Earth

"Borrowed"


This is the element we are closest to home with, since it is our home. Earth doesn'tnecessarily represent the physical Earth, but that part of it which is stable, solid, dependable. Earth is the realm of abundance, prosperity and wealth. While it is the most physical of the elements this is not negative, for it is upon Earth that the other three rest. Without Earth, life as we know it could not exist.

Direction
North - the place of greatest darkness
Name of North Wind Boreas, Ophion

Energy
Receptive
Feminine

Signs
Taurus
Virgo
Capricorn

Ritual Work
The body, growth, naturem sustenance, material gain, money, creativity, birth, death, silence, rocks, standing stones, crystals, jewels, metal, bones, structure, night, riches, treasures, surrenderin self-will, touch, empathy, grounding, mystery, industry, possessions, conservative, incorporation, business, prosperity, employment, stability, success, fertility, birth, healing, combined forces of nature and it's bounty, material abundance, wisdom, runes, strength, practical wisdom, teaching, symbols

Places
Caves, canyons, chasms, forests, groves, valleys, fields, farms, gardens, arboretums, parks, plant nurseries, farmer's market, kitchens, baby nurseries, basements, mines, holes, mountains

Colors
Black
Brown
Green (from the color of living plants and fields)
White

Ritual Forms
Burying, Planting
Making images in the dirt or sand
walking over miles of countryside while visualizing the need.

Basic Nature
Fertile, moist, nurturing, stabalizing, grounding.
Gravity is a manifestation of this element.

Point in Life
Advanced Age

Types of Magick Ruled
Gardening, magnet, image, stone, tree, knot, binding

Time
Midnight; night

Season
Winter- The time of darkness

Magickal Tools
Pentacle and Pentagrams
salt
Images
stones
gems
trees
cord magick

Spirits
Gnomes, Dwarfs and trolls who inhabit the interior of the earth and are the consciousness of precious gems.

Angel
Ariel

King
Ghob, Gob or Ghom

Sense
Touch

Stones and Jewels
Rock Crystal, Salt: Heavy or opaque, as in coal; green as in emeralds and peridot, onyx, Jasper, azurite, amethyst, royal azute, tourmaline,tourmalanted quartz or rutiled.

Metals
Iron
Lead

Incense
Storax, Benzoin

Plants and Trees
Comfrey, Ivy, grains, oats, rice, rye, wheat, patchouly, vetivert, mosses, lichens, nuts
dry and stiff plants; heavy low-growing plants; generally roots
Oak

Animals
Cow or bull, bison, snakes (earth-dwelling), stag, dog, horse, gopher, ant, burrowing animals, bears, wolf

Goddesses
Ceres, Demeter, Gaea, Mah, Nephthys, Persephone, Prithivi, Rhea, Rhiannon

Gods
Adonis, Athos, Arawn, Cernunnos, Dionysus, Marduk, Pan, Tammuz

Attracted By
Salts and Powders

Musical Instruments
Drums, all percussion instruments

Symbols
Rocks and Gemstones, mountains, plains, fields, soil, caves and mines