Then make use of both the energy direction and the color of your lucky element to enhance your luck.The practice of Five Element Shiatsu is unique among massage modalities, because of its reflective connection to the natural world. So aligning one's life with the qi should bring good luck and smooth all obstacles.įirst you should find the fixed element (lucky element) of your sign, and then find the direction of your element's energy from the Fengshui Associations table above. The qi energy of every direction is said to be ruled by one of the five elements. According to ancient Chinese philosophy, good fengshui will bring good luck.
How to Make Good Luck Using Five Elements Theoryįive Elements Theory is the most important part of Fengshui Theory. E.g., a Metal Dog (born in 1970) has a personality with aspects associate with both Metal (12-year-cycle element) and Earth (fixed element). an Earth Dog recurs once every 60 years.Ī person's characteristics are said to be determined both by the fixed element of their zodiac sign and the element of the 12-year cycle they were born in. The five elements combined with the 12 zodiac signs produce a sixty-year cycle: e.g. So 2021 is a Metal year by element cycle and by sign (2021 is a Ox year). Use the zodiac calculator to find your Chinese zodiac sign and element. One of the five elements is associated with each of the Chinese zodiac signs and 12-year cycles.Ĭhinese astrology asserts that personality and luck are determined by both zodiac sign (element) and 12-year cycle element, while life force (or qi) is determined by birth date and time. Wood separates earth (tree roots breaking up soil/rock).įive Elements Theory and the Chinese ZodiacĮverybody belongs to one of the 12 Chinese zodiac signs and a 12-year cycle according to the year in which they were born.Metal penetrates wood (chopping, sawing, drilling, nailing, screwing).
The five overcoming interactions are melting, penetrating, separating, absorbing, and quenching: The overcoming interactions of the five elements are like the acts of hostility between two sides in a war.
It became widespread: mostly used in Chinese medicine, philosophy, fengshui, fortune-telling, and martial arts.