- Both yellow and red refer to the rising sun
- Whence springs light; sun rises to light world; morning star gives men wisdom
- Native American Associations:
- Modern Psychological Associations: Dancing the Wheel with Mary Loomis
- Western Associations: Lunar, Celtic, Amulets
- Eastern Associations: Chinese, Feng Shui, Tibetan
2.1.5.1 Chinese Five Elements
- Wood (Living Color 23)
- East, blue or green
- Feeds Fire (S)
- Obstructs Earth (Center)
- Ba-gua 5-element color wheel (Living Color 29):
- Benevolence, spring, the liver; East
- Jen - E - green - family/health - foot - wood
- Hsun - SE - blue/purple/red - wealth - hip
- Feng Shui health and food color chart (Living Color 114)
- Wood - green/blue - liver
- Foods best for liver: peas, scallions, spinach, celery, cabbage
- Accent color for these foods - black/dark brown, red
- Wood (Living Color 23)
2.1.5.2 Chinese Color Associations (Living Color 46-48):
- Green represents tranquility, hope, briskness
- A color of wood element, also symbolizes spring growth
- In plants/vegetation - indicates good healthy ch'i
- This is the green of emeralds and lotus leaves
- Blue or indigo; dual meanings
- Blue associated with wood, symbolizes spring, new growth, hope
- Also a cold, secondary color to Chinese
- Some Chinese developers avoid using it in building projects
- Blue-Green, mint or aqua
- More auspicious than indigo; more closely aligned with colors of nature/spring
- Chinese word for this color is ch'ing
- Can mean either blue or green; in general, ch'ing represents youth
- Can describe blue of sky or lapis lazuli
- As well as green bamboo, frogs, or copper patina
- Green represents tranquility, hope, briskness
2.1.5.3 The Eight Trigrams and Color Attributes (Origins of Wisdom 42-59)
- Chen - the Arousing - Thunder - Wood - East - Spring - Green/Brown - Blue - # 3
- Image of movement/roads, bamboo sprouts; also wisdom and experience
- Sun - the Wind - Wind - Wood - Southeast - Late Spring/Early Summer - Green - # 4
- Plants/growth image; also wealth, prosperity
- The Number 3 - the number of visual stability and unity
- The number 4 - has the most unpleasant associations of all numbers; represents death
- Chen - the Arousing - Thunder - Wood - East - Spring - Green/Brown - Blue - # 3
2.1.5.4 The Dragon (Origins of Wisdom 42-59)
- The azure dragon is male (yang); its element is wood; must always be on the left (E)
- In exterior Feng Shui, he is found in raised land, a mountain range or a steep hill
- Indoors, he might be represented by a solid wall offering shelter from the elements
- The dragon is protective and should always appear with the complementary white Tiger
2.1.5.5 Feng Shui (Walters)
- Correlations for East
- Dragon - Spring - East - right; Green Dragon; East, spring, green, wood
- The Wood Planet - Jupiter
- Shape - trees are tall and upright
- Wood element suggested by columnar structures as tall soaring hills
- Or in man-made structures as pillars, minarets, factory chimneys,
- Or tall narrow sky scraper buildings
- Symbolism of Wood
- Spring - green - East; material: wood, shape: columnar
- Generally taken as first in the series, symbolic of spring, beginning of year
- Symbolizes creation, nourishment, growth
- Wood shape is tall and upright, usually encountered in
- Memorials, religious, military, or commemorative structures as columns, obelisks, tall pagodas, watch towers, and pillars
- Recently encountered in skyscrapers and tower blocks
- Wood is common building material, therefore buildings of standard shape considered representative
- Buildings under aegis of wood suitable for matters connected with creation, nourishment and growth
- Thus these benefit from wood influence:
- Nurseries, hospitals, residences, catering establishments, artists' ateliers
- Within a home - children's room, dining room and bedroom benefit
- The Wood Site - either constructed of wood or belonging to wood shape
- Site: Wood Environment/Wood Site
- Neighboring buildings of wood; forests, woods
- Arrangements of columns for some construction
- A wood structure in a Wood environment is stable
- When Wood element present in environment from other structures proposed structure should match the structures in function
- If derived from other features, as columanr rock shapes
- Proposed building suitable for all matters connected with wood: creativity, nourishment, care or agriculture
- Expect these to thrive - convalescent homes, nurseries, horticultural centers
- Site: Fire Environment/Wood Site
- Environment revealed by buildings with steep roofs, or distant mountain peaks
- Wood feeds fire; best uses for a proposed building:
- School or hospital, something that gives to community rather than take from it
- Commercial success less assured; for homes, danger of destruction by fire
- Site: Earth Environment/Wood Site
- Revealed in flat plains, or by low flat-roofed buildings
- Wood destroys Earth, takes nourishment from it, leaves it barren
- Opposite of Fire Environment/Wood Site
- Surroundings contribute to welfare of Wood building
- Harnessed carefully, could bring short term benefits for occupants
- Eventually exhausts the favorable influences
- Site: Metal Environment/Wood Site
- Symbolized by rounded hills or buildings with domes or arches
- Metal destroys wood, regarded as potentially dangerous
- Potential accidental injury to anyone who spends much time in environment
- Metal represents money, commercial premises not likely to thrive
- Wealth of neighborhood would operate adversely against personal well-being of occupant
- Site: Water Environment/Wood Site
- Manifested in water: lakes, rivers, streams, and ponds
- Also in buildings of nondescript or irregular shape
- Water produces wood, feeds and nourishes growth
- Very beneficial, would assure success of all business enterprises
- Operating in these circumstances
- Manifested in water: lakes, rivers, streams, and ponds
- The Wood Room - either in the east or relationally oriented
- Room: Personal Element Wood/ Room Element Wood
- Stable creative atmostphere
- Suitable for study, lounge, or office or infant bedroom
- Room: Wood Room/Personal Fire
- Excellent for study or work-room, particularly for a creative person
- Excellent for infant bedroom, ensures vigorous health and growth
- Room: Wood Room/Personal Earth
- Not ideal choice; should not spend long periods in room, debilitating
- May become easily tired and lack-lustre after a short time
- Room: Wood Room/Personal metal
- After short periods in this room, may feel very energetic
- Good choice for workshop or recreational activities
- Perhaps a personal gymnasium; not good for bedroom
- Room: Wood Room/Personal Water
- Atmosphere is weakening, inadvisable to spend long periods here
- Correlations for East
- Sphere, direction of mandala - below
- Air (or wind) Tattva - Vayu
- Tibetan vowel equivalent to "o"; associated with number 90
- Vayu is the five senses in Kapila's Sankhyu Tattva system (1st School of Thought)
- Akasha of Vayu, Sound; Vayu of Vayu, Touch; Tejas of Vayu, Sight (Color)
- Apas of Vayu, Taste; Prithivi of Vayu, Smell
- Circular, spherical shape of Vidya Prane Tattva Shapes - Yogic System (2nd School)
- Vyana Vayu - circulation, movement, penetration of prana in the body
2.1 East - Yellow or Red - Summer - Sunrise
2.1.4 Other Associations
2.1.5 Feng Shui
