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Chinese Five Elements

Cycles of Balance:

 Creation (Sheng) Cycle

 Destruction (Ke) Cycle

Cycles of Imbalance:

 Overacting (Cheng) Cycle

 Insulting (Wu) Cycle

Author: Don Reynolds, March 2007

Additional note:

The Ko Cycle is considered the Control Cycle. The Ko cycle is often referred to as the grandmother-son cycle

Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, Wood are the elements in order.

• Usually Fire is put at the top of the cycle.

Examples of the Ko Cycle

Fire Controls Metal - Fire shapes metal. Ex. horseshoe being shaped.

Earth Controls Water- Earth holds water, Earth contains oceans, lakes etc. Earth absorbs Water like after a Tsunami.

Metal Controls Wood (axe cutting wood).

Water controls Fire- water putting out a fire. Water being used to control the size of a fire.

Wood controls Earth- roots shaping the ground. Trees shading earth. Wood builds structures on Earth.

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