5 Elements
The 5 elements known as Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water (木，火， 土， 金， 水) is what the orientals believe that governs the cosmic forces.
Therefore enbarking any of the oriental traditions require one to start of from the 5 elements and then branch off to the other arts such as Feng Shui, Chinese Medicine, Divination, Face reading and many others.
The 5 elements live in harmony; supporting and controlling one another. In this study, we have to understand the growth(生), control(克), use(歇) and the balance of all the elements. As we can see around us, there are many different kinds of materials, such as rocks, gases, plastics, glass, so how is it possible that there is only 5 elements in the oriental basics? Well, everything we can see around is classified under the 5 elements, and for example glass and rocks are minerals that is derived from the earth, thus it will be classified as a metal element.
