Twelve-month five-element comparison table

The comparison table of twelve months and five elements is as follows:

The first month of the lunar calendar (Yin): It belongs to wood and carries fire.

February (Mao) of the lunar calendar: it belongs to wood (wood).

The third month of the lunar calendar (Chen): it belongs to soil and carries water (Chen soil).

The fourth day of the fourth lunar month: fire.

May (noon) of the lunar calendar: it is a fire (it is already noon).

The sixth month of the lunar calendar (not yet): it belongs to soil and carries fire (not soil).

The seventh month of the lunar calendar (Shen): it belongs to gold and brings water.

August of the lunar calendar (unitary): it belongs to gold (Shen).

September of the lunar calendar: it belongs to the earth, with fire (earth).

October of the lunar calendar (Hai): It belongs to water.

Lunar winter moon (child): it belongs to water (Haizi water).

Lunar twelfth lunar month (ugly): it belongs to soil and carries water (ugly soil).

Five elements, also known as the theory of five elements, is the basic way to understand the world. The meaning of the five elements includes five basic trends in the evolution of Yin and Yang: gold (for convergence), wood (for growth), water (for infiltration), fire (for disillusionment) and earth (for integration).

The origin of five elements

Five elements is a basic concept in China's philosophy, and its origin can be traced back to the ancient pre-Qin period. Including gold, wood, water, fire and earth, it occupies an important position in ancient culture and medicine in China.

The earliest literature of the theory of five elements can be traced back to Shangshu, one of the earliest historical books in China, which mentioned the concept of five elements. Zhouyi also contains the theory and application of the five elements. After the Han Dynasty, the theory of five elements gradually became one of the Confucian classics, and was widely used in politics, medicine, divination and other fields.

The appearance of the five elements can be traced back to people's observation and thinking about nature. In ancient China, it was believed that the world was made up of various substances, each of which had its own characteristics and attributes, and the relationship between them could be expressed in five different forms. The five elements are produced to explain the relationship and interaction between these substances. For example, wood represents growth and reproduction, water represents flowing and moistening, fire represents heat and energy, soil represents stability and fixation, and gold represents gathering and storage.