Wu Xing - "Five Elements"
Wood feeds Fire;
Fire creates Earth (ash);
Earth bears Metal;
Metal carries Water (as in a bucket or tap);
Water nourishes Wood.
Other common words for this cycle include "begets", "engenders" and "mothers."
the two cycles of yin and yang in balance generates energy for the elements to take power to good or evil
Wood parts Earth;
Earth absorbs Water;
Water quenches Fire;
Fire melts Metal;
Metal chops Wood.
This cycle might also be called "restrains" or "fathers".
Cosmic Order
Element | Wood | Fire | Earth | Metal (gold) | Water |
Color | green | red | yellow | white | black |
Direction | east | south | zenith / center | west | north |
Planet | Jupiter | Mars | Saturn | Venus | Mercury |
Heavenly Creature | Azure Dragon | Vermilion Bird | Yellow Dragon | White Tiger | Black Tortoise |
Heavenly Stems | 甲, 乙 | 丙, 丁 | 戊, 己 | 庚, 辛 | 壬, 癸 |
Phase | New Yang | Full Yang | Yin/Yang Balance | New Yin | Full Yin |
Energy | Generative | Expansive | Stabilizing | Contracting | Conserving |
Season | Spring | Summer | Change of Seasons (every third month) | Autumn | Winter |
Climate | Windy | Hot | Damp | Dry | Cold |
Development | Sprouting | Blooming | Ripening | Withering | Dormant |
Livestock | dog | sheep/goat | cattle | chicken | pig |
Fruit | plum | apricot | jujbe (dates) | peach | chestnut |
Grain | wheat | beans | rice | hemp | millet |
Human Order and Medicine
Element | Wood | Fire | Earth | Metal | Water |
Planet | Jupiter | Mars | Saturn | Venus | Mercury |
Mental Quality | Sensitivity | Creativity | Clarity | Intuition | Spontaneity |
Negative Emotion | anger, frustration | over-excitation | worry, anxiety | grief, sadness | fear, lack of will |
Positive Emotion | patience | joy | empathy, love | courage | calmness |
Zang (yin organs) | liver | heart/pericardium | spleen/pancreas | lung | kidney |
Fu (yang organs) | gall bladder | small intestine | stomach | large intestine | urinary bladder |
Sensory Organ | eye | tongue | mouth | nose | ears |
Body Part | tendons | pulse | muscle | skin | bones |
Body Fluid | tears | sweat | saliva | mucus | urine |
Finger | index | middle | thumb | ring | little |
Sense | sight | speech | taste | smell | hearing |
Taste | sour | bitter | sweet | pungent | salty |
Life Stage | birth | youth | adulthood | old age | death |
Five Chinese Elements - in their Diurnal Cycle (daily active v. nocturnal cycles). |
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_five_elements
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