If you’ve been following our 5 Weeks, 5 Elements articles on our blog, you’ll know by now that each element is divided into yin and yang in Ba Zi Chinese Astrology. So, yang Earth is like a mountain, stones, rocks etc. as opposed to yin earth which is symbolised by soil. Your Ba Zi chart […]
The Earth element is all about nourishment and nurturing, about taking on board food and digesting and distributing it around the body. This is done by its two officials; the stomach and the spleen. As well as nourishing the body we must also look after the mind and spirit equally. It’s important for us to […]
The Chinese character for Earth (pictured) is Tu and represents the subsoil, topsoil and the vertical line shows the sprouting plant. Earth, in Classical 5 Element Acupuncture, corresponds to late summer – a time of harvest and abundance. The equally ancient practice of Feng Shui links Earth to the directions North East, South West and […]
