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In traditional doctrine, the five phases are connected in two cycles of interactions: a generating or creation (生 shēng) cycle, also known as "mother-son"; and an overcoming or destructive (克 kè) cycle, also known as "grandfather-grandson" (see diagram). Each of the two cycles can be analyzed going forward or reversed.
In Chinese medicine, water is believed to govern the kidney, the urinary bladder and jing. It is associated with the ears and bones. The negative emotions associated with water are fear and anxiety, and the positive emotions are fortitude and the virtue of wisdom; [2] the "soul" associated with water is zhi (志), meaning "will" or "determination."
The five classical planets are associated with the wuxing: Venus—Metal (White Tiger) Jupiter—Wood (Azure Dragon) Mercury—Water (Black Tortoise) Mars—Fire (Vermilion Bird) (may be associated with the phoenix which was also an imperial symbol along with the Dragon) Saturn—Earth (Yellow Dragon)
Each of the four elements is associated with three signs of the Zodiac, which are always located exactly 120 degrees away from each other along the ecliptic and said to be in trine with one another. Most modern astrologers use the four classical elements extensively, (also known as triplicities ), and indeed it is still viewed as a critical ...
Fire (East) represents the birth cycle, spring, the Asian race, and tobacco medicine. Wind/Air (North) represents the elder cycle, winter, the European race, and sweetgrass medicine. Water (West) represents the adulthood cycle, autumn, the African race, and sage medicine.
Wood needs moisture from Water it preceding phase element to thrive. In Chinese medicine, wood is associated with negative feelings of anger, hopelessness and positive feelings of optimism, courage, patience and the Virtue of benevolence (Ren 仁). The soul associated with wood is the Hun (魂).
In the controlling cycle, earth controls water by damming or absorbing it; wood can overcome it by breaking it up (by the roots). In the 'insulting' cycle, earth overcomes wood by stagnating its growth or covering it up. In the constructive cycle, earth is produced by fire's ashes, and then solidifies its minerals to produce metal.
The colours associated with the four creatures can be said to match the colours of soil in the corresponding areas of China: the bluish-grey water-logged soils of the east, the reddish iron-rich soils of the south, the whitish saline soils of the western deserts, the black organic-rich soils of the north, and the yellow soils from the central ...