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The double-Earth type is down-to-earth and matter-of-fact. His pragmatic philsophy and concern for material well-being was expressed well by Karl Marx, a double Taurus, in his famous dictum:

from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs.

This type is usually well grounded in economic and physical reality. He is very much in tune with his senses and instincts through which he feels connected to, and in control of, his world. There is often an innate understanding of the natural, organic processes of growth which gives this individual persistence, patience and self-discipline in the pursuit of his goals. Stable, realistic, practical, dependable and down-to-earth, this individual is the ‘pillar of society’ type on whom others rely for sound judgments and solid, traditional wisdom.

Usually very much at home in their bodies and appreciative of sensual pleasures, the earthy individual knows that the body and all the material realm sustain us and supply us with evidence that we do indeed exist – and that we have a creative existence, too. This type readily learns how to manipulate the material world to his own delight and advantage, and usually with the awareness that the Earth and the laws of nature deserve respect. However, an overly earthy consciousness eventually becomes sceptical and fearful of what may lie beyond the physical realm. He risks losing his vision and sense of meaning through over-concern with concrete facts and trusting only what he can touch, taste, see, hear and, most of all, measure.