Five Element Correspondences

Wood Fire Earth Metal Water

Color Green Red Yellow White Black

Planet Jupiter Mars Saturn Venus Mercury

Climate Wind Hot Damp Dry Cold

Nature

Season Spring Summer Indian Summer Fall Winter

Direction East South Middle West North

Grain Wheat Corn/Millet Rye Rice Bean

Taste Sour Bitter Sweet Rank Salty

Smell Rancid Burned Sweet Acrid Putrid

Organ Liver Heart Spleen Lung Kidney

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Minister General Emperor Granary Official Minister Minister of Health
Yin
Houses Hun (ethereal soul) Shen (mind) Yi (thought) Po (corporeal soul) Zhi (willpower)

Opens in Eye Tongue Mouth Nose Ear

Human

Manifests in Nails Complexion / Face Lips Skin Hair Hair

Fluid Tear Sweat Spit Snot Pee

Tissue Tendons & Ligaments Vessel Muscle Skin Bone

Emotion Anger Joy Worry Grief Fear

Sound Shout Laugh Sing Cry Moan

Fu Yang Organ GB SI ST LI BL
 Fire
Basic Five Elements

Wood Earth

Water Metal
 Nature Fire Mars
Correspondence
1. Planet

Wood Earth

Jupiter Saturn

Water Metal

Mercury Venus
 Nature Fire South
Correspondence
2. Direction

Wood Earth

East Middle

Water Metal

North West
 Nature Fire Summer
Correspondence
3. Season

Wood Earth

Spring Indian
Summer

Water Metal

Winter Autumn
 Nature Fire heat
Correspondence
4. Climate

Wood Earth

wind damp

Water Metal

cold dry
 Nature Fire millet
Correspondence
5. Grain

Wood Earth

wheat rye

Water Metal

bean rice
 Nature Fire red
Correspondence
6. Color

Wood Earth

green yellow

Water Metal

black white
 Nature Fire bitter
Correspondence
7. Taste

Wood Earth

sour sweet

Water Metal

salty acrid
 Nature Fire burned
Correspondence
8. Smell

Wood Earth

rancid sweet

Water Metal

putrid rank
 All Nature Fire
Corn, Mars, summer, east ,
Correspondences heat, red, bitter, burned

Wood Earth

Wheat, Rye, Venus,

Jupiter, Indian
spring, south, summer,
wind, green, middle, damp,
sour, rancid yellow, sweet,
sweet

Water Metal

Bean, Mercury, winter,

east, cold, black, salty, Rice, Saturn, fall, west,
putrid dry, white, acrid, rank
Correspondences and Humans
 Human Fire Heart
Correspondence
1. Yin organ

Wood Earth

Liver Spleen

Water Metal

Kidney Lung
 Human Fire SI
Correspondence
2. Yang organ

Wood Earth

GB ST

Water Metal

BL LI
 Human Fire tongue
Correspondence
3. Sense organ

Wood Earth

eye mouth

Water Metal

ear nose
 Human Fire vessel
Correspondence
4. Tissue

Wood Earth

tendons muscle

Water Metal

bone skin
 Human Fire face
Correspondence
5. Manifestation

Wood Earth

nail lip

Water Metal

hair Skin hair

 Human Fire sweat
Correspondence
6. Fluid

Wood Earth

tear saliva

Water Metal

dense spit snot

and pee
 Human Fire joy
Correspondence
7. Emotion

Wood Earth

anger worry

Water Metal

fear grief
 Human Fire laugh
Correspondence
8. Sound

Wood Earth

shout sing

Water Metal

groan cry
 Fire Heart, Small intestine,
All Human
tongue, vessels, face, sweat,
Correspondences
joy, laugh

Wood Earth

Liver, Gall Spleen,

Bladder, eye, Stomach,
tendons & mouth,
ligaments, muscle, lips,
nail, tear, spit, worry,
anger, shout sing

Water
Metal
Kidney, Bladder, ear,
bone, hair, pee, fear, Lung, Large Intestine,
groan nose, skin, skin hair,
snot, grief, cry