The Progression of Change in the Chinese ElementsEach of these orders, or the sequence in which they occur, can be used to explain the progression of change in just about everything.When the modern western physicist talks about the unification of forces (electromagnetic force, strong force, weak force, gravity, etc.), that person is not conceiving these forces as spilling into or conquering one another; this physicist would consider it absurd to apply any of these forces to anything other than mechanical or atomic physics.
The five agents (i.e. Chinese Elements) in Chinese astrology, however, are a metaphysical explanation of the progression of change that is meant to be applied to every phenomenon one encounters in this changing universe: politics, ethics, music, biology, time, seasons, history, etc.
See: Yin Yang - The balancing forces of the cosmos.
Chinese Elements, Seasons and Colors
Seasons
Associated with the agent wood is the season spring, fire is summer, metal is autumn, and water is winter.
Colors
The color green is the color of the wood agent, red the color of fire, yellow the color of earth, white the color of metal, and black the color of water. |
The Chinese Elements and Human AnatomyIn Chinese elements and their relationship to the human anatomy, the spleen is ruled by wood, the lungs by fire, the heart by earth, the liver by metal, and the kidneys by water.If one has a disease of the liver, it is because the liver is being overcome by a fire agent or pathogen. Since fire is overcome by water, one would treat the liver pathogen with a water agent.
This is basically how the system of Chinese medicine and elements works. Using this system of diagnosis Chinese medical practitioners have treated their countrymen for millennia.
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