Earth Element
The season for the Earth Element is late summer. This is harvest time, when food is plentiful and the warmth and golden light of the late summer days create a sense of relaxation and contentment. The organ systems of Earth are the stomach, spleen, pancreas, and all digestive processes. In the individual, Earth corresponds to nourishment, contentment, harvesting what is needed for self and others, stability, security, empathy, and caring. Earth corresponds to the biological mother as well as to Mother Earth. When the Earth Element is not in balance, we see a person who can be obsessive, self-centered, opinionated, insecure, and uncaring. The physical symptoms include eating disorders, upper and lower gastrointestinal disease including peptic ulcer disease and inflammatory bowel disease, sinusitis, frontal headaches, and all gynecological disorders.
