Fixed Earth: containers, support, grounding

Some people see the container as a capacious space to experiment in, and some people feel it is a barrier that needs to be broken down.

Fixed earth: salt crystals, haunted forests, deep rest

The cocoon is not about shame and fear and perfection but it does allow those elements to be held; it contains multitudes. It allows those things to decay and to be renewed. It is miraculous.

Fixed earth: wild animals, practical witchcraft, poetry

Rathore’s poem ‘Alison Device (1594-1612), named for a Pendle witch, is a beautiful meditation on mortality and desire.

Fixed earth: sensual pleasures, bodily responses, love

As well as honouring blood that has been spilled, I want to write about blood circulating in warm bodies, flushed cheeks, and beating hearts.

Cardinal earth: cathedral, winter, resources, the unknown

The Five of Pentacles appears to be about stuckness, and scarcity, but it can teach us a lot about the luminous mysteries.