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
