 Earth: Grounding Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn Earth is yin, receptive, intuitive. It symbolizes the backbone of fire's creative expression, its practical expression, its grounding. Earth is stable and solid, real in a way that air is not because we can see it, touch it, sift it through our fingers. Earth is infinitely reliable, here for the long haul. It isn't changeless, however. It shifts and eddies, erupts and crumbles, becomes barren or fertile, warm or cool. These changes, though, usually occur because of the influence of other elements. While fire signs discover new worlds, earth signs cultivate them. George Lucas, a Taurus, cultivated an entire mythology in his Star Wars movies and accumulated enormous wealth, another earth trait. Max Perkins, a Virgo, didn't just edit the books of writers like Thomas Wolfe and F. Scott Fitzgerald; he perfected the novels, sculpted them into classics. As a result, he became nearly as famous as the authors whose works he tended. Humphrey Bogart, a Capricorn, has been dead for decades, but his legacy has flourished, climbing higher and higher toward the stars. Where fire signs are the Scarlett O'Haras of the zodiac, earth signs are like Tara itself. Where fire signs leap at risk, earth signs tend to hold back, mulling things over, studying the problem until they fully absorb it. They immerse themselves - then act. They may not have the infectious zeal of fire signs, but when they speak, when they make a decision, when they act, you can rest assured they have thought things through and covered every base. To explore earth signs and their postures, click on the appropriate sign in the navigation bar on the left. |