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Feng Shui and Five Elements - The Five Elements and Their Natures
 

The concept of Five Elements has been used in many traditional Chinese fields, such as astrology, traditional Chinese medicine, music, military strategy and martial arts.  Its meaning actually is Five Movements or Five Phases.

Five movements are centre (earth), right (metal), left (wood), forward (fire) and backward (water).  Five phases are sink (metal), wet (water), grow (wood), hold (earth), heat (fire).

In Feng Shui, it also represents the natures of directions and the Flying Stars.

Earth is represented by shape of Square and colour of Yellow.

Metal is represented by shape of Sphere and colour of White.

Water is represented by shape of Waves and colour of Black.

Wood is represented by shape of Rectangle and colour of Green.

Fire is represented by shape of Triangle and colour of Red.

Nurturing Cycle                               Controlling Cycle

Fire makes Earth                               Fire melts Metal

Earth produces Metal                       Metal pierces Wood

Metal enriches Water                        Wood burdens Earth

Water feeds Wood                            Earth absorbs Water

Wood fuels Fire                                Water extinguishes Fire

The relationships among the five elements are very complicated.  The above diagram just shows the simplest cases.  For example, although we always say Wood fuels Fire, but there are cases that Wood will extinguish Fire.  Similarly, although Metal pierces Wood, we may need Metal to assist Wood in some cases.

If you need Fire and boost the Fire by adding more and more Wood to it without balancing the others, it will give you other negative results.