CARDINAL COMPASS POINTS
Clockwise around the compass
the four cardinal points are North, East, South and West.
The Five Elements of Feng
Shui are said to be 'all that is'. These
elements are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.
The cardinal points of North
(N2), South (S2), West (W2) and East (E2) contain only pure elemental Qi. Water in the North, Wood in the East, Fire in
the South and Metal in the West.
Are they all created the same? The answer to that would be 'no'!
North contains water, South
contains fire, West contains metal and East contains wood. Notice anything significant? These opposites also happen to represent the
controlling cycle of the Five Elements, hence the water of the North controls the
fire of the South and the metal of the West controls the wood of the East. Oh that it were so simple! Welcome Yin and Yang.
Yang water cannot control yang
fire because yang fire is the sun, the source of our existence. However, yin water, the water of mist, fog,
clouds and so on can exert some control over the sun in as much as it can hide
it from our view.
Yang metal, the hard and hewn
metal turned into machinery and axes for example can certainly wield force and
control over yang wood (wood of tall majestic trees of the forest) yet would
find it hard to do anything more than bend and flatten yin wood. This is the wood of grasses and ivy, wood
that is more than capable of taking over anything it comes into contact with
given time.
The four cardinal compass
points also represent what is termed Peach Blossom (Tao Hua) Stars. Each person has a specific Peach Blossom Star
depending on their birth date. Peach
Blossom refers to how attractive, likeable, popular and approachable a person
appears and is not the be all and end all when it comes to looking for
love.
The Chinese Astrological
Animals of the Peach Blossom Stars are the Rat (North), Rabbit (East), Horse
(South) and Rooster (West).
The numbers associated with
the cardinal directions are 1 in the North, 3 in the East, 9 in the South and 7
in the West, all odd numbers hence all yang.
In terms of the seasons North
represents the dark days of winter, East belongs to the awakening season of
spring. South opposes the North and
brings us to the light, bright days at the height of summer and West moves us
gradually through the year into the cooler and changing days of autumn.
This is only a small part of
the significance of the cardinal compass points. Consider times of the day, member of the
family, health, colour, shapes and much more.
These are also part of the rich tapestry of the compass points when
working with Feng Shui...and we have yet to look at the remaining sectors or
the element of earth.
To the fulfillment of your dreams
LynC
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