Detailed Concept
"Wood means Bending and Straightening" (Mu Yue Qu Zhi). "Qu" means bending, and "Zhi" means stretching. It refers to the characteristics of tree branches growing, being flexible, and capable of bending and stretching. It implies that things with functions of growth, ascending, flourishing, and smoothing belong to Wood. The characteristics of Wood are growth, ascending, and flourishing. Wood governs Benevolence (Ren); its nature is straight, its emotion is gentle, its taste is sour, and its color is green/azure.
Natural Correspondences
- Direction: East
- Season: Spring
- Time: Yin and Mao hours
- Climate: Wind
- Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi
- Earthly Branches: Yin, Mao
- Numbers: 3, 8
- Colors: Green, Azure, Cyan
Five Elements Cycle
- Generating: Water generates Wood (Water nourishes Wood), Wood generates Fire (Wood fuels Fire)
- Controlling: Metal controls Wood (Metal cuts Wood), Wood controls Earth (Roots penetrate Earth)
TCM Correspondence
- Zang Organ: Liver
- Fu Organ: Gallbladder
- Sense Organ: Eyes
- Body Tissue: Tendons
- Emotion: Anger
- Sound: Shouting
- Taste: Sour
Qi Men Dun Jia Application
In Qi Men Dun Jia divination, Wood represents growth, development, benevolence, trees, flowers, furniture, and liver/gallbladder diseases.
- Represented Figures: Scholars, Teachers, Doctors, Philanthropists.
- Represented Forms: Slender, Upright, Elegant.
- Auspicious/Inauspicious: When timely, it indicates universal love and compassion; when untimely, it implies bigotry or weakness.