The earth element is nurturing and seeks to draw all things together with itself, to bring harmony, rootedness, and stability.  Other attributes of the earth element include ambition, stubbornness, responsibility, and long-term planning.  On the shadow side, the earth element can represent selfishness and self-centeredness.  Earth type people are usually warm, kind, and supportive. They can be overprotective and tend to merge with their environment, having difficulties with boundaries.  The negative emotion of the Earth element is worry and its positive emotion is empathy.