Alchemic earth element Posters and Art Prints

The symbol for Earth is the downward-pointing triangle of Water with a horizontal line through it. Earth is cold and dry and seeks to descend, but its dry component blocks the full descent of the Water principle, as indicated by the horizontal line in the triangle. Thus Earth is suspended in time and space and is what the alchemists would call the least volatile or most fixed of the elements. This design incorporates also the pagan origin of the Lares, represented by the snake, as protector of the house.