Element

Wu Xing - "Five Elements"

Generating

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

Overcoming/Controlling

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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