- Black, sun setting, darkness, mystery, night; Thunder Beings dwell there, send rain
- Black is the color; (and dark blue in my wheel)
- Fasting, sacrifice, perserverence, testing of the will, humility
- Fall of the year, adults; dreams and visions
- Respect, for elders, other people's belief systems, spiritual struggle of others
- Commitment: to the Creator, to self, to values; participation in ceremonies
- Native American Associations:
- Modern Psychological Associations: Dancing the Wheel with Mary Loomis
- Western Associations: Lunar, Celtic, Amulets
- Eastern Associations: Chinese, Feng Shui, Tibetan
2.3.4.1 Chinese Five Elements
- Metal (Living Color 23)
- West - White
- Produces Water*
- Chops wood (E)
- *Condensation on outside of metal vessel of cold water
- Ba-gua 5-Element Color Wheel (Living Color 29)
- West - righteousness - Autumn - lungs and gall bladder
- W - Dwei - White - children - mouth - metal
- NW - Chyan - white/grey/black - helpful people/travel - head
- Feng Shui Food/Health Color Wheel (Living Color 114)
- Metal - white - lungs
- Food = scallops, egg whites, fish, chicken
- Metal (Living Color 23)
2.3.5.2 Chinese Color Associations (Living Color 46-48):
- White rice is symbol of fertility and prosperity
- Thrown at weddings to "plant seeds of happiness, good fortune and procreation"
- Used to cool ills of heart from too much fire (anger/petulance)
- White rice is symbol of fertility and prosperity
2.3.5.3 The Eight Trigrams and Color Attributes (Origins of Wisdom 42-59)
- Tui - the Lake - Lake - Water/Metal - West - Mid-Autumn - White/Silver/Gold
- Image of mirrors/reflections; also fertility and pleasure (Red, 7)
- Chien - the Creative - Heaven - Metal - Northwest - Late Autumn - White/Silver/Gold
- Image of strength/energy; also, new beginnings (White, 6)
- Number 7 - confers magic powers
- Number 6 - a good number for neutralizing a troublesome area
- Tui - the Lake - Lake - Water/Metal - West - Mid-Autumn - White/Silver/Gold
2.3.5.4 The Tiger (Origins of Wisdom 42-59)
- The White Tiger is female (yin) and is always to the right (West)
- She is said to represent earth and is found in the lowlands, valleys, and river banks
- The dragon must always be in a higher place than the white tiger who should never dominate
- If there is a mountain to the west of a site and flatter land to the east
- This does not present a favorable location, since white tiger will prove too strong for the azure dragon
- The white tiger is also associated with water and it is good to have a lake, pond, stream, or even an aquarium in this region
2.3.5.5 Feng Shui (Walters)
- Correlations for West:
- Tiger - Autumn - West - left - white Tiger
- West - autumn - white - metal - the Metal Planet (Venus)
- Shape - bronze mirrors and coins in round
- Metal represented in gently rounded summits of hills
- By buildings with domed roofs
- Symbolism of Metal Element:
- Autumn - west - white; material - metal; shape - round
- Revealed in buildings that have domes, curved roofs, and arches
- Nearly always of monumental, religious, or civic nature
- In western world, domed residences tend to be confined to palaces of gentry
- There are countries where domed houses are traditional form of domestic architecture
- Symbolic of coinage and money
- Many successful commercial premises favor domed halls - notably banking houses
- Those wishing for success not yet able to afford domed structures may content themselves with construction of arches or other rounded ornament
- Arched roofs over railway stations
- Apt to be due to "iron road," which inaugurated new era of commerce, industry
- Modern component of buildings -
- Ferroconcrete combines Metal and Earth: generative cycle, regarded fortunate
- Combination said to ensure wealth and financial success
- More suited to commercial and manufacturing than domestic
- While promsing monetary gain, not conducive to simple, everyday living and growing
- Ferroconcrete combines Metal and Earth: generative cycle, regarded fortunate
- In home, areas that fall under auspices of Metal should be set aside for workshop
- Metal element rules knives and swords
- These benefit from influence of Metal element:
- All manufacturing processes fall under Metal (that involve metal)
- Commercial activities: manufacture and sale of jewelry and hardware
- The Metal Site
- Shape in architecture: circle
- Buildings with prominent curved features as curved or semi-circular arched roofs
- Byzantine-style
- Arched colonnades, Wood and Metal:
- Wood in pillars, columns; Metal in arch
- Features seldom in humble domestic architecture, more usual on public buildings
- As libraries, museums, and temples
- Or on commercial buildings designed to display the power of the company
- Bank headquarters and financial houses
- Latter shape appropriate for commercial buildings:
- Metal symbolic of coinage and sword, or aggressive competition
- Directors of enterprises planning to erect Metal-type building should be careful of environment
- Occasionally, smaller commercial buildings may be said to be represented by Metal
- Especially bulk if structural materials is Metal substance
- As corrugated iron sheeting, steel girders, metal roofs, etc.
- Usually used for large-scale storage, as depots, docksides, railway goods yards
- While on smaller scale, general goods stores in isolated, out-of-way, country places often constructed from such
- Form principal rather than material
- Site: Wood Environment/Metal Site
- Metal conquers Wood
- Domed buildings flourish if surrounded by colonnaded courtyard
- Site: Fire Environment/Metal Site
- Fire destroys Metal; site should be avoided by financial organizations
- Site: Earth Environment/Metal Site
- Generative sequence, reveals great success for a company in this location
- Family living in home pertaining to Metal element destined to become rich
- Site: Metal Environment/Metal Site
- Favorable for function of site matching neighboring buildings
- Rarely encountered except in cities of Near East and North Africa
- Site: Water Environment/Metal Site
- Metal generates Water: unfavorable for commercial enterprises
- As a financial house; suggests money continually lost to the outside
- Religious center or media organization, as publishing, broadcasting, television
- Symbolizes 'wealth' of host organization being distributed to world beyond
- Metal generates Water: unfavorable for commercial enterprises
- The Metal Room
- Room: Room Element Metal/Personal Element Wood
- Avoid, has deleterious effect; if bedroom, risk of health
- Creative person would loose imaginative drive
- In other rooms, risk of personal injury heightened
- Room: Metal Room/ Personal Fire
- Easy going atmosphere, neither harmful nor beneficial
- Most probably, individual will not notice this room
- May be a passage or utility room that is taken for granted
- Room: Metal Room/Personal Earth
- If individual has difficulty managing finances
- Or chronic illnesses likely to need surgery
- No harm in long periods
- Not advisable for bedroom, office, or lounge
- If individual has difficulty managing finances
- Room: Metal Room/Personal Metal
- Ideal for home office, or accounts office in business premises
- Sound atmosphere for financial matters
- Room: Metal Room/Personal Water
- Excellent for bedroom or office
- Ideal for individual's office in business,
- Especially if needed for frequent dealings with other people
- Correlations for West:
2.3 West - Black - Autumn - Sunset
2.3.4 Other Associations
2.3.5 Feng Shui
