The Chinese Five elements

Once you understand the meaning of the Chinese five elements theory you can use each of the Feng Shui element to enhance your daily life by:

• wearing a gemstone

• making your home smell like a garden using specific essential oil

• and so many other ways...

In the Five Element theory, the energy of Feng Shui element of Fire, Wood and Water represent the expansion phase and the energy of Earth and Metal represent the contracting phase. The season of spring, summer and winter is a expanding time of the year and the season of fall and late summer is a contracting time of the year

FENG SHUI WATER ELEMENT

The energy of the North is associated with the North, the winter and night (9.00pm-1.00am). In Feng shui, it is the symbol of the quietness and the essence of life. The tortoise is the symbolic feng shui animal of the north.
Water has not a definite form but have all the forms.
It is the element related to communication, the art, the music, the writing.
In five elements theory, the Chinese medicine link to water the kidney, the ear, the bones and the sex organs.
The taste is salty.
The feelings are fear, curiosity, cautions and also gentleness.
The gemstones and crystals are the blue sapphire, the sodalite, the lapis-lazuli, the turquoise.
The essential oil or fragrances of the Chinese five elements are the geranium, lavender, neroli, rose, thyme, jasmine, sage and sandalwood.
Tips:
Aromatheraypy is one of the best way to access the power of nature and the feng shui element. It can help you reduce stress, lift depression. You can disperse sage oil in the air throughout your home or office to help improve your productivity or to alter your moods. My top favourite. These wonderful essential oils, they are of the highest quality.

The first Feng Shui element is WOOD, which has the Chinese name of Mu.  The element of wood represents innovation, creativity and birth, and it is a sociable element. This element corresponds to the colour green and the east direction. By placing this element at a strategic spot in any space, you would be adding all of which it represents.  

The next Feng Shui element is FIRE, called Huo in China.  The element of fire symbolizes and brings activity, enthusiasm and energy to the places where it can be found.  It is a warm element that must be treated with measure since too much of it can destroy what surrounds it.  Fire is represented by the colour red and direction south, and symbolizes the puberty years.

The next element is EARTH, or Tu in Chinese.  This Feng Shui element of earth symbolizes stability, patience and honesty.  It is a methodic element that can also become demanding, and is ideal for everything that is related with real estate and inheritances.  Earth is symbolized by the colour yellow and is representative of the early youth years.  

METAL, or Jin in Chinese, is another of the FIVE FENG SHUI ELEMENTS.  The element of metal represents success in businesses and harvesting.  It can also represent a knife or cutting metal and be destructive.  White, grey and gold are the colours that symbolize it, and its direction is west. This Feng Shui element symbolizes the adult years of human life.  

The last Feng Shui element is WATER, called Shui in Chinese.  The element of water has a very important role among Feng Shui elements, and actually the name Feng Shui contains its name in it, meaning water and wind.  Water mainly represents communications and traveling.  But it also represents learning, arts and the media.  Water is elemental for living, not only for humans but also animals and plants.  It can be quiet or violent.  The element of water is represented by the colour black and direction north, and symbolizes the senior human years.