The earth element represents the gentle transition between the seasons – between the changing parts of the day.

As wood and fire represent rising and full yang and metal and water declining and complete yin so, in the middle, there is earth and earth is unchanging. Earth has no season.

The location of earth is in the centre; its colours yellow, ochre, beige, light brown or terracotta. Curiously, the shape of earth is not round but square. It is the universe that is represented by the circle; the earth is represented by the square - the container of life.

The materials evinced by earth are clay, brick, ceramic, mud and cement. The objects that signify earth are items such as terracotta pots, pottery, porcelain, crystals, rocks, stones, sculpture, all signify earth.

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Metal | Water | Wood | Fire | Earth

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