Earth as an element controls abundance and prosperity.
Thoroughly stable, it enables fertility and its solid form gives it immense endurance. The earth element's prevalent melancholic nature can give people under its influence an overly cautious and somewhat conservative outlook but overall it is a positive, grounding force. In the astral realm, it is represented by gnomes and, in tarot, coins (also sometimes referred to as pentacles) are the symbols of earth. The element rules over the astrological signs of Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn.