East

Indigenous (Noongar) Name: Kakur; also Kangal: the spot of sun-rising.

Element: Earth
Colour: Green, brown

Herbs: Cajeput, carrot, ginger, jarrah, karri, macadamia, pennyroyal, petitgrain, turmeric

East is traditionally associated with the element of air, due to the rising sun. I associate East with earth, as there are jarrah forests and hills to the east of me, with the Wheatbelt (agricultural region) and the rest of the country/continent.