Eight Deities Guide - Nine Earths
Core Traits
the deity of firmness
largely neutral
focused on stability and conservatism
heavy and yielding
also associated with passivity and waiting
Element
Earth
Key Correspondences
| Category | Content |
|---|---|
| Concept Meaning | smallness stability heaviness gentleness quietness respectfulness humility stinginess passivity self-interest old things tolerance slowness confusion |
| People Correspondences | farmers elderly women nuns or female monastics village women underground workers people in hidden professions stingy people slow movers gentle people passive people |
| Appearance Traits | large belly thick build fleshy square face heaviness shorter stature soft or slow voice |
| Temperament | gentle and quiet easily content but passive lacking ambition frugal to the point of stinginess steady and methodical conservative |
| Body Correspondences | stomach flesh nose lips abdomen buttocks |
| Animal Correspondences | oxen pigs pandas insects elephants other slow and gentle animals |
| Plant Correspondences | sweet potatoes potatoes crops lichens ginger water chestnuts garlic Chinese herbs |
| Object Correspondences | grains cloth sand and stone steel earthen basins ceramic jars clay products grain storage containers wardrobes |
| Place Correspondences | foundations cellars low-lying ground basements tunnels subways street stalls groundwater locations ground stoves kang beds |
Cast a chart and see where the Eight Spirits appear
The Eight Spirits show momentum, hidden signs, support, obstacles, and underlying factors.