The Five Elements and the Wizard of Oz

Deborah wrote a fantastic post on the ‘Interior Alignment’ blog which really brings the five elements to life.

“The Five Elements are used to bring a balance in our lives. Usually this means having a balance of all five elements of Fire, Water, Metal, Wood and Earth in our living spaces. But first, let’s understand the Five Elements. L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard Oz illustrates this delightfully! In this tale you can see balanced and imbalanced examples of the five elements.

Cast  

Fire: The Wizard
Water:  The Cowardly Lion
Metal:  The Tin Man
Wood: The Scarecrow
Earth: Dorothy”                              

 Read more at: http://interioralignmentblog.com/2007/09/11/five-elements-and-the-wizard-of-oz/

The post puts five element theory across in way whch everyone can understand regardless of their TCM knowledge level.

The Five elements also enable us to bring balance to our own lives in addition to the places in which we live.

It’s something that I will definately be using to help me explain TCM to clients and friends who ask about it.

Eric Grey has also written a great post on how to eleviate stress by using the five elements:http://deepesthealth.com/

You can read more on the five elements here: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~maa1/chi/philos/five.htm

This enables you to take a personality test to see which element you are: http://www.lotusinstitute.com/5ElementsQuiz.html

This is what my results came out as: “Based on the traits you selected, your personality is:
Water 25 %, Wood 24 %, Earth 17 %, Metal 15 %, Fire 17 % ”

I’d definately agree that the two area’s presenting predominently at the minute are Water and Wood.

Let me know how you get on with the test, I’d be interested to hear what you think..