Earth is the element of harvest time, abundance, nourishment, fertility. This element is also regarded as central to balance and the place where energy becomes downward in movement. Earth is where we get our nourishment, support and life. Fertility and fullness are associated with Earth. Earth rotates on her own axis and always follows a circular path. Earth is the center and center from which all the other elements arise. Having a center from which we operate, order and harmony coming from within is a description of Earth from within us. The season associated with Earth is Late Summer.
The Five Elements -
Spring, Summer, Late Summer, Autumn, Winter We live in all the Elements. We depend on the cycle of seasons. We survive according to the laws of Nature and of the Universe.
These elements are so basic to life and just as in nature we should be able to move through the natural process of change. We know inside ourselves that nature follows the same process of change as it does around us. We are the seasons and we are the elements. The concept of health follows these inherents laws of nature in our bodies, our minds, and our spirit.
“There is no need to run outside for better seeing, nor to peer from a window. Rather abide at the center of your being... Search your heart and see... The way to do is to be." -Lao Tzu