Earth
Earth is fertile, nurturing and the densest of nature's elements. The physical world is the manifestation
of this element. Earth energy resides within us and the greater universe. It is grounding
and stabalizing. Its energy is receptive.
The earth element also contains the other elements in their solid forms. Working in harmony with air, fire
and water, earth creates and sustains many wonders of nature including glaciers, lava flows, and
rock formations. Together these elements enrich the soil, making it moist, warm, andproductive.
Color Green Sense Touch Stone Emerals, and heavy opaque stones (e.g. coal) Metal Iron, lead Creatures Dogs, horses, cows, earthworms, gophers, and other burrowers Natural settings Parks, forests, groves, valleys, canyons, farms, caves, fields Natural symbols Salt, rocks, acorns, wheat sheaves, clay, soil Places Farmer's markets, arboretums, mines, plant nurseries, pits, basements, kitchens, baby nurseries Musical instruments Percussion instruments, especially drums Astrological signs Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn Magic Garden, magnetic energy, image, stone, tree, knot, bindings Magical tool the pentacle inscribed in a circular disk of wood, metal or clay Rituals Spells for money, prosperity, fertility, stability, grounding, employment Ritual forms Burying, planting, making images in the ground Season Winter Time Midnight Age Later years, death Direction North a place of greatest darkness
