It's elemental my dear...
My dear earth element friends...this post is for YOU!!! If you are the grounded, sensible, practical one in your circle of friends and family, then listen up!
Dominant earth elemental people are typically the ones who hold, build and accumulate 'stuff' according to medical astrology. (This is the latest and greatest muse I'm into). As a person who has a stellium in Virgo (earth element), Jupiter in Taurus (earth element) and is a Capricorn Rising (earth element), I would classify myself as a strong earth element. I find this to be 100% true.
❓What does this look like or feel like?
Holds: the weight of the world, stress, toxins, inflammation, bloat
Builds: strong foundations, endurance, connections, longevity
Accumulates: lymph, excess weight, parasites, gut issues
Earth governs the body’s physical form (the bones, connective tissue, skin, and organs as physical structures) as well as the body’s digestive capacity, metabolic thoroughness, and lymphatic movement. Earth dominant bodies tend to run slower and cooler than fire dominant bodies. Their metabolism is often more… conservative shall we say, their lymphatic system moves more deliberately, and their nervous systems are harder to activate and harder to wind down once activated. ~Sidney Brassfield, Medical Astrologer
♍Virgo rules the nervous system, the small intestine and the digestive process. Not only does it relate to the body's capacity for discernment it also relates to the gut-brain communication of the body at the cellular level. It is also prone to the dysregulation of the nervous system in the gut.
♉Taurus rules the throat, lymphatic system, cervical spine and the thyroid. It is constitutionally robust, often physically strong and built for endurance. Taurus indulges in the pleasures of life regarding food, beauty, valuables and material things. It holds and releases slowly. This includes weight, emotions and toxins.
♑Capricorn rules the bones, teeth, joints, knees and the physical structure. Capricorn builds and sustains for a long time. It's capable of carrying everyone's load but also holds tension in the structure if it's absorbed all that is not consciously released that does not serve the structure for its highest and best good.
🤯Wow does this hit! Being a personal trainer for the last 35 years, I held the weight of the world on my shoulders as a single mom, built a strong foundation and work ethic while accumulating excess weight, a sluggish lymphatic system, horribly stiff, arthritic knees and major gut issues. As a result, Hashimoto's, Reynaud's, Osteoarthritis (auto - immune diseases) slowly infiltrated my life, consistent with a strong Earth dominant element.
Knowledge is power. I wish I knew then what I know now. As someone who pushed her body to the max working out - (sometimes 3X a day), taught classes 3 - 5X a week - (sometimes while being sick), ignored her body when it screamed loudly for rest, and was in denial as to what was going on with her immune system. This girl moves her body differently, eats differently and self-cares differently now that she knows the consequences.
Tabata's, HITT workouts and interval training are NOT a daily occurrence anymore. Movement looks like hiking, pickleball, biking and walking. Self-care looks like meditation, breath work, IFR sauna therapy, shadow work, Epsom salt baths, foam rolling, and stretching.
But the BIGGEST thing about being a dominant Earth elemental person, is that I didn't see or feel any of it coming. I was too busy holding, building and accumulating because I could! I truly see what 'pushing through', going the distance, and carrying the load for all has cost me. If there's ONE thing I can impart on you, it would be--LISTEN TO YOUR BODY and take care of it emotionally, spiritually and physically!
Hope this was helpful! Does it resonate??
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