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In the study of the five elements, four of the elements (wood, fire, metal and water) indicate a particular kind of movement and change. The so-called fifth element’s (earth) phase is that of no movement—non-movement.

It is positioned at the center and the other four elements rotate and move around it. The element earth is stationary, solid and unmoving. The color of the Element Earth is, of course, earth colored, some shade of yellow or ochre. The earth element refers to land and all that is most stable and unmoving.