The Five Elements

Wu Xing (五行) — literally five movements — are not static building blocks but living phases of qi, each flowing into the next through the generating cycle (shēng 生: Wood feeds Fire, Fire builds Earth, Earth yields Metal, Metal holds Water, Water nourishes Wood) and kept in check by the controlling cycle (kè 克: Wood breaks Earth, Earth dams Water, Water quenches Fire, Fire melts Metal, Metal fells Wood). Together these two cycles form the dynamic grammar of every BaZi chart, where balance — or its absence — tells the whole story.

木

Wood

Wood (木, mù) is the phase of spring, growth, and upward vision in the Wu Xing — discover how this force shapes your BaZi chart's balance.

火

Fire (Wu Xing)

In Wu Xing cosmology, Fire (火, huǒ) is the phase of peak radiance and transformation — the blazing heart of summer that illuminates, connects, and consumes.

土

Earth (Wu Xing)

In Chinese astrology's Wu Xing, the Earth phase (土, tǔ) is the stabilising centre that nourishes, mediates, and holds the four other phases in balance.

金

Metal

In Wu Xing cosmology, Metal is the phase of contraction, refinement, and righteousness — the force that cuts away the inessential to reveal what endures.

水