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The Earth is usually referred to as a feminine, ‘yin’ element – Mother Earth, the ever-dependable source of all life. In the realm of Earth all material forms stand out and are distinct: we receive our ultimate material definition as well as our material limitation from Earth. No matter how fiery and wonderful our visions of what could be, the final test of their reality resides in the world of matter. How does it act, taste, feel, measure up in the ‘real’ world?

The predominantly earthy individual tends, therefore, to be matter-of-fact, solid, reliable, sensual, productive, grounded in the practical everyday world, and preoccupied with the here and now. The virtues of this type are obvious: they know how to get things done, run a household and a business, balance the books and make flowers grow. But Earth types go for security, not risk; order rather than chaos; and, as a result, often have a problem expanding beyond their known, quantifiable and controllable universe.