The Elements - Earth

Earth Signs! What's great about an earth sign? It dosen't sound exciting... well it can be if you're actually doing something with it. Similar to fire, the energy of the earth element is constructive energy. It wants to do, build something, make something. What makes that doing different than the type of buisyness a fire sign likes is that earth energy is channeled into a project that has more immediate and obvious results. Example.. maybe a fire signs will take 4 years to write an amazing award winning book but an earth sign will actually study for a test and take extra hours at work because the success and reward of those activities are easier to measure, easier to see, and benefit the person in a more obvious and practicle way. Make sense?

I've known a lot of people with this amazing quality ( that I regretably have very little of ). I think that it's a trait which commands a lot of respect. But like all the other elements, it is expressed a little differently in each of it's 3 signs.

Capricorn--------- - - - - - -Taurus- - -   -   -   -   -   - Virgo

Capricorn - Capricorn is the cardinal earth sign. It focuses that builder energy into the greater world. Other cardinal elements have a tendency to use that outward energy for volunteerism, social awareness, political campaigns, or things of that nature, but because earth signs are builders they're more likely to use their outward energy to start a new buisness or become the best in their chosen career.

Taurus - Taurus is the fixed earth sign. I think of this signs as the middle of the middle. What does that mean? Well in my mind it's the most stable of all the signs. It's energy is the most consistent and least like to spike or drop. Bear in mind too that this sign becasue it is the ability to build + self anchored, it keeps a lot of energy in reserve. That means it might be easy to underestimate because you see it there doing nothing every day and then when it's finaly conviced it should get involved, then you are thinking wow, where did all this strength and ability come from?

Virgo - Virgo is the mutable earth sign. Remember that when any element becomes mutable that means it becomes less consistent but also more versatile. This sign uses it's earth energy to improve something that already exists rather than build something all togeather new. It can collaborate a little more easily than the other earth signs and really it wants to collaborate with someone rather than have to fuel the project with all of it's own energy. This is why virgo is often thought of not only as a critical perfectionist signs, but also as an eager helper. It's driven to improve things but it's a team player.

My next blog post will be about the water element and it's 3 signs. You may remember that I mentioned the energy produced by the water element naturaly pairs well with the energy of the earth element. Water gives earth the type of energy it needs to make the most of it's building instincts, just like air feeds fire so it can take it's inspiration and passions as far as possible.

After the elements are complete I will be explaining how each of us is a combination of these signs, how you can find out what yours are, and what each sign is going to affect in your life. It's going to be just like saying " Look! you see this gene in your DNA? That's why you have red hair!"  So keep reading!