Wenda20190322 46:50
(Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program)
(An Excerpt)
THE FIVE ELEMENTS – THE THEORY OF INTER-PROMOTING AND INTER-RESTRAINING
Caller: Everyone is talking about the Theory of the Five Elements. How does it affect a person who has more of the Earth element? How should he choose names to make up for any deficiencies?
Master Jun Hong Lu: People say that the theories of Yin-Yang and the five elements are very powerful. In fact, it is all about the ancient concept of mutual support and restraint between the five elements.
In the past, it was said that an individual’s fate is determined by the element that has the stronger presence, for example, a stronger wood, earth or water element. It was also said that one restrains the other mutually.
Generally speaking, the Yin-Yang and the five elements include water, fire, metal, wood and earth, of which:
• Water represents one’s overall luck, just as the commonly talked about luck of a particular year, which is always moving, like the attribute of water;
• Fire symbolises warmth and upward movement;
• Metal represents restraint;
• Wood denotes expansion;
• Earth represents neutralisation.
The most fundamental concept of mutual promotion and restraint of the Yin-Yang and the five elements works in the following way:
Wood generates fire (木生火) – if you have a stronger wood element, when you partner with someone who has a stronger fire element, both of you will make a perfect pair in doing business.
Fire generates earth (火生土) – if you carry a stronger fire element, you will have exceptionally good fortune if you are with someone who has a stronger earth element.
Earth generates metal (土生金) – If you are a person with a stronger earth element, and your fate and destiny have not been good, then you may choose to wear gold jewellery more often, or accessories that are gold or yellow in colour, because ‘earth bears metal’, and you will soon witness a change in your destiny.
The same principle also applies to the case of metal generating water (金生水) and water nourishing wood (水生木).
Caller: I understand now. A colleague of mine who seems to have knowledge in this field said that a person with an extremely strong water element will not be framed or harmed by others. Is it really so?
Master Jun Hong Lu: Yes. Water will drown people. Anyone who has an extremely strong presence of water, wood, earth, metal or fire element, is considered to be born with a tough character.
The five elements that restrain each other works in the following ways:
• Metal can chop Wood (金克木)
• Wood can break the ground (Earth) (木克土)
• Earth can contain Water (土克水)
• Water can douse Fire (水克火)