The Four Elements in herbal traditions include whether a person tends to express the element in its truest form or has a tendency toward deficiency or excess in that element. This will help clarify the sense that a person has two elements, or even three elemental tendencies, and how to narrow it down to one of the Twelve Combinations for a simpler approach. August means we're moving into the last of the summer days with an eye turned to the actual or literal harvest. A time for gathering, preserving, and distilling our foods and our inner being.