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Feng Shui - The Five Elements By
Pramila Paul |
| The Five Elements |
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The Five Elements identified
in feng shui are
Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water
Human beings are a combination of the five elements.
These five elements according to the Chinese are
the foundation for Feng Shui too. They are born
out of Yin and Yang. They balance and play a very
important role in creating the perfect environment.
When we incorporate and position all the elements
appropriately within our environment, we achieve
balance; support and comfort the cycle of these
five elements are Productive, Destructive, and Controlling
and Dissolving cycles. |
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The
productive cycle
Wood feeds Fire, Fire feeds earth, Earth feeds metal, Metal
feeds water, and Water feeds Wood. This is known as the Sheng
cycle.
Destructive cycle
Metal destroys Wood, wood destroys earth, earth destroys water,
water destroys fire, and fire destroys metal.
Controlling cycle
Wood controls metal, metal controls fire, fire controls water,
water controls earth, earth controls wood.
Dissolving cycle
Wood dissolves water, water dissolves metal, metal dissolves
earth, earth dissolves fire, and fire dissolves wood. |
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| The Five Elements, Directions and Colors |
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Direction |
Color |
| Wood |
East & South East |
Green or Brown |
| Fire |
South |
Red, Pink or Purple |
| Earth |
North East & South West
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Yellow, Beige |
| Metal |
North West & West |
Gold or White |
| Water |
North |
Blue, Black or Grey |
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| Wood |
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The first element is wood because
it is the beginning of new life; it is the creator of the five-element
cycle. Wood represents the directions of East and also represents
the South East. Wood is the form of Plants; Bushy plant like
a "money plant" holds so much live Chi and also retains it.
Plants also filter the air we breathe; it is so much better
to use a natural form when it comes to the wood element.
Live Plants that grow are the real vital force givers. So when
you grow plants feed and water it, because if it dries and dies
it will hold Sha Chi, even on any dead leaves, so keep it in
good condition.
Wood in the form of furniture as a substitute is not that good
as the wood items are lifeless and contains little Chi. Sometimes,
furniture, books, virtually anything can contain good or bad
energy from previous owners.
The wood element can be replaced by the color green. The color
is not as effective as the element of live wood. One should
not be using the color Green to replace live wood as today there
are so many plants that we can use indoors. So both green plants
and color can be used.
We have heard many times that people use wood furniture as a
wood element, this is not a good substitute to use as furniture
is dead wood it is lifeless and contains none or little Chi,
it, that is why we cleanse all our products we sell before we
send them out, because we do not always know the history behind
them whilst they were being manufactured |
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| Fire |
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| Fire is the second element
and it represents the South. Fire Element is the most "Yang"
of the elements. Because fire is so Yang, this is the one instance
where color does work well. Candles can be used as a fire element.
Red is the color of fire a table lamp with a red shade make
excellent fire remedies. |
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| Earth |
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| Earth the third element represents
the North East and the South West. Colors Yellow, and Beige
are Earth colors. Earth element is a combination of Rock, stones,
Clay or soil. Items made of Clay, statues of clay and Terracotta
pots are some fine items that can be used under Earth. |
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| Metal |
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The Fourth Element is Metal,
that can be found in many forms- Silver, Gold, Copper, steel
and Bronze are just a few of the Metal Element. The colors are
white, gold, and silver. Metal represents the West and the North
West.
Decorative made of metal would be right for the metal element.
Things of Brass, steel can be used. The objects should look
attractive and beautiful. Objects that are pointed or sharp
should be avoided. Choose objects that create a harmony and
balance in the environment. |
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| Water |
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Water is the key element in
this Planet, and this is an important element in feng shui.
The Colors that can replace water are blue or black. Water represents
the North.
Instead of using colors items like a Fountain or aquariums,
fish pond in gardens are good. Water should always be clear
and free flowing, never dirty or stagnant as they produce bad
chi that lead to problems. |
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