Detailed Analysis of Ji Earth
"Ji means Arising". All things arise vigorously. Ji Earth is Yin Earth, representing fields, wet soil, and ditches. Ji Earth is quiet in nature, possessing characteristics of tolerance, nurturing, and curving.
Basic Attributes
- Element: Yin Earth
- Direction: Center
- Season: Seasonal Transitions
- Correspondences:
- Zang/Fu: Spleen
- Sense Organ: Mouth
- Body Tissue: Flesh, Abdomen
- Emotion: Pensiveness
- Taste: Sweet
- Color: Pale Yellow
Stem Interactions
- Generating: Fire generates Earth
- Controlling: Wood controls Earth
- Five Combinations: Jia combines with Ji to form Earth (Combination of Uprightness).
- Clash: Ji clashes with Yi (generally considered Control).
Qi Men Dun Jia Application
In Qi Men Dun Jia, Ji is the Earth Door, representing graves and gutters.
- Represented Figures: Planners, middlemen, women, gloomy people.
- Symbolism: Desire, private affairs, traps, garbage, spleen, abdomen, curling.
- Fortune: Auspicious implies comprehensive planning; inauspicious implies treachery and deceit.