Take the last digit of your year of birth, and we will tell you a lot of interesting things about your character!
Chinese astrology is based on the five elements (fire, wood, water, earth and metal). Each element is associated with one of the planets of the solar system: fire - Mars, wood - Jupiter, water - Mercury, earth - Saturn, metal - Venus. Moreover, all these elements are closely interrelated and there are beneficial and destructive relationships between them. Favorable relationships form the following chain: water generates wood, wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water. Destructive relationships: water extinguishes fire, fire melts metal, metal cuts wood, wood drains the earth and the earth absorbs water.
Each of these elements has its own set of characteristics, which can vary depending on the animal of your birth year - resulting in 60 different combinations. The concept of “Yin-Yang” is also taken into account, that is, there is, for example, Yin water and Yang water, with Yin occurring in odd years and Yang in even years.
Earth
People of the earth element (the last digit of the year of birth are 8 and 9) are patient and reliable. The earth gives them responsibility and a sense of duty towards family and loved ones. They are ambitious but also idealistic. "Earthlings" always approach any problem from a logical point of view and act very methodically. They follow their intuition and have good deductive skills. They can be called carriers of a “moral compass”, which helps them evaluate the world around them. The people of the earth value ethics and discipline, and also know how to use their own resources wisely due to their rather conservative nature. They are excellent designers or administrators, know how to correctly solve all financial issues and, undoubtedly, have the talent to see many things from the point of view of their prospects. People of the earth are restrained in emotions, strive to show their value and importance, but also want to be truly loved. What they lack is a little adventurousness and liveliness, however, these people are respected and admired.
“Earthlings” can be called stubborn and tough. They want to control everything and are often guided solely by their own benefit and support of their interests. In case of failures and losses, the people of the earth begin to doubt their own intuition and stop trusting their innate wisdom. What frightens them most in life is the unknown, even to the point of panic attacks and depression.
The earth is the center that is responsible for the change of seasons. The color of earth is yellow and it is associated with the digestive system, particularly the spleen and stomach. In addition, “earthlings” are advised to stay away from swampy areas with high humidity.
Fire
Those born under the auspices of the fire element (the last digit of the year of birth are 6 and 7) always strive for adventure and new experiences and will never refuse to explore something new. These are very dynamic and energetic individuals with the makings of excellent leaders, because they love to compete and win. Fire people, as a rule, are attractive and attractive; they cannot stand loneliness, preferring to surround themselves with people and constant movement. In addition, they are extremely attached to loved ones and do their best to support any family ties. Fiery people are distinguished by high self-esteem and self-confidence, they are smart and friendly, decisive and effective, and are also not devoid of oratorical talent.
The disadvantages of representatives of the element of fire include their aggressiveness in achieving their goals, excessive emotionality and lack of patience and compassion. They are also selfish and overly ambitious and do not consider others at all when they want to get their way.
Fire is the south and represents the summer season. The color of fire is red and is associated with the vascular system and the heart. Fire people themselves are advised to stay away from excess heat and not give in to outbursts of emotions.
Elemental principles:
- Earth: dry and cold;
- Water: wet and cold;
- Air: warm and humid;
- Fire: warm and dry.
If we add up all the symbols of the elements into a single figure, we get a six-pointed star - a symbol of perfect form.
The six-pointed star is a symbol of the unity of the 4 elements of nature
I want to tell you about the elements, and we will start with Air
Tree
Those born under the auspices of the tree (the last digit of the year of birth is 4 and 5) are generous people. They strictly adhere to their principles in terms of ethical behavior, love to explore the world and analyze information, and they are also distinguished by a rare power of persuasion. Tree people are very artistic and creative, which often manifests itself in everything they put their hand to. They are hardworking and are always looking for something to do, striving to constantly be busy and believing that work is the best use of their strength. Self-confidence is one of their best traits. “Wooden people” are always grateful for everything they have and do not try to chase excesses or jump over their own heads, although their sphere of interests is very broad and varied. They are loyal friends and never behave selfishly, are ideal team workers and are very compassionate towards other people.
The disadvantages of tree people include their wastefulness. They sin in that they can take on more tasks than they can handle, and therefore often overload themselves with work, which does not benefit anyone. In other words, tree people should learn to set limits for themselves and correctly calculate their strength. Under certain conditions, they can become overly dependent on others and even get lost in the crowd, in many ways this is only possible because of their passivity and some slowness.
The tree corresponds to the east, and its season is spring, respectively, the color is green. The tree is interconnected with the gallbladder and liver. Representatives of this element should avoid areas where strong winds prevail.
Gods and magic
In this blog I want to take a closer look at the number “5” within my theme. Unfortunately, I cannot bring to your attention five-faced gods, but this number is also sacred and significant, as it symbolizes the 5 elements that make up all that exists.
These five elements, being in a cyclical harmony of creation and destruction, continuously influencing each other, create a vicious circle, which, if considered from the point of view of the emanations of Unity, creates the impulse, the energy from which Life arises.
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in the Eastern and Western traditions this sacred five is different. I will analyze the Western concept (it began with the thinkers of Ancient Greece, then the development was ensured by the alchemists of the Middle Ages), but for comparison, first I will briefly talk about the eastern version (primarily China), which, I think, is already familiar to many from the Chinese that has taken root in our country art of Feng Shui.
So, let's look to the East.
Before the five elements in the eastern system of the Universe there are several previous levels:
— Primordial Chaos (Hun Dong);
— Limitless or “No limit” (Wu Ji);
— Great Limit (Tai Chi);
/ isn’t it true, they strongly resemble the Kabbalistic Ain Sof Aur (Endless Light), Ain Sof (Infinity) and Ain (Nothingness)? 
- Yin Yang.
And finally, what follows is U-sin (Five elements; five elements; five actions) .
This is one of the main categories of Chinese philosophy; a five-member structure that determines the basic parameters of the universe. In addition to philosophy, it is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine, fortune telling, martial arts, and numerology. Includes five classes that characterize the state and relationship of all existing objects and phenomena.
Wood – Fire – Earth – Metal – Water
Water is a symbol of organic life. She is born in complete silence and unshakable calm, and is the food and source of life for the tree. The tree strives upward, spreads its branches to the sides, and its energy is the key to growth and forward movement. The tree then becomes the source of life for the fire. Hot and pulsating, it represents active activity. Having burned, the fire turns into ashes or earth, which accumulates and stores all its energy. Metal is born in the depths of the earth - this is the purified and perfect embodiment of the earth. The purest metal is liquid metal, symbolizing water. Thus, the circle of generation closes and everything begins again.
On the other hand, each of the elements controls and suppresses the other ( circle of destruction ). The metal cuts (saws) the Tree, which, in turn, controls (penetrates with its roots) the Earth, receiving useful substances from it. Earth stops the flow of Water, Water extinguishes Fire, and Fire melts Metal.
This is a stable and harmonious system, but I would like to dwell on the Western tradition, which highlights not only the other five elements (and, accordingly, their Elementals), but also the Spirits of these Elements.
Let me explain the difference right away.
An elemental (elemental) is an entity that has the energy of only one Element. In contrast, for example, from people - complex beings who contain and hold within themselves in different proportions the energies of different Elements. Elementals do not have personality or individuality as such, but are in some sense intelligent. As a rule, these entities are hostile towards people, because... humanity is trying to subjugate the Elements (and often unwisely uses them for its own purposes). They need to be handled carefully, because at any moment they can take revenge with natural disasters (landslides, tsunamis, tornadoes, forest fires) or less global troubles.
The Spirit of an Element is already a class of creatures that express the basic idea (properties) of their Element. They, in addition to the strength of their element, have much greater free will and treat people much more individually.
The first attempts to search for the “initial building blocks” of the Universe began in Ancient Greece, and already Plato and Aristotle, who, along with Empedocles, are considered the founders of the concept of the four Elements, actually believed that there were five . Moreover, the fifth element (quinta essentia lat., literally “fifth essence”) is the most important. This is a spiritualizing principle, an Element of a higher order, what was later called Ether .
Paracelsus went further.
Following the example of ancient philosophers, he divided the whole world into 5 Elements. But he also described the Spirits of each element (though he called them just elementals, but probably this confusion was due to the common practice of medieval alchemists to “cipher” sacred knowledge).
And again: Air - Fire - Water - Earth .
These four energies, which everyone knows about (let me remind you that in modern physics there are also 4 aggregate states of matter - solid, liquid, gas and plasma), visibly and constantly participate in the cycle of things, continuously feeding and destroying each other. Many occultists divide them into pairs of opposites: Fire-Water, Earth-Air. It should be noted here that balance (the Yin-Yang principle) is maintained in everything. Air and Fire are traditionally masculine Elements, Water and Earth are feminine. It is no coincidence that in the names of the Elements in Russian there is precisely such a ratio of feminine and masculine nouns.
And the 5th element is Ether , which in the Western tradition in this context is considered as all that exists, Life, Unity, Cosmic Energy.
That. Ether is energy, on the one hand, arising from the contact of the 4 Elements described above and is the result of their interaction. On the other hand, Ether is an impulse, a force, an activator that sets all these Elements in motion. Ether is a child receiving the power of its parents, and at the same time itself is the great beginning of Everything. I remember a question that philosophers have never found an answer to: what comes first - matter or energy? In other words: “the egg or the chicken”?
Let everyone look for the answers themselves, but I will return to my topic.
Each of the material Elements (air, fire, water, earth) is inhabited by the Spirits of these elements. I will describe them all in more detail according to the classification of the aforementioned Paracelsus.
Spirits of the Air element - Sylphs (believed to have been invented by Paracelsus).
They are transparent and barely visible. Sylphs never fall to the ground, and only forever soar in the air in the form of an eternally young youth (rarely a girl). They have an extremely cheerful and playful disposition. They, being Air itself, and the air element, as is known, is responsible for mentality, thought, are elusive, fleeting and unstoppable.
Dealing with Sylph is useful in two cases.
1. If your thoughts are like him: they flutter from one to another, you cannot concentrate on anything, your memory weakens. The sylph is also responsible for contacts and connections. Having trouble generating lasting interest in someone? Are you unable to concentrate on a specific object? Work with Air.
2. On the contrary. Some thought or idea has taken possession of your mind and you cannot get rid of it. An obsessive state arises and anxiety increases. In this case, you should also contact Sylph - he will help you balance and put your thoughts in order.
Spirits of the element of Fire - Salamanders (believed to have been invented by Paracelsus).
These are creatures that look very similar to a lizard, only consisting of continuous blazing fire. Often an unbearable heat emanates from the salamander. It is salamanders that are the source of fires and fires. Their function is both destruction and renewal. Salamanders are capricious and difficult to control.
But it will be useful to communicate with her if you:
1. You want to achieve a goal, but you lack the drive and momentum. From the category: on Monday I will go on a diet or start leading a healthy lifestyle... When I want to, but I’m lazy. This is where the salamander’s help cannot be overestimated. If she likes you, she will be able to “ignite” you and set you in the right mood.
2. When you need to destroy something old and outdated. For example, get rid of past grievances, traumatic relationships, in a word, everything that prevents you from freeing yourself and moving on.
Spirits of the element of Water - Mermaids, Ondines (sea Maidens of European mythology).
Beautiful girls who can live both in water and on land. On moonlit nights they emerge from the water, comb their magnificent hair and sing (sirens). In the legends and myths of other peoples, on the contrary, they die on land, do not have a voice, and their strength lies only in external attractiveness. Water is our emotions.
It will be useful to work with the Spirit of Water if:
1. You are too fluid. You can’t stop at a specific task, the flow carries you further and further, a huge number of started but unfinished tasks accumulate that “pressure” on you, and you “drown” in them.
2. And vice versa. If you are mired in some business or task, like in a swamp and cannot budge. When it seems to you that if you don’t solve it, you will remain to die in this swamp. When you hit a wall with your forehead and realize it, but can’t stop. This is where magical water can come to your aid, which will not chisel the stone, but will “flow around it from all sides, wash it, sharpen it,” and the insurmountable obstacle will cease to be such in your eyes.
Well, the last element is Earth. The spirits that personify it are Dwarves (the prototype was probably the miniatures - characters from Northern mythology).
An underground dweller, guardian of the Earth's riches. Angry bearded short creature. The prerogative of a gnome is the skill, craft, art of doing and creating. Everything the gnome does is not just good. It's perfect. It simply cannot be better. Because that's how Gnome works. But he does not delve into the sphere of the invisible, relationships; for example, he is an ideal artisan. And he creates only what can be touched, he creates visible, completely material things. Traditionally, the Dwarf was the Great Blacksmith and forged the Great Glorious Swords. It was not for nothing that people went to the Dwarves with a request to provide them with the Dwarf Sword - the Sword That Knows No Defeat.
Now such Swords have lost their former relevance, but working with the Spirit of the Earth can be beneficial if:
1. You are the one whose activities bring concrete, visible and obvious results. Maybe you bake buns? Or are you creating a new clothing design? Or do you knit toys? But you lack zest... Like in paintings - a master’s touch? Then you should go to the Gnome. It will add a refined aroma to the buns, add unprecedented sophistication to your clothes, and fill your dolls with personality. He is the Master. That's right, with a capital letter.
2. If you are cut off from the Earth, you feel that you can, but for some reason you can’t, do something REALLY with your hands, from the category: I would become a carpenter, and joiner, and painter, let them teach me ... and as a builder I can too, in general I can do everything, but a little bit at a time... Make friends with the Gnome! He will show you the way and illuminate the road, help you decide on a profession and, if he likes you, he will teach you SKILL.
Many researchers believe that contact with Elementals and Elemental Spirits is dangerous, since they are initially unfriendly to humans. I do not share this point of view and in my next blogs I will tell you how to work with the Elements and learn to be friends with their Spirits.
Best regards, Oriole.
Water
Those born under the auspices of water (the last digit of the year of birth are 2 and 3) are considered charming and sympathetic people, as well as compassionate. They are very flexible and are great at going with the flow. In addition, they are intelligent and creative. Water people have a great imagination and are not afraid to use it. Among them there are many excellent philosophers and thinkers; they are very independent and most often master several professions. Water representatives have ideal communication skills and can be very persuasive. Their outstanding abilities in the field of diplomacy should also be noted. They are very intuitive and are able to catch what escapes the attention of other people. They are good organizers and no less good performers; they know how to notice the special talents of the people around them and further help them develop them.
Water people can be secretive and insincere and never share their secrets with others. In addition, they have been observed to have pronounced tendencies towards manipulation. They always try to find a simple and easy way out in everything, since they are distinguished by a certain passivity and often indulge both their own and other people’s whims. What they should learn is to stand firmly on their own two feet and follow their own path. People of water should also avoid places that are too watery, no matter how paradoxical it may sound.
Water is the north. The season is winter and the color is black. Water is associated with the bone and excretory systems.
