Earth

EARTH

Astrology Quick Facts:

Glyph: Named for: Terra, Latin for “the ground” Earth Signs: Taurus, Virgo, & Capricorn Rules: 2nd, 6th, & 7th Houses Physical Body: The entire physical body, sense of smell, bones, teeth, nails, structural bodily elements

Astronomy Quick Facts:

Type: Terrestrial

Length of Day: 23.9 Earth hours

Length of Year: 365.25 Earth days (the extra 0.25 is the reason we have leap years!)

Moons: 1

Temperature: Averages ~15°C (59°F)

Colour: Blue & Green

Size: 12,742 km (7,918 miles) in diameter

Spins: Counter-clockwise Rings: 0

About Earth

Welcome home, fellow Earthlings! As the largest terrestrial planet, and the only planet with liquid water, abundant oxygen, an atmosphere, and a habitable surface temperature, we are very lucky to have our Mother Earth. She makes it possible for us to exist at all.

The Earth frames the rest of the solar system, the galaxy, and the Universe from a very specific and totally unique perspective as she orbits the Sun. Although Earth is not viewed in the same ways as the other planets in astrology, she too influences us every day as we interact with the myriad of environments she offers: jungles, prairies, mountains, deserts, oceans, and arctic tundras. The rest of the planets appear in aspect to where the Earth is as she moves along her elliptical orbit around the Sun with the other planets. So, even though she isn’t included in natal charts, make no mistake: our home planet of Earth has a massive effect on all who inhabit her.

Earth’s glyph, seen above, is a cross inside a circle. The circle is meant to represent spirit, the totality of Universal energy. It is eternal and goes on infinitely. The cross symbolizes the physical realm of existence. The circle contains the cross, so Earth’s glyph is a visual representation of physical matter and existence being contained within the infinity of the energy of the entire Universe.

In the zodiac signs, the element of Earth manifests itself in the following traits:

Tolerance
Patience
Realism
Practicality
Productivity
Endurance
Sensuality

Earth (Ourselves)	Feminine, Mother, Foundation, Elements: fire, air, water, earth. Astrological None – though symbollically the Earth (along with Venus) can be shown to rule Taurus to some extent. Numerological #4	Stability, foundation, fertility from the divine mother.
	Earth is our own Mother, sometimes referred to as the divine Mother; for giving birth to all of us. The Earth orbits the Sun in 365 days (give or take 1 day every 4 years – known as a leap day). Many myths see the Earth as female, and the Sky as Male with both being locked together forever mingling the god of Air (An – Sumerian) and goddess of Earth (Ki – Sumerian). However the Egyptians saw it another way and their myth sees the Earth as male and the sky as female: in general though most ancient cultures refer to her as ‘Mother Earth’. We are close enough to the Sun to still feel the influences of solar flares and other solar phenomenon. The Moon shields the Earth occasionally from the Sun completely (creating Solar Eclipses when the alignment is such that a complete blackout occurs on part of the Earth). Positive tendencies: Stability, fertility, responsible, practical, dependable, ethical. Negative tendencies: Slow, conservative, overly cautious, fearful.