The study of the five elements (Wu
Xing 五行) is most fundamental and yet most
profound. The word “Xing 行” has a lot of
meanings. The most appropriate meaning in this context is “action 行動”. However, action is only one of the many aspects
of Wu Xing. Right from the beginning, people observed the changing conditions
of the environment. The five phenomena they noticed were used to describe the
five types of energies,
According to Xu Shen 許慎, Wood (Mu 木) comes from the word Mao 冒, It means emerging. The image is a plant emerging
from the soil and goes upward.
According to Bai Hu Tong 白虎通, Fire (Huo 火) comes from the word Hua 化. It means transformation. Fire helps to transform
matter to energy.
According to Xu Shen 許慎, Earth (Tu 土) is the same as the word Tu 吐. It means giving out. Earth gives out to
everything.
According to Xu Shen 許慎, Metal (Jin 金) is equivalent to Jin 禁. It means stopping or forbidden. The yin qi in
autumn stops growth.
According to Bai Hu Tong 白虎通, Water (Shui 水) means Level/Standard Shui Zhun 水準. The character 水 consists of two persons one on each side of the
upright character 1. It indicates a man and a woman are brought together to
become one. It is the beginning of everything. Water is the origin of life.
The study of Wu
Xing can be very simple but it can also be very complicated. There are
different types of Wu Xing like Zheng Wu Xing 正五行, Na Yin Wu Xing 納音五行, Xuan Kong Wu Xing 玄空五行, Hong Fan Wu Xing 洪範五行, just to name a few. In this book, I am going to
explain Na Yin Wu Xing in details. Later, I will write more about Wu Xing in
other books.
Na Yin Wu Xing has
a lot of applications. It can be used to study the life of a person according
to the four pillars. In the Feng Shui Luopan, there is a ring dedicated to Na
Yin Wu Xing. In this book, I will explain how to use this ring. It is almost an
entire school of Feng Shui. It is integrated into almost
all other Feng Shui schools. It is a very important part of Zi Wei Dou Shu. It
is the backbone for constructing the Zi Wei Star Chart.
Na Yin Wu Xing can
also be used for date selection. In fact, knowing the Na Yin of the day, and
the Na Yin of your life, you can tell which is a fortunate day and which is a
less fortunate day for yourself.
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