THE ELEMENTS: EARTH

From Llewellyn's Complete Book of Correspondences by Sandra Kynes

Gender: Feminine

Plane: Venus, Saturn

Time: Midnight

Season: Winter

Direction: North (although if the closest body of earth to you is a different direction, use that instead)

Tarot Cards: Pentacles, Coins

Zodiac: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn

Symbolism: Grounding, strength, healing, success, stability, sturdiness, steadfastness, foundations, empathy, fertility, death, rebirth, wisdom, nature, animals, plants, money, prosperity

Symbols: Rocks, plains, soil, caves, fields, stones, trees, gardens, canyons, forests

Deities: Cerridwen, Demeter, Gaia, Terra, Jord, Ceres, Rhiannon, Persephone, Epona, Ptithivi, Pan, Herne, Cernunnos, Thoth, Adonis, Tammuz, Dionysus, Athos, Mah, Nephtys, Marduk, Athos, Arawn, Cybele, Leimarel Sidabi, Opes, Proserpina, Mat Zemlya, Pachamama, Houtu, Umay, Sif, Mother Earth, Mother Nature, Geb, Asintmah, Zemes mate, Mlande, Mlande-Ava, Nerthus, Veles, Mokosh

Nature Spirits: Gnomes, fairies, trolls, dwarves, dryads, faun

Colors: Green, brown, black, gold

Food and Drink: Beer, vodka, whiskey, bread, salt, garlic, onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, nuts, rice, oats, butter

Herbs: Oak, cedar, cypress, honeysuckle, ivy, primrose, sage, grains, patchouli, nuts, magnolia, comfrey, vetivert, moss, lilac, lichen, roots, barley, alfalfa, corn, rice

Crystals and Gemstones: Emerald, peridot, amethyst, jet, tourmaline, granite, quartz, salt, jasper, azurite, onyx, bedrock, tiger's eye, rutilated quartz, fluorite, slate, lead, iron, moss agate, tree agate, coal

Animals: gopher, bear, wolf, ant, horse, stag, deer, dog, cow, bull, bison, snake, worms, moles, voles, grubs

The Element of Earth is generally called from the North.
The element of Earth is considered cool and dry and is associated with the melancholic temperament.
The element of Earth represents the solid state of matter.
The element of Earth corresponds to the physical part of our selves, our physical body and rules the elder stage of life.
The element of Earth rules the intestines.
The element of Earth rules the winter and the night.
The Element of Earth represents, the sense of touch and all physical, practical, material things including money, crops, livestock, the home, property, family, career, investments, saving.
The Alchemical Mineral associated with the Earth is Salt.
Other Minerals associated with the element of Earth are: halite (aka salt), granite, jasper, emerald, jade, malachite, hematite, lead, ochre
It is usually considered feminine in nature.
Colors associated with the element of Earth include green and brown.
The element of Earth is associated with Old age, or maturity, the Winter, Nighttime and the Winter Solstice.
The best time to perform spells associated with the element of Earth is when the moon is in on of the Earth signs: Capricorn, Taurus or Virgo
Symbols of the element of Earth include- soil, the pentacle, cattle,
Herbs associated with the element of Earth include apple, bistort, comfrey, cypress, fern, all grains, all grasses, honeysuckle, horehound, ivy, magnolia, mugwort, narcissus, oak, oakmoss, primrose, rhubarb, vervain, vetiver