Elements

10 year Cycle | Decade Cycle | 5 Elements

Sunyee Elements | William Element | Combined Personal Element

Auspicious ElementDestructive Element

Metal element circle.jpg (1146 bytes) = gold & silver, circular designs, colors = metallic & white

Water element wavy.jpg (1241 bytes) = wavy & curved, colors = blue & black

Fire element triangle.jpg (1086 bytes) oval.jpg (1210 bytes) heart.jpg (1631 bytes) = sharp, pointed, & triangular, oval, heart shape
    colors = red, orange, bright yellows

Wood element rectangle.jpg (1085 bytes) = rectangular & includes trees, plants, flowers, colors = brown & green

Earth element square.jpg (1150 bytes) = square, colors = beige and light yellow


Auspicious Elements (only for personal space, NOT for clothing)

William (6)

Success Element = small metal
Health Element = small earth
Romance Element = big earth
Education Element = big metal

Sunyee (1)

Success Element = small wood
Health Element = big wood
Romance Element = fire
Education Element = big earth

Combined Elements Good Luck Table

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Destructive Elements (only for personal space, NOT for clothing)
Example - if born in wood year, wearing green would still be auspicious, but having wood symbols or green in personal space would be bad.

William (6)

Bad Luck Element = small wood
Five Ghosts Element = big wood
Six Killings Element = water
Total Loss Element = fire

William

Personal Dev. Six Killings Health
Success   Five Ghosts
Romance Total Loss Unlucky

 

big metals water small earth
small metal   big wood
big earth fire small wood

Directions Combinations Table

Combined Elements Bad Luck Table

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Sunyee (1)

Bad Luck Element = small metal
Five Ghosts Element = small earth
Six Killings Element = big metal
Total Loss Element = big earth

Six Killings Personal Dev. Five Ghosts
Unlucky   Health
Total Loss Romance Success

 

big metal big earth small earth
small metal   big wood
big earth fire small wood

*REMINDER = the above elements tables is only for PERSONAL SURROUNDINGS, not for what a person should wear

Directions Combinations Table

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Combined Directions Bad Luck

Six Killings Six Killings Five Ghosts
Unlucky Five Ghosts
Total Loss Total Loss Unlucky

Combined Element Bad Luck

big metal water small earth
small metal big wood
big earth fire small wood


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Combined Directions Good Luck

Personal Dev. Personal Dev. Health
Success Health
Romance Romance Success

Combined Elements Good Luck

big metal big earth small earth
small metal big wood
big earth fire small wood

 


PERSONAL ELEMENTS (nothing to do with surroundings)

    William Unlucky   William Lucky
Sunyee Unlucky
Sunyee Lucky
5 elements Metal Water Wood Fire Soil
Male Branch Monkey Rat Tiger Horse Dragon,Dog
Female Branch Hen Hog Rabbit Snake Cow,Sheep
Color White(Golden) Black Green Red Brown
Seasons Fall Winter Spring Summer Between Seasons
Hours 15-19
3PM to 7PM
21-01
9PM to 1AM
3-7
3AM - 7AM
9-13
9AM to 1PM
1-3,7-9,13-15,19-21
1AM to 3AM, 7AM to 9AM, 1PM to 3PM, 7PM to 9PM
Directions West North (cold) East South (hot) Center
Flavor Spicy Salty Sour Bitter Sweet
Fruit Peach Chestnut Palm Almond Date
Organs Lungs Kidneys Liver Heart Spleen
System Respiratory Excretory Nervous Circulatory Digestive
Body Skin Bone Nerve Blood Muscle
Face Nose Ears Eyes Tongue Mouth
Emotion Sad Fear Anger Happy Worry
Disease Dry Cold Wind Hot Wet
Personal Renown Gentle Upright Honest Polite keep Promises
Planet Venus Mercury Jupiter Mars Saturn
Voice E O A I U

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You need to find out your Five Elements first from Chinese Fortune Calendar. Usually, the elements with a lower score (weight) are your lucky elements. The elements with too much weight are your unlucky elements. Anything in your lucky element's column in the chart will bring you luck. Anything in your unlucky element's column's will give you trouble.

  • If your five-elements is lack of Water, you will be lucky in the winter(cold weather). You will have better luck if you wear black. You will have more luck at night than during the day. You will be lucky in the Years of Pig and Rat, the Months of Pig and Rat (November and December), and the Days of of Pig and Rat. You should go to beach or ski often. You should drink more water or other cold drinks...

  • If your five-elements is too much Fire, you will be less lucky in the summer. You shouldn't wear red. You won't be lucky in the Years of  Horse or Snake. You should avoid hot and spicy food...

  • Good luck means wedding, engagement, new job, promotion,easy money,new baby, new house...

  • Bad luck means divorce, separation, traffic tickets, accidents, lawsuits, news of family death, money losses, bad health...

  • To find your good/bad years look for the five element's weight of years. If there is a year with your lucky element which has more than 30 score, it can be considered as a good year. If a year shows a 30 score your unlucky element, it might be a bad year.

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Sunyee's Elements based on Birth
http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/

**Good charts for what colors are good to wear on personal clothing

Hour (kids) Day (you) Month (parents) Year (ancestor)
Male MetalMale MetalMale Metal Female FireFemale FireFemale Fire Female WaterFemale WaterFemale Water Female FireFemale FireFemale Fire
RatRatWhite Rat CowCowRed Cow RabbitRabbitBlack Rabbit SnakeSnakeRed Snake
You are Red Cow, born in the year of Red Snake, Spring time. The year is the information about your ancestor. The month is the information about your parents. The hour is to do with your children. The day represents you with your spouse's information. Because the first character in day is Fire, you are equivalent to Fire. We can find the outline of your entire life from the major 10-year cycles and the weight of your Five Elements. Your first fate cycle is at age 5. After understanding your Five Elements weights from the following chart, you can find your major decade cycles from here to figure out the best years in your life.
Five elements Fire Fire (you) Soil Soil (kids) Metal Metal (money) Water Water (job) Wood Wood (mom)
Total 124  16  30  99  92 

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  • The Ying-Yang Five Elements describe the BALANCE. If your Five Elements are almost evenly distributed, you are one of the luckiest people in the world since Five Elements are balanced. But for most people the Five Elements are out of balance. The key to get more luck and success is to balance the Five Elements. When they are in balance, they are peaceful and you are too. When they are out of balance, they will fight and you will be in trouble. So your lucky elements are the ones that can bring the Five Elements into balance. Usually the lucky elements are the ones with a lesser weight (score).
  • For example Soil has a lesser weight. If you find your lucky elements in your major fate cycle or on certain years, you can determine that those years are your lucky years. For more information see Five Element basic concept.
  • Mom(Wood) and you (Fire) are friend.
  • Money (Metal) and job (Water) are foe.
  • You and your friend fight with your foe. If you (Fire) and Mom(Wood) win (bigger score), money works for you. If you lose, you work for money.
  •    Therefore you (124) + Mom (92) = 216
  •    Foe is Money (30) + Job (99) = 126
  •    Therefore you (Sunyee) win. 
  •    So if there is Metal (money) or Water (job) in the fate cycle or on certain years, then I will make more money and it will flow to me.
  • If you win, you will make more money when you find Metal (money) or Water (job) in the fate cycle or on certain years. If you lose, you still can earn money when you find you (Fire) or Mom(Wood) in the fate cycle or in certain years. Because it brings the Five Elements into BALANCE.
  • To understand or find more about Five Elements see Five Elements menu.
  • To Check your luck for the next 10 years
  • Note. This method works for most people. If it doesn't seem to apply to you or is difficult to understand, print this page and bring it to a Chinese fortune-teller. They can tell your past and predict your future using this information. Ask them what are your lucky elements.

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William's Elements based on Birth
http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/

Hour (kids) Day (you) Month (parents) Year (ancestor)
Female SoilFemale SoilFemale Soil Male WoodMale WoodMale Wood Female MetalFemale MetalFemale Metal Male FireMale FireMale Fire
SnakeSnakeBrown Snake RatRatGreen Rat CowCowWhite Cow DragonDragonRed Dragon
Your are Green Rat, born in the year of Red Dragon, Winter time. The year is the information about your ancestor. The month is the information about your parents. The hour is to do with your children. The day represents you with your spouse's information. Because the first character in day is Wood, you are equivalent to Wood. We can find the outline of your entire life from the major 10-year cycles and the weight of your Five Elements. Your first fate cycle is at age 9. After understanding your Five Elements weights from the following chart, you can find your major decade cycles from here to figure out the best years in your life.
Five elements Wood Wood (you) Fire Fire (kids) Soil Soil (money) Metal Metal (job) Water Water (mom)
Total 73  23  77  40  124 

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  • The Ying-Yang Five Elements describe the BALANCE. If your Five Elements are almost evenly distributed, you are one of the luckiest people in the world since Five Elements are balanced. But for most people the Five Elements are out of balance. The key to get more luck and success is to balance the Five Elements. When they are in balance, they are peaceful and you are too. When they are out of balance, they will fight and you will be in trouble. So your lucky elements are the ones that can bring the Five Elements into balance. Usually the lucky elements are the ones with a lesser weight (score). For example Fire has a lesser weight. If you find your lucky elements in your major fate cycle or on certain years, you can determine that those years are your lucky years. For more information see Five Element basic concept.
  • Mom(Water) and you (Wood) are friend.
  • Money (Soil) and job (Metal) are foe.
  • You and your friend fight with your foe. If you (Wood) and Mom(Water) win (bigger score), money works for you. If you lose, you work for money.
  •   Therefore you (73) + Mom(124) = 197
  •   Foe is Money (77) + job (40) = 117
  •   Therefore you (William) wins, money will work for you if there is Soil (money) or Metal (job) in the fate cycle or on certain years
  • If you win, you will make more money when you find Soil (money) or Metal (job) in the fate cycle or on certain years. If you lose, you still can earn money when you find Wood (you) or Water (Mom) in the fate cycle or in certain years. Because it brings the Five Elements into BALANCE.
  • To understand or find more about Five Elements see Five Elements menu.
  • To Check your luck for the next 10 years
  • Note. This method works for most people. If it doesn't seem to apply to you or is difficult to understand, print this page and bring it to a Chinese fortune-teller. They can tell your past and predict your future using this information. Ask them what are your lucky elements.

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Five Elements

If you want to be a lucky person, you have to move to an environment to bring your five elements into balance.

Five Elements Relationship

Five Elements Relationship


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In the fortune-telling system, we want to use metal, water, wood, fire and earth as the five elements to explain everything. Metal stands for mineral, gold, jewelry, iron, rock or something hard. Water stands for liquid or something cold. Wood stands for tree or something to do with wood. Fire stands for Sun, fire, heat, light or something hot. Earth stands for soil, dust or ground. There are affinity and enmity relationships between five elements.

The affinity relationship means supporting, helping, producing, etc.

  • Water can help tree (Wood) grow.
  • Wood can help Fire to burn.
  • Fire can help to produce dust (Earth).
  • Earth can help mineral (Metal) to form.
  • Metal can hold Water.

We can say that :-

  • Water is the supporting element of Wood. Wood can release the power of Water.
  • Wood is the supporting element of Fire. Fire can release the power of Wood.
  • Fire is the supporting element of Earth. Earth can release the power of Fire.
  • Earth is the supporting element of Metal. Metal can release the power of Earth.
  • Metal is the supporting element of Water. Water can release the power of Metal.

The enmity relationship means fighting, conflicting, rejecting, etc.

  • Water can extinguish Fire, but Fire might evaporate Water.
  • Wood can break the ground (Earth), but Earth can buries Wood too.
  • Fire can melt Metal, but Metal might not melt before Fire is extinguished.
  • Earth can absorb Water, but Water can cover the land (Earth).
  • Metal can cut Wood, but Metal might become dull before breaking Wood.

We can say that :-

  • Water and Fire are enemies. Water overwhelms the movement of Fire.
  • Wood and Earth are enemies. Wood overwhelms the movement of Earth.
  • Fire and Metal are enemies. Fire overwhelms the movement of Metal.
  • Earth and Water are enemies. Earth overwhelms the movement of Water.
  • Metal and Wood are enemies. Metal overwhelms the movement of Wood.

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Tips came from Lillian Too's Easty-to-use Feng Shui 168 ways to success.