Earth Element 

Self Element

The Heavenly Stem of the Day pillar is the element that represents you. If the heavenly stem of your day pillar is of Earth (regardless of Yang Earth or Yin Earth), then you are consider a Earth person.

For example:

	Hour	Day	Month	Year
Heavenly Stem	X	Yang Earth Wu	X	X
Earthly Branch	X	X	X	X

or

	Hour	Day	Month	Year
Heavenly Stem	X	Yin Earth Ji	X	X
Earthly Branch	X	X	X	X

An Earth person is creditable yet reserved.

Below is a list of items associated with Earth. If Earth is favourable to you (whether Earth is your day element or not), you can try to apply or introduce them to your daily life:

Representing Directions
Earth is associated with the directions Southwest and Northeast. The centre of every place is also associated with Earth.

Representing Numbers
2, 5 and 8 are associated with Earth. When combined, 5 and 10 represents a Earth Combination.

Representing Years
Years ending with the number 8 and 9, for example 1998, 2008, 2028 etc.

Representing Animals (Chinese Horoscope)
Ox, Dragon, Ram and Dog.

Representing Colours
Earth colours include shades of Yellow and Brown.

Representing Characteristic
Among the five elements, Earth is associated with Creditablity.

Representing Industry/Careers
Property, Construction, Mining, Chemicals, Insurance, Antiques, Consultancy, Realty etc.

Representing Season
Earth is associated with all the four seasons. In the third month of every season, Earth is strong.

Representing Trigram
In the Later Heaven Trigram, Kun () and Gen () is associated with Earth.

Representing Body Parts/Organs
Stomach, Digestive Organs, Muscles, Spleen, Cheekbone, Nose etc.