Earth Correspondences
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Direction - north
Gender - female
Energy - receptive, reactive
Qualities - cold and dry, heavy and passive
Colors - brown, black, green
Power of the Sphinx - to will
Season - winter
Hour of day - midnight
Time of life - old age/death
Celtic name - tuath
Magical tools - pentacle, crystals, stones
Point of pentagram - Lower left
Types of magick - fertility, tree magick, herbs,
prosperity, runes, knot magick, growth, nature, animals, all
matters relating to money, thankfulness
Animals - bull, sphinx, bear
Alchemical symbol - upside down triangle with a
line through the middle
Elemental spirit - gnomes
Nature - mountains, caves, gems, fields, rocks, forests
Parts of body - bones, sex organs, legs
Human senses - touch
Goddess Aspect - Crone
Keys - Law Principle, Solidity
Reflection in humanity - the physical body
Virtues - strength, endurance, commitment,
responsibility, thoroughness, practicality, wisdom, patience,
sense of timing, reliable, stability, perseverance
Vices - dullness, lack of conscience,
melancholy, boredom, inertia, stagnation, hoarding of resources
(including information), greed, materialism
Excess - body heaviness, general lack of energy,
inertia, materialism, narrow-mindedness
Shortage - spaciness, hyper-activity,
instability, unreliability, careless
Stage in the cycle of creation - the idea manifests in material form, building a solid foundation for the next idea.
Emotions - sense of security, confidence in your own strength, ability to ignore minor sources of irritation, desire to just sit down and do nothing.
Earth Signs of the Zodiac
| Symbol | Sign | Sub-Element | Quadruplicity | Nature Metaphor |
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Capricorn | Fire of Earth | Cardinal | Mountains - Violent pressure (due to gravitation). |
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Taurus | Air of Earth | Fixed | Plains - Steady bearing of life. |
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Virgo | Water of Earth | Mutable | Fields - Quiet. |
The Cardinal sign represents the Birth of the Element, the Fixed sign its Life, and the Mutable sign its passing over towards the ideal form proper to it, i.e. to Spirit.
Earthy Tarot Major Arcana

And the entire Tarot Minor Arcana suit of Pentacles is attributed to Earth. The Pentacles suit is sometimes named Coins or Disks, depending on the deck.




