Detailed Concept
"Water means Moistening and Descending" (Shui Yue Run Xia). "Run" means moistening, and "Xia" means downward. It refers to the characteristics of water being moisturizing, flowing downward, cold, and storing. It implies that things with functions of moistening, descending, coldness, and storage belong to Water. The characteristics of Water are moistening, descending, and coldness. Water governs Wisdom (Zhi); its nature is clever, its emotion is kind, its taste is salty, and its color is black.
Natural Correspondences
- Direction: North
- Season: Winter
- Time: Hai and Zi hours
- Climate: Cold
- Heavenly Stems: Ren, Gui
- Earthly Branches: Hai, Zi
- Numbers: 1, 6
- Colors: Black, Dark Blue
Five Elements Cycle
- Generating: Metal generates Water (Metal liquefies to Water), Water generates Wood (Water nourishes Wood)
- Controlling: Earth controls Water (Earth dams Water), Water controls Fire (Water extinguishes Fire)
TCM Correspondence
- Zang Organ: Kidneys
- Fu Organ: Bladder
- Sense Organ: Ears
- Body Tissue: Bones
- Emotion: Fear
- Sound: Groaning
- Taste: Salty
Qi Men Dun Jia Application
In Qi Men Dun Jia divination, Water represents wisdom, flow, change, rivers, liquids, transportation, and kidney diseases.
- Represented Figures: Strategists, Advisors, Sailors, Wanderers.
- Represented Forms: Wavy, Round, Irregular.
- Auspicious/Inauspicious: When timely, it indicates resourcefulness; when untimely, it implies treachery or drifting with the tide.