Godai Elements Earth Nobori Flag

Godai Elements: Earth

Full color printed Nobori Flag

さびしさは
その色としも
なかりけり
まき立つ山の
秋の夕暮

Ah, Solitude-
It is not the sort of thing
that has a color
Mountains lined with black pine
on an evening in autumn
-Monk Jakuren (Year: ~1139-1202)

Earth

地 Chi (sometimes ji) or tsuchi, meaning "Earth", represents the hard, solid objects of the earth. The most basic example of chi is in a stone. Stones are highly resistant to movement or change, as is anything heavily influenced by chi. In people, the bones, muscles and tissues are represented by chi. Emotionally, chi is predominantly associated with stubbornness, collectiveness, stability, physicality, and gravity. It is a desire to have things remain as they are; a resistance to change. In the mind, it is confidence. When under the influence of this chi mode or "mood", we are aware of our own physicality and sureness of action. (Note: This is a separate concept from the energy-force, pronounced in Chinese as qì (also written ch'i) and in Japanese as ki, and written alternatively as 気, 氣, or 气.)