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 | |