Earth

The Earth is about the feelings of stability. Earth represents a balance of both, yin and yang, the feminine and masculine together. Its motion is inward and cantering, and its energy is stabilizing and conserving. It is associated with the turn of each of the seasons and with damp. In Chinese teachings, Earth is associated with the qualities of patience, thoughtfulness, practicality, hard work and stability. The earth element is also nurturing and seeks to draw all things together with itself, in order to bring harmony, rootedness, and stability. Other attributes of the earth element include ambition, stubbornness, responsibility and long-term planning.
On the shadow side, the earth element can represent selfishness and self-centeredness. Earth type people are usually warm, kind and supportive. They can be overprotective and tend to merge with their environment, having difficulties with boundaries. The negative emotion of the Earth element is worry and its positive emotion is empathy.
Earth element represents also trustworthiness. Excessive or a lack of Earth elements causes problems with the person’s stability.