
key.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia "The
Golden Bull" Taurus is a minotaur with black and white splotched skin
and dons a nose ring, a black speedo and a gray belt. He wields a giant
labrys.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia, Layla Heartfilia (former) "The
Great Crab" Cancer has a crab-claw hairstyle with six crab legs
protruding from his back. He wields a pair of scissors that he uses for
attacking and haircuts.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia, Duke Everlue (former) "The
Maiden" Virgo sports a black and white maid outfit, with chained
shackles around her wrist. She has the ability to dig holes underground.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia, Karen Lilica (former) "The
Lion" Leo appears as a man in a designer suit with his hair in the form
of a lion's mane. He uses the Magic Regulus for combat.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia, Angel (former), Karen Lilica (former) "The
Ram" Aries is a timid female with horns at the top of her head much
like a ram. She has white and fluffy clothes, like a sheep. Her Magic
utilizes wool abilities to relax her opponents, rendering them incapable
of fighting back.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia, Angel (former) "The Scorpion" Scorpio is a rough man with a large gun, which is reminiscent of a scorpion stinger. Scorpio uses Sand Magic, which he casts by blasting great amounts of sand from his stinger.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia, Angel (former) "The
Twins" "Gemi" and "Mini" are two miniature Spirits that wear sashes
across their torsos. They can flawlessly transform and replicate into
anyone they touch, acquiring their thoughts and Magic.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia, Layla Heartfilia (former), Zoldeo (former) "The
Goat" Capricorn is a humanoid goat who was possessed by his former
master through the use of Lost Magic. After being set free, he joins
Lucy as one of her Spirits.
Summoner: Yukino Aguria "The
Paired Fish" Pisces consists of a pair of enormous fish, one black and
one white. Their true forms are that of a beautiful woman with black
hair and fair skin and her son, a young man with dark skin and
wild-looking white hair who wields a trident. They are both powerful
fighters, but revert to their fish forms upon contact with water.
Summoner: Yukino Aguria "The
Heavenly Scales" Libra is a young woman in an exotic dancer's outfit
who hides her face behind a veil and is equipped with half of a set of
balancing scales on each hand. Libra uses Gravity Change to alter her opponents weight.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia "The
Southern Cross" Crux is a human like cross, with a mustache and cross
shaped nose. Crux has a lot of information about all Celestial Spirits
and their masters, either in the present or in the past.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia "The
Lyre" Lyra wears a bonnet and dress. She also has wings on her back,
she has the ability to sing beautiful songs, she mostly sings about
emotions, but she does take requests.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia, Katja (former) "The
Canis Minor" Nikoras come in various colors, accessories and markings,
Nikora takes up hardly any Magic power when summoned, stated by Lucy.
Summoner: Angel (former), Katja (former), Will Neville's disciples (former) "The Chisel" Caelum appears as more of an item than a being which takes three different forms to attack.
Summoner: Lucy Heartfilia "The Compass" Pyxis looks like a penguin with a big round face. It has a compass on top of its head.
Trivia
Nakajima from Rave Master made a brief cameo in episode
18, when Lucy talks about the Celestial Spirit Sagittarius and Natsu
imagines an octopus with a Nakajima flower head.
Originally, summoning Celestial Spirits were supposed to be by
cards. However, this idea was eventually scrapped when the author
thought that it was too similar to another manga work.[6]
During her time in the Tower of Heaven, Lucy managed to summon
both Cancer and Aquarius during the same day, while from their contract,
Cancer can only be summoned on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday,
while Aquarius can only be summoned on Wednesday. This question was
later answered in the Q&A of Volume 16 that the contract is actually
constantly changing, and the stronger and trustworthy the bond between
the Mage and the Celestial Spirit, the summoner can increase the amount
of days that a particular Spirit can be summoned.
The Golden keys appear to be more stylized in the anime,
appearing with handles and teeth to the theme of the summoned Spirit,
while in the manga they appear as ordinary keys with the Constellation's
symbol engraved on the top.[7] Recent chapters in the manga depict them in their stylized forms, as seen when Lucy summoned Taurus and Scorpio simultaneously[8] or when Yukino offered Lucy her two keys.[9]
A large number of unnamed Celestial Spirits appear during the
party Lucy's spirits hold for her and her friends in the Celestial
Spirit World; most of them reflect constellations amongst the 88 Modern
Constellations[10].
It is stated that if all of the 12 Ecliptic Zodiac come together, they will open "the gateway that will change the world".[11]
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