Earth is the is most dense of the elements. It relates to the pentacles in Tarot. Earth brings things into form, it is the physical plane.
BASIC QUALITIES: dense, solid, structure, enduring, thick, heavy, strong, slow, patient, methodical, organized, secure, thorough, grounded, practical, completion, manifestation
IN NATURE: the ground, mountains, caves, deserts, mud
COLOR: deep red
ART: sculpture/ aroma therapy, business as an art form
CHAKRA: base of spine
SEED MANTRUM: LAM
GEM STONE: Ruby or garnet
PHYSICAL BODY:
(Taurus) – neck
(Virgo) – colon/bowels/lower back
(Capricorn) – knees
bones
sense of smell – most primal sense
tissue quality – contraction, strength, muscle tone
voice quality – slow steady/low/deep or tight/constricted
EMOTIONAL BODY:
fear, courage, secure, grounded, practical,
stubborn, bullheaded, laziness, plodding
MENTAL BODY:
organized, structured, thorough, detailed – oriented,
slow, patient, plodding, methodical – able to do one thing at a time
FOODS WHICH ACTIVATE EARTH:
red foods
foods growing underground, e.g.. root vegetables, and tubers
sweet taste
heavy, dense foods
BODY TYPE:
endomorphic – well developed stocky, dense, heavy, thick musculature, thick neck and limbs DOSHA: kapha