Generally called from the North
Considered cool and dry and is associated with the melancholic temperament
Represents the solid state of matter
Corresponds to the physical part of ourselves, our physical body, and rules the elder state of life.
Rules the intestines Rules the winter and the night
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 Earth is Salt
Other minerals associated are: halite (aka salt), granite, jasper, emerald, jade, malachite, hematite, lead, ochre
Usually considered feminine in nature Colors associated are green and brown
Associated with old age, maturity, the winter, night time, and the Winter Solstice
The best time to perform spells associated with the element of Earth is when the moon is in one of the Earth signs: Capricorn, Taurus, or Virgo
Symbols are soil, the Pentacle, cattle
Herbs associated are apple, bistort, comfrey, cypress, fern, all grains, all grasses, honeysuckle, horehound, ivy, magnolia, mugwort, narcissus, oak, oakmoss, primrose, rhubarb, vervain, vetivert
