The 5 elements of life

Chinese have the philosophy that life is composed of 5 elements.  What are they?
The metal, the wood, the water, the fire and the earth are existing in our lives in various type.

Most of time, they are invisibile.  
Can we sense them? 
Yes, we can feel them unconsciously with our bodies.

金        水       木     火      土

metal-water-wood-fire-earth(soil)

Metal can generate the water
Water can generate the wood
Wood can generate the fire
Fire can generate the earth
Earth can generate the metal

Metal can defeat the wood
Wood can defeat the earth
Earth can defeat the water
Water can defeat the fire
Fire can defeat the metal

Everyone was born accompaning with the 5 elements from the moment of birth. 
And the ratio of the 5 elements affects our lives.

How can we know what elements of the five we have?
From the birth date, we can peek some of these to the code of lives.

Chinese fortune-telling "Eight Words"

"Eight words" is one type of chinese fortune-telling.  "Eight words" comes from everyone's birth date.  means year, month, day and hour.  In Chinese, they use two words to represent year, month, day and hour each.  Therefore, 2 x 4=8 words. 


According to 8 words, we can infer a basic bymbol which imply our invisible character born from natual.
There are 10 symbols that we can belong to.

甲木 Hard wood- Big Tree, symbolize the will of prograssing, developing and striving.

乙木 Soft wood-Grass, symbolize the spirit of changeable, submissive and tactful

丙火 Hard fire- Sun, symbolize the will of passionate, liberal and fierce.

丁火 Soft fire- Light, symbolize the spirit of warm, careful and harmonization.

戊土 Hard soil-Rock, symbolize the will of persistant, stable and heavy.

巳土 Soft soil- Soil, symbolize the spirit of modest...










庚金 Hard metal- Sword, symbloize the will of sharp, aggrasive and loyalty to friends.














辛金 Soft metal- Jewel, symbolize the spirit of glamour, material...













壬水 Hard water- Sea, symbolize the will of talented, liberal and free.











癸水 Soft water- Rain, symbolize the spirit of romantic, weak and conservative.