The 4 Elements and the 5 Chinese Phases

TABLE OF CORRESPONDENCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIVE PHASES

~ An Ancient Chinese “Thinking Machine”

	WOOD	FIRE	EARTH	METAL	WATER
Direction	East	South	Center	West	North
Season	Spring	Summer	Long Summer	Autumn	Winter
Climatic Condition	Wind	Summer Heat	Dampness	Dryness	Cold
Process	Birth	Growth	Transformation	Harvest	Storage
Color	Green	Red	Yellow	White	Black
Taste	Sour	Bitter	Sweet	Pungent	Salty
Smell	Goatish	Burning	Fragrant	Rank	Rotten
Yin Organ	Liver	Heart	Spleen	Lungs	Kidneys
Yang Organ	Gall Bladder	Small Intestine	Stomach	Large Intestine	Bladder
Opening	Eyes	Tongue	Mouth	Nose	Ears
Tissue	Sinews	Blood Vessels	Flesh	Skin/Hair	Bones
Emotion	Anger	Happiness	Pensiveness	Sadness	Fear
Human Sound	Shout	Laughter	Song	Weeping	Groan

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The Four Elements, Table of Correspondences

Element	Fire	Water	Air	Earth
Tarot suits	Wands	Cups	Swords	Pentacles
Other Symbols	Rod or Dorje	Chalice	Arrow	Coin, Disc
Qualities	Hot & Dry	Cold & Moist	Hot & Moist	Cold & Dry
Properties	Combustible	Fluid	Vaporous	Solid
Contemporary Elements	Nitrogen	Hydrogen	Oxygen	Carbon
Alchemical Elements	Sulphur	Mercury	Azoth	Salt
Humours	Yellow bile or choler	Phlegm	Pneuma in the blood	Black bile
Corresp. Organs	Liver	Lungs	Heart and Kidney	Large intestines
Temperaments	Choleric	Phlegmatic	Sanguine	Melancholic
Personality Types	Ambitious, shrewd, quick-tempered	Apathetic, cold, undemonstrative	Exitable, passionate, optimistic	Gloomy, sullen, dejected
Jungian Functions	Intuition	Feeling	Thinking	Senses
Syllables of Creation	Ra	Va	Ya	La
Symbols of Kali	Sceptre or Dorje	Cup of blood	Sword	Lotus wheel, ring
Sanskrit Names	Tejas	Apas	Vayu	Prithivi
Tattva Shapes	Red triangle	Silver crescent	Blue circle	Yellow square
Creation Gods	Lightning Bolt	Great Ocean	Sky Father	Earth Mother
Levels of Understanding	Spiritual, mystical	Inductive, psychological	Deductive, logical	Literal, tangible
Methods	Anagogical	Moral	Allegorical	Historical
Dimensions	Therapeutic	Psychic	Analytical	Magical
Souls of the:	Spiritual body	Emotional body	Mental body	Physical body
Shared with:	God	Animals		Earthly beings
Death Rites	Cremation	Burial at sea	Eaten by birds, dessication	Burial (earth)
Elemental Spirits	Salamanders	Undines, Nymps	Sylphs	Gnomes
Archangels	Micha-el	Gabri-el	Rapha-el	Auri-el
Quality	Protection		Healing	Teaching
TETRAMORPHS	Lion	Eagle	Winged Angel	Bull
Kabbalistic Worlds	Atziluth	Briah	Yetzirah	Assiah
Tetragrammaton	Yod	He	Vau	He
Dialectic Process	Thesis Beginning	Antithesis Opposition	Synthesis Integration	Result, Thesis Manifestation
Magical Process	Intent	Emotion	Imagination	Materialization
Creative Process	Idea	Reception	Development	Form
Judiciary Process	Faith	Opinion	Science	Experience
Magical Actions	To Will or Do	To Know	To Dare	To Keep Silent
Professions	Administrator, explorer, inventor, entrepreneur	Psychologist, clergy, artist, healer	Scientist, soldier, politician, lawyer	Craftsperson, farmer, financier, builder
Virtues	Creativity, growth, passion	Love, imagination, connectedness	Logic, justice, discrimination	Practicality, skill, perseverance
Vices	Proud, selfish, restless	Moody, fantastical, no boundaries	Thoughtless, judgment, critical	Stubborn, possessive, unimaginative
Style	Burns, inspires, activates, transforms	Flows, diffuses, loves, dissolves	Communicates, strives, cuts, disperses	Crystallizes, grounds, dries, confines
Images	Flames, volcanoes, sunflower, light bulb	Lakes, fish, lotus, mirrors	Clouds, knives, feathers, wind	Mountains, fruit, money, machinery