Earth  This is the element we are closest to home with, since it is our home. Earth doesn't necessarily 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, natural sustenance, material gain, money, creativity, birth, death, silence, rocks, standing stones, crystals, jewels, metal, bones, structure, night, riches, treasures, surrendering 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  |     |