Wood · growth and direction
Wood is the traditional phase of emergence, extension, planning, and organised growth.
Read the element profileBaZi · Five Elements
Read the Five Elements through two relationship cycles
Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water describe five phases of movement. Generation traces support; control traces regulation. Neither cycle is a simple ranking from fortunate to unfortunate.
Visible symbols do not establish strength, deficiency, or favourable elements. A complete assessment also needs season, roots, Hidden Stems, interactions, and timing.Relationship map
Support and regulation coexist
Generating cycle
Each phase provides a condition from which the next can form.
木growth and direction→火visibility and exchange→土support and transition→金form and discernment→水movement and storage
↺Controlling cycle
Each phase places a regulating limit on another phase.
- 木土
- 火金
- 土水
- 金木
- 水火
Fire · visibility and exchange
Fire is the traditional phase of illumination, expression, circulation, and outward activity.
Read the element profileEarth · support and transition
Earth is the traditional phase of containment, nourishment, mediation, and stable transition.
Read the element profileMetal · form and discernment
Metal is the traditional phase of definition, standards, separation, and refinement.
Read the element profileWater · movement and storage
Water is the traditional phase of flow, depth, information, and latent potential.
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