The essence
The fourth color begins the landscape, a movement away from built space and back toward the natural order. Yet even these natural names can be taken apart: a mountain isn't only in the Alps, it can be the top floor of a city tower or the highest point on a plain.
The key to mountains is height and air. The higher you go, the less oxygen there is, and thinner air is exactly what suits this color. The other side is the view. A mountain person is meant to be a little above things: seeing the whole picture, not getting bogged down in detail and fuss.
This shows in their character. A mountain person doesn't have to come down and sort out every small matter. The people who truly belong in their life will climb up to them. Even in an argument they naturally take the high ground and wait for the other to get there. If they find themselves stuck in everyday clutter, that's a sign they're with the wrong people doing the wrong things.
Left orientation — Active
A left arrow means an active environment. A person with active mountains does well being up high and moving: hiking, taking the stairs, working on an upper floor where they're busy and full of energy. Height is the place for action. Their mountain should give them plenty of movement, not just a nice view.
Right orientation — Passive
A right arrow means a receptive environment. A person with passive mountains does well simply being up high: sitting on a top-floor balcony, looking down over the city, resting in a house on a slope. This kind of mountain can be fairly secluded. What matters is the quiet of height and being able to watch everything from a distance.
How to apply it
- Choose upper floors for home or work, and put the bedroom upstairs in a two-storey house.
- Look for the highest point even on flat ground: a hill, a lookout, a roof.
- If a mountains child has a cold, you can let them sleep upstairs, alongside whatever a doctor advises.
- Notice how you feel as you go higher, and as you come back down.
The trap
The mountain person's trap is dragging themselves into the lowlands: gossip, petty conflicts, endless household trivia. The mind may read their detachment as arrogance and push them to be like everyone else. Another trap is mistaking height for an escape from life. A mountain is a place to see clearly from, not a way of keeping everyone out.